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Xbox 2 to Have Wireless Controllers Standard

Posted by Zonk on from the halo-from-your-bathroom dept.

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that the Xbox 2 console, releasing this fall, will use wireless controllers by default. From the article: "Microsoft will be the first console manufacturer to ship wireless pads as standard with its hardware, but not the first to ship an official wireless controller; Nintendo has already enjoyed significant success with the WaveBird, its wireless pad for the GameCube."

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  1. Re:Wireless is good! by ivan256 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The wavebird doesn't eat batteries because it doesn't use the vibration features that most games have.

  2. Re:So now what... by ostermei · · Score: 2, Informative

    They most likely will do what Nintendo's done with the Wavebird and allow each controller to function on one of 16 individual channels.

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  3. Re:Great news... by bzBetty · · Score: 2, Informative
    A few games I've played (Eternal Darkness) used the rumble feature to get around the limitations of their camera (Eternal Darkness was an early gamecube game originally designed for N64, its a great play). When something important was near you but hidden due to the camera angle the controller vibrated.

    It was a great feature and made the game alot less frustrating.

  4. Official Wireless Controllers? by Saige · · Score: 3, Informative

    "Microsoft will be the first console manufacturer to ship wireless pads as standard with its hardware, but not the first to ship an official wireless controller; Nintendo has already enjoyed significant success with the WaveBird, its wireless pad for the GameCube."

    Aah, so Nintendo was the first to have official wireless controllers?

    How soon people forget. They were only beaten by, what, 2 DECADES?

    Did the video game crash result in peoples' memories being wiped of everything that came before it?

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