Dustin, moma didn't ask what it was, they asked what it was for. Different question, and perfectly reasonable at that (moma isn't the only one who can't understand the marking down of the comment).
I'm in the same boat as Moma - I don't have an Xbox and I can't understand what it is for, either. Seriously. Why do you need to type while playing games? No other console I have played has felt hindered by the lack of a keyboard.
It seems from the comments that this is intended for text chat during games, and for IM. Is that all it's for? Seems to me like not such a big market for such a device.
well the xbox 360 does have a 10 million + installed user base. microsoft would probably make a few quid profit on each one sold ..thats a hefty amount of cash. i used to have a 360 and typing in anything like a chat message was extremely time consuming with the controller . now I think even messenger is usable through xbox live so this device makes perfect sense . however I will wait till they make the console less noisy before i purchase another one.
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Dustin, moma didn't ask what it was, they asked what it was for. Different question, and perfectly reasonable at that (moma isn't the only one who can't understand the marking down of the comment).
I'm in the same boat as Moma - I don't have an Xbox and I can't understand what it is for, either. Seriously. Why do you need to type while playing games? No other console I have played has felt hindered by the lack of a keyboard.
It seems from the comments that this is intended for text chat during games, and for IM. Is that all it's for? Seems to me like not such a big market for such a device.
well the xbox 360 does have a 10 million + installed user base. microsoft would probably make a few quid profit on each one sold ..thats a hefty amount of cash.
i used to have a 360 and typing in anything like a chat message was extremely time consuming with the controller . now I think even messenger is usable through xbox live so this device makes perfect sense .
however I will wait till they make the console less noisy before i purchase another one.