evilbore vindicated! microsoft does have something big coming!
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1584945/20080404/id_0.jhtml
The controller itself isn't much different in functionality or design from Nintendo's Wii remote, but comes with four face buttons, an analog stick and microphone. There are also plans for the controller to interact with the Xbox Live Vision Camera, the source said.
Microsoft's controller isn't just a response to "Wii Sports"; it's slightly more ambitious. "They want the usual assortment of 'Halo'/ 'Gears'/ 'Forza'/ whatever, just in waggle form," our source told us. Such idea-generation has not gone smoothly. "The whole thing is a colossal clusterf---," the source said. "[Microsoft] marketing just want it so they can match the Wii point for point. The biggest parts of their marketing materials outline how easy it would be for third parties to port their Wii games to the 360."
In addition to designing the interface for the controller, Rare has also fleshed out Microsoft's take on Nintendo's Mii avatar concept, the source said. Microsoft's Miis are designed to be associated with any game that incorporates the controller and create a standard "look" for the games. The avatars aren't tied to a controller when in use, as Xbox Live profiles currently are.
waggle! miis! the total absence of an 08 lineup! they really are translating the wii experience!
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poor fucking rare if this is true -- always being set up to fail
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It's contagious.
I'm pretty sure I saw that they asked Bungie if they wanted to have a waggle pack in with Halo 3 and Bungie were not keen on the idea.
Bungie's POWAH comes from the fact that they play Halo all day and so they can beat anybody at Halo, so if they ever get into an argument they can just say, "OH YEAH WELL WE ARE BUNGIE, AND WE CHALLENGE YOU TO OUR GAME, IT IS TIME FOR A HALO MATCH!" then they beat the other guys at Halo and then they can go back to playing Halo all day.
If Bungie added Superior Infrared Directionally-Sensitive Pointing Technology to Halo, they have no advantage at Halo anymore because Gaming for Everyone would allow any non-/gamer of any age or skill level to pick up the intuitive controller and play Halo intuitively and beat Bungie at Halo, so out of fear they told Microsoft that they would allow Halo to have such Intuitech (Intuitive Technology) would be if Microsoft could beat Bungie at Halo and the rest as they say is histology.
But Microsoft does not respect Halo so they went ahead and manufactured many Intuitech controllers, but they were stopped by a much less formidable foe: the E-bertarian Association of The Internet. Due to a manufacturing error, there was a mispelling on the controller packaging. The E-bertarians sued Microsoft for racism against middle-class whites, stating that "They can change their name from 'Eskimo'! That's not fair. We can't change our names from 'honky cracker.' That is the TRUE racism."
Sighing heavily, Microsoft gave up, for few things tire as much as legal battles and accusations of racism. Given that their opponent is e-bertarians however, they merely changed the packaging, and waited until the e-bertarians inevitably forgot about their goal and wandered back to their parents' house. Why didn't they do this in the first place to please the neckbearded mob? Because the e-bertarians would have demanded that the packaging-replacement jobs go to hard working white men, tired of being raped by the She-Bugbear of Affirmative Action.
And so our story comes to a close. Microsoft and Bungie eventually made peace in a manner which I feel requires no explanation because I do not care to write it. The e-bertarians continued to plead to the Internet that the right to shoot "Those with Jewish features" near your property is merely a natural defense of your gold reserve from Big PharmaTax. And the controllers were fixed, and even now sit at the ready, waiting for the announcement that will bring them into the world, and bring non-gamers into the fold, and bring drohne and Drinky Prowle no end of headaches.
Oh, and there was another small typo.
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Instead of "Intuitech", the packaging says, "FAGGONIGGERCUNT."
But no one ever noticed.
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thank you so much fo you playing my game