Stupid video game accessories.

[homerbeoulve]

Why wait? they have the money to develop it and to take the market lead. It would be pretty naive not to do so. I am pretty sure people that will pay the money for this aren't going to do it to be "trendy", it will be because they want a more realistic feel to 1st person games. Your example of shirts and glasses doesn't really fit since you'd likely be alone in a room using this while playing online.

Ever heard of analogy? And besides, VR tech is quite expensive. Do you think most of the consumers will buy that in a heartbeat? Are you sure that they're going to keep using it or just flaunt it like "Hey guys, I have a PS Morpheus/Oculus Rift, I'm awesome, you're NOT!". Remember how the people nowadays say that "I'm have all books of Harry Potter, I'm such a nerd." Commodity of dissent, learn it.

 

[Bgheff]

Ever heard of analogy? And besides, VR tech is quite expensive. Do you think most of the consumers will buy that in a heartbeat? Are you sure that they're going to keep using it or just flaunt it like "Hey guys, I have a PS Morpheus/Oculus Rift, I'm awesome, you're NOT!". Remember how the people nowadays say that "I'm have all books of Harry Potter, I'm such a nerd." Commodity of dissent, learn it.

I think enough of their target market will buy it to make it worth it. One of their big goals is to make it at a price people are willing to pay.
If they buy it, what does it matter if they keep using it or just use it to brag? I'd buy one to enjoy it, if people want to buy one just for "bragging rights" I don't see why it should even matter. I wouldn't mind at all. More sales is better for the people who like the product for the product anyways.

Why does it matter if what use to be nerdy interests become mainstream? most people are glad their girlfriends are now into games.

 

[homerbeoulve]

I think enough of their target market will buy it to make it worth it. One of their big goals is to make it at a price people are willing to pay.
If they buy it, what does it matter if they keep using it or just use it to brag? I'd buy one to enjoy it, if people want to buy one just for "bragging rights" I don't see why it should even matter. I wouldn't mind at all. More sales is better for the people who like the product for the product anyways.

Why does it matter if what use to be nerdy interests become mainstream?

I think video will do the explaining to you: [youtube]H7A5OgfP4NA[/youtube]

 

[Bgheff]

I think video will do the explaining to you: [youtube]H7A5OgfP4NA[/youtube]

I'll watch it in a bit. but for now we'll can the talk since we are off topic.

 

[MysticMisty]

It's an inflatable boat. An inflatable boat that you plunk down in front of your Kinect and jump on.

Aw man, you beat me to the punch. Oh well. How hard is it to pretend you're sitting in a boat anyways?

So basically instead of just waving your Wiimote around while playing Wii Sports you plug it into one of these and then wave it around. I thought that there was a plastic bowling ball you could plug it into as well but I couldn't find a picture of it.

Edit: Found it!

 

[sm0t]

I own one of these:

It's a Pelican brand Dance Drum for PS2, so you could play DDR by banging on a drum pad rather than using your feet on a dance mat. I think I've used it twice before realizing how exceptional I looked and it's been in a closet ever since.

 

[Arkangel]

Stupid, yet functional.

Having one of these let you play your games past your bedtime when your parents thought you were asleep. It did however drain the (disposable) batteries faster.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Stupid, yet functional.

Having one of these let you play your games past your bedtime when your parents thought you were asleep. It did however drain the (disposable) batteries faster.

And on the subject of crazy Game Boy accessories:

The Handy Boy would transform your Game Boy from a portable gaming device into a portable Frankenstein. The directional stick was horrible, the speakers were unwieldy and heavy, and I quickly learned the only good part of the thing was the light.

 

[Arkangel]

And on the subject of crazy Game Boy accessories:

The Handy Boy would transform your Game Boy from a portable gaming device into a portable Frankenstein. The directional stick was horrible, the speakers were unwieldy and heavy, and I quickly learned the only good part of the thing was the light.

Yeah. Gameboys had lots of weird and impractical accessories.

 

[Iä! Iä!]

And on the subject of crazy Game Boy accessories:

The Handy Boy would transform your Game Boy from a portable gaming device into a portable Frankenstein. The directional stick was horrible, the speakers were unwieldy and heavy, and I quickly learned the only good part of the thing was the light.

But it looks kinda awesome.

 

[Duke Nukem]

I've seen those glasses before at wal-mart, but i think that they had a different name, and they were advertised as just "gaming glasses" or something like that, not just CoD glasses. I think Rio mentioned them on the mchat a few days ago.

Also, "Gaming" computer hardware. You can slap the word "Gaming" into anything, and now you can sell it with it's price doubled.

A certain Future Marine would snatch those glasses right up if he didn't already have some to conceal his lazy eye. Speaking of Marines, I thought it was hilarious when he picked up the airsoft spring-powered rifle and thought having the USMC endorsement would make it great.

TL;DR, the customer base for these things sadly does exist.

Also, I think this will one-up Anchuent Christory's Power Glove image:

Spoiler: Don't click this. It's So Bad.

 

[OR 345]

And on the subject of crazy Game Boy accessories:

The Handy Boy would transform your Game Boy from a portable gaming device into a portable Frankenstein. The directional stick was horrible, the speakers were unwieldy and heavy, and I quickly learned the only good part of the thing was the light.

Speaking of old, unwieldy Game Boy accessories.

Spoiler

 

[MysticMisty]

I have no idea how you would hold this. What idiot thought a rectangular controller would be a great idea?

 

[CatParty]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Mindlink

 

[Dr. Mario]

Stupid game accessories you say. Two things with two words:

These morons haven't learned ANYTHING from the Virtual Boy.

I'm looking foward to playing a Sword Art Online video game on Project Morpheus. Btw, why are you even comparing Virtual Boy to Rift?

The Kid Icarus Uprising 3DS Stand (a.k.a. useless piece of trash).

 

[TastyWoodenBadge]

My brother got one of the POS's for Christmas when he was 10. It broke within 30 minutes. He was heartbroken.

I had one of those chairs as well, You could only lean back so far or you would end up going head first into the wall behind you

 

[Fialovy]

These hand exercisors I found on Thinkgeek and other places marketed towards gamers and improving their performance. Now, these themselves are not bad and can be useful for say, physical therapy and whatnot depending on their quality, but I guess the whole commercializing gamer culture thing companies are doing has gotten out of hand and its getting a bit annoying because it's all like "buy these games/accessories/etc. or else you're not hardcore!" yeah...

 

[Descent]

I swear to god if any of you say "the e-reader" I will start a blood feud with you.

The Wiimote cooking set

I believe this was for the Wii version of the Hell's Kitchen video game. Because if any game deserves it's own unique accessories, it'd be that one.

The Handy Boy would transform your Game Boy from a portable gaming device into a portable Frankenstein. The directional stick was horrible, the speakers were unwieldy and heavy, and I quickly learned the only good part of the thing was the light.

Speaking of magnafiers for gameboys:

Just ignoring that fact that this thing WILL.NOT.STAY.ATTACHED, it's really pointless since the original GBA screen is a pretty decent size and the magnifier doesn't make it look that much bigger. The problem with the GBA screen was never the size, it was the fact that you couldn't see anything on the screen without a lamp over your shouder.

 

[Da Pickle Monsta]

Speaking of old, unwieldy Game Boy accessories.

Spoiler

I remember the ads for these. I wanted one so fucking bad when I was nine. I begged and begged for one, lusted after them in the store . . . but they were comparatively expensive, and my parents were as poor as church mice. I ended up having to make do with a plastic zippered TDK tape cassette case.

 

[UnwiseKhan]

I think video will do the explaining to you: [youtube]H7A5OgfP4NA[/youtube]

Jesus, Homer. So what if "nerdy" becomes mainstream, nerds aren't some oppressed minority.

On topic: The wii fit board.

A glorified scale that makes you look even more ridiculous when trying to play games on the wii and adds new ways to injure yourself.