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Asus Release a Wiimote-Alike
arcticstoat writes "After attracting lots of media attention with the Eee PC, Asus has now turned its hand to producing a motion-sensitive controller like the Wiimote, called the Eee Stick. Looking unashamedly like a copy of a Wiimote and Nunchuk setup, the Eee Stick has two components — one with an analogue joystick, and one with a digital control pad — and both sticks have a rumble feature. The Eee Stick is currently planned to be bundled with various models of the Eee PC and Eee Box, but Asus says it can also theoretically work with any PC."
Finally an alternative to the mouse.
something something something... Eee Stick... something something something... Eee Box... and it vibrates?
Obviously nintendo is pretty mad at them for doing this. Nintendo no longer has a monopoly on the Wii remote...
They haven't for a while.
What's the value of information that you don't know?
Way to copy a product that really doesn't work. If they Wiimote worked so well, they wouldn't need the Wii Motion Plus. Has anyone ever said, "I like using my computer, but I wish I had to spasmodically waggle my wrist more?" I don't think so. It is possible that the Asus remote is based on better technology (like in the Wii Motion Plus) but my point is it _looks_ like a Wiimote, a product that is actually a binary waggle-or-not sensor combined with an inverse laser pointer.
For the same reason that all mainstream video game consoles after the NES copied the NES's directional pad to some extent rather than using a table-top joystick.
Because they hate children and wanted them all to suffer constant thumb pain?
Nintendo Thumb is a serious and debilitating disorder. Please, won't someone think of the children?