Microsoft shows off new Xbox 360 controller for casual gamers
By Paul Miller 
posted Jul 10th 2007 11:10PM
posted Jul 10th 2007 11:10PM
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Baby rattle?
Could this lead to the return of You Don't Know Jack? That is about the only computer game I ever really had a good time with and would certainly buy if it were available again.
True dat, You don't know Jack: volume 3. Best. Game. Ever. Seriously, good casual fun lol
When I saw this remote YDKJ was the first thing that popped in my head. Sadly I missed that entire portion of the presentation since I was watching on G4. I missed the presentation for Mass Effect also. I wised up and found myself a internet feed after the 3rd commercial.
BTW, YDKJ is back on the web. They are doing beta tests now. Either the questions have gotten really hard or I've gotten dumber in the last few years. Sadly I think that I've gotten dumber :(
A big red FTW button?
Simon Says
Once they release this, they need to get some XBLA games out that go along with it. Easy way to distribute little games for casual gamers
It's a freakin Game Show buzzer.
Wow really next gen.
Guess what..... it's gonna cost like $60 bucks for a TV Trivia Board Game and some buzzers.
I'm impressed.
nail on the head.
that thing is cheesy.
Is that big button or a trackball?
Looks like a Buzz! rip-off.
Is that just a massive red button or a track-ball?
It's practically a copy of the Buzz games buzzers in PS2...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Computer-Entertainment-UK-Buzzer/dp/B000LWB916/
Why doesn't Microsoft seem to have a design-department? Everything always looks cheap and under-designed.
The accelerometers in the wii remotes are under $2 a piece.
but its the markups that make money ;) considering that microsoft charges $300 for vista premium....yea...
This is pretty cool... my wife will LOVE playing Scene It!
+1 on You Don't Know jack would love to see that again, maybe i can use these goofy ass remotes with Uno. YAY!
It's called the "win button."
It doesn't look original
Although it's look like a lolipop but it's fugly, no way I'm gona touch that :P
Hello?! This controller is a *LOT* like the controller for BUZZ!, a series of games that were made here in Australia, which are quiz-show-esque games on a wide variety of topics - music, general knowledge, sports, movie, you name it, there's a game on it. They also made a kids game called Buzz Jr which uses the controls but isn't a quiz game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzz%21_The_Music_Quiz
Though, if they DO release You Don't Know Jack for 360 and not for PS3 or Wii, well they've won me over.
I think the main thing about casual gaming is that it has to be cheap. The Wii has the casual gamers market nailed because it's so cheap, it's a lot less of an investment than the 360. People who don't play games a lot, but want to just pick up something every so often, are not likely to want to spend the sort of money you need for a 360 or PS3, no matter how attractive they otherwise are to a casual gamer.
wow... just like their windoze division... if you cant make it better on your own then just copy someone!
How long until someone beats Gears of War with one of these?
Are the controllers wireless?
yep they are. not like the 360 controllers but more like a regular tv controller. IR maybe?
source: some podcast.
But is it wireless?
About YDKJ: same here. If they release it Xbox 360 only, I will tear my heart out.
And you all (read 'all of you people reading Engadget') should try the beta flash games. YDKJ is the best trivia game ever made, repeat, ever.
http://www.youdontknowjack.com/
I fail to see why the iPhone made one reviewer think of Rosie's private parts.
Perhaps because using it made him feel like a big pussy?
Seems reasonable.
But here, I really cannot see how this cutesy family oriented video trivia game somehow reminds you of an instrument of war,a method of sneaking into some folk's place and quietly killing them while they sleep?
Analogy fatigue sundrome?
More like, "Microsoft is Evil...Microsoft is Evil...Microsoft is Evil"
That is very tired, very 1999, and seriously misses the point of what is happenning here, which is below your normal standard, people.
I think it may be time for a break?
Perhaps you have overdosed on the iPhone Kool-aid?
Seems reasonable.
So after E3,Doctor's orders are you all go get drunk and sleep it off, then, as therapy talk about all those little gripes in a Podcast?
You remember podcasts, that when you talk into microphones and stuff?
Thanks.
It's the big red shiny history eraser button!
New announcement from Microsoft: web browser & porn downloads from the Marketplace
hmm... well... im a straight guy.
(nothing against gay ppl)
so im DEFINITELY NOT touching that thing. im sorry, but dude, ur masculinity is clearly on the line here. for the women its fine, but us men will keep our hands off little plastic weiner-shaped obstacles. thats why we have our own.