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Snozzle on 24 March 2009

The Wii will go on as if nothing happened people who buy a Wii aren't in the market for a POS3/PleaseFixMe one game wonder Wii clone (even if the game is "Squeeballs"). The controller looks like a cross between a corded dildo and a beard trimmer. I can see it now a group of incompetent jerks develop a poorly supported sexually ambiguous third party controller with one game in it's library that is going to dethrone the industry leader with its first release. Sounds like a Disney fantasy movie I'd call it SQUEEBALLS: THE MOVIE the tag line would be "It's SQUEEBALICIOUS"!!!



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patjuan32 on 24 March 2009

The problem with this controller is that it's too late to the party. The second problem is that it is a third party product. Developers will ignore it because the majority still use game pads. They would have to wait until this controller has a high enough penetration rate before they support it.

The main problem that is facing this controller is that Wii motion plus is on the horizon. Which will make this controller obsolete. It's kinda obsolete already since it lacks the IR pointing of the Wii.



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DrJay on 24 March 2009

It will not affect the Wii at all. It will be seen as a copy-cat gimmick that it really is.

Everybody's been criticizing the wii saying that third parties can't understand the wii concept, can't make games that sell on the wii, can't make good use of the motion control on the wii.

What makes you think they will suddenly make good use of motion controls on a 3rd party, non-standard controller on other consoles?



Kuro_Neko_13 on 24 March 2009
DrJay said:
It will not affect the Wii at all. It will be seen as a copy-cat gimmick that it really is.

Everybody's been criticizing the wii saying that third parties can't understand the wii concept, can't make games that sell on the wii, can't make good use of the motion control on the wii.

What makes you think they will suddenly make good use of motion controls on a 3rd party, non-standard controller on other consoles?

 

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shinyuhadouken on 24 March 2009

We might see a slight spark in 360 sales, but that's about it.



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stof on 25 March 2009

This thread is most likely the only time I will ever here of this thing.



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WereKitten on 25 March 2009
NiKKoM said:
NOthing.... Your average soccermom is still going to the shop asking for the Wii.. not the " Microsoft Xbox360 Arcade with seperate 3rd party Freedom motion sensor add-on without Wii Sports which she played at a friends house"

So what happens if MS bundles an arcade + this hardware thingie  + a family fun MotionSports game, sells it for $259 and markets it like crazy as "you can play your MotionSports with your family _and_  it plays all the 360 games for your 16yo son, at the same price as a Wii"

 

 



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Demotruk on 25 March 2009
WereKitten said:
NiKKoM said:
NOthing.... Your average soccermom is still going to the shop asking for the Wii.. not the " Microsoft Xbox360 Arcade with seperate 3rd party Freedom motion sensor add-on without Wii Sports which she played at a friends house"

So what happens if MS bundles an arcade + this hardware thingie  + a family fun MotionSports game, sells it for $259 and markets it like crazy as "you can play your MotionSports with your family _and_  it plays all the 360 games for your 16yo son, at the same price as a Wii"

 

 

 

 

Still not that much. If they can bring out a "white good" version of the XBox, preferably with a different name, then they may begin to steal market share.



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student on 25 March 2009

Won't make a difference. If it is nt built into the system, no one will develop for it



786_ali on 25 March 2009

they make one of these every year, but, unfortunately, they always fail



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