Gadget Watch - Remote war
This week’s gadget watch should be re-named ‘copy-cat watch’. If rumors are true, Microsoft, rather than admitting they missed a trick with the Nintendo Wii remotes have decided to just reproduce some of their own instead. Last week we reported that Microsoft faired pretty poorly in the 2008 Brandjunkie awards but with mixed reactions, it’s not certain whether this move will help or hinder their cause. One comment on MTV news states “This should be an indicator that Microsoft has run out of innovative ideas”. However, there are lots of positive comments too…”I’m glad Microsoft sees that and puts up some real competition for
Nintendo. I’ve held out getting a 360 but I might have to buy one now,
if this new controller gets good support”
The rumors indicate that the remote for the Xbox 360 is being developed by Rare, the Microsoft-owned studio, and will supposedly be released by the end of the year. What does everybody else think?
Tags: gadgets, Gaming, Nintendo wii, Xbox
Blog posted on Thursday, April 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am under Gaming, gadgets. Leave a comment, or trackback from your own site.
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Bob Dovedale Says:
April 10th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Will be interesting to see what its like. They need to do something to compete with the Wii, but I think its going to take more than that for me to part with my Wii and head over to the 360