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Omegastrider Has laser eye beams
08/05/09

In reply to Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned
So...this is for one game? 300$? what the...
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Altima NEO
08/06/09

@Omegastrider is playing FFVI: Its USB, so it works on your PC too
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Knoxximus ver. 5.66
08/05/09

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All you hardcore VOOTers out there, in case you don't know, come check out and join the forums over at:
Oratan.com
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Tubbygaijin
08/05/09

In reply to Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned
Meh no sale, i'm trying to make my own based on this:

[forums.shoryuken.com]

Got pretty much everything i need and my total spend is £26 so far! Doing my best to remember GCSE electronics to complete this, wish me luck!
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muu
08/05/09

In reply to Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned
Can't wait till Nov/Dec when this stick arrives. Getting schooled using a normal controller is OK, but getting owned while trying to maneuver an over-the-top joystick will be awesome. The price wont change, btw; they've been collecting payments in full with the orders for a month already.
It's a little disheartening to see so many people bitching about pricing compared to sticks that were designed from the ground up to be mass-produced, though. The size of the minimum order -- 1500 sticks to make this thing a reality -- means they were budgeting for/expecting a relatively small order, if any. The unusual design means things would have to have been redesigned and remade from the ground up (it's been so long that I doubt there'd be anything other than some old design data from the older sticks left, which won't really help reduce manufacturing costs), and that's extra overhead they gotta make up for (and probably accounted for much of the initial cost).
Funny how the linked article missed this point as well -- the stick was never intended to be a cheap stick, lest it be forced to try and sell well over any number that could be achieved considering the number of players.
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dunetiger - he's up on the effin' roof!
08/05/09

In reply to Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned
This would be awesome if there was a lot of support for it. Unfortunately, with most gaming peripherals, there just usually isn't support for more than two or three games at best. Most of the time it's just one.
I've got a weird collection of stuff - the Steel Battalion controller, a taiko drum, a Dreamcast fishing controller, two Guncon 1s, dance mats, arcade sticks for almost every system... it'd be nice to make these peripherals stretch across more than one game (arcade sticks notwithstanding).
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Mancomb Seepgood
08/05/09

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Looks better (though the rivets/screws are still stupidly ugly) but it's still an epic rip-off.
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excel_excel
08/05/09

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To be fair there only going to sell one so they might as well get as much profit as possible.
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pinshot
08/05/09

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THIS is what i want for $300. Man that controller was great!
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WittyUserName
08/05/09

@pinshot: So that's where that went! Give it here. I can't form Voltron without it.
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SAKY
08/05/09

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I wonder if the online community for this game still exists. I know it dropped for the top 10 arcade games pretty quickly. [majornelson.com]I hope not because buying a $300 joystick for a dead arcade game is just sad.
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Knoxximus ver. 5.66
08/05/09

@SAKY: The hardcores are reside at Oratan.com. The community is actually thriving and having a bit of a renaissance.
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SAKY
08/05/09

@Knoxximus ver. 5.66:
@Legendary Homaru:
I'm delighted to hear that the VO community continues to thrive. I witnessed the quick death of the Vigilante 8:2ndO community which took all of a month to come to pass. Just an example, I'm not comparing V8:2ndO to VO. Also, I can never get a game Golden Axe going.
It would be great if MS could give gamers a picture of a communities' health for a given game. Of course this would never happen because of the negative effect it would have on future sales for a given product.
On a side note: I should never comment after rolling out of bed...so many typos.
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aNiMeMaN14
08/05/09

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$300 stick for a $20 game.
Oh the world we live in.
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FlameEye
08/05/09

@aNiMeMaN14: Hey, I'm using my $60 360 controller to play with my $10 dollar copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance.
Oh what the hell am I trying to say here, it's just ridiculous.
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Bardock
08/05/09

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I've never quite understood the appeal of joysticks.
I was born in 1991, in England, we're not exactly brimming with arcades here, and I never visited the ones we did have when I was young, and my first console was a Mega Drive, which had a pad rather than a stick.
Basically what I'm saying is I'm too young to have used a joystick and that causes me confusion when I see that people are selling these for $300 with a straight face.
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MiST
08/05/09

@Bardock: I take it you've never had a seaside holiday then, or if you did you were kept away from the arcades. Here in Blackpool there's a crapload of arcades along the promenade, granted not as many as their used to be but still many, it's a shame however that they're now crammed with driving games and rail shooters. I miss the beat 'em ups and stupidly impossible platform games
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excel_excel
08/05/09

@MiST: as do I. I remember once on a ferry when I was really young there being a bubble bobble arcade machine and a super mario world arcade machine. I played on them between throwing up from sea sickness. thank god it doesn't affect me anymore!
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WhatTheFrag
08/05/09

@Bardock: Like the others have said. Also if you don't mind loud noises, a crowded atmosphere etc and live close enough to London you could always go to the Trocadero. Pretty sure there's plenty of arcade machines still there. I remember having a go at Tekken 6 last year.
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Pombar
08/05/09

@Bardock: I'm in your boat, yeah. It also means I suck at fighters when using a stick, so apparently I can never be very good. The SF4 pads were a bit of a godsend, really.
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WittyUserName
08/05/09

In reply to Once Again, $300 Twin Stick Controller Redesigned
A $300 peripheral for an Xbox Live Arcade game. These are the end times.

The digitial distribution apocalypse is upon us.

Repent.
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excel_excel
08/05/09

@WittyUserName: AND THOU SHALL BE SAVED
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Protector one
08/05/09

@WittyUserName: Good luck on digitally distributing peripherals.
Can't wait until Dualshocks start showing up on the torrent sites.
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Instant_Awesome
08/05/09

@Protector one: I can see the comments now:
"Works great, thanks. 10/10."
"Dont download this! It's a fake! Looks real until you unzip it, but it's a CD-i controller!"
"Needs more seeders plz!"
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Salen
07/10/09

In reply to 300 Dollar Dual Joysticks Re-Designed
300 bucks? Geez! It makes me wonder what a redesign of the old Steel Battalion controller would be like if Hori ever got to do it. Probably would cost an arm and a leg, and would probably as indestructable as the mecha robot you pilot.

Edit: Wait... when did I pick up this shiny star? That's... unexpected. Thanks Kotaku. And thanks again for the edit option.
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Witzbold
07/10/09

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I bet these things can stand to be dropped off a building just like the Real Arcade Pro EX-SE

If wasnt so tight for cash currently Id seriously consdier throwing down for a pre-order.
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Atheist Jew
07/10/09

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Well unfortunately, until they reduce that price to say, oh, $60? I'm not buying the damn thing. To hell with you, Hori. Not even Stell Battalion cost that much, and it included the game and the massive, amazing controller which has other uses.
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