Every person in the video gaming sector desires to come out with New Technology Gadgets to bring folks to their side. Get it proper and you have cool gizmos that will bring in the crowds like the Xbox Kinect and Nintendo Wiimote. Get it incorrect although and reality will came around and slapped you hard in the face. Here are some classic examples that ended up in the latter category of accessories:
1.AlphaGrip AG-5 Computer Controller - first off is this baffling try to 'simplify' the use of a gaming controller on the personal PC. The concept was to put 42 buttons inside simple reach of all ten fingers of the hand. With that layout and the bulk of the controller itself, you would have an simpler time sticking to the keyboard and mouse instead of trying to make sense of the thing.
2.The Sega Activator - this was deemed the hottest line of New Technology Gadgets in its time but was basically a octahedral ring that mimicked the eight directional quadrants utilised by most fighting games. To make your character do a specific move, you will actually have to punch in so many directions in such a brief span of time that you could barely get anything completed.
3.Kinect Game Boat - The Game Boat is an accessory for the Kinect, which in turn is an accessory for the Microsoft Xbox. It sounds neat, except that it is just a glorified inflatable boat that serves no real purpose even for the game it was made for. Worse nevertheless is that boating comprised only a fifth of the mentioned Xbox game's playing knowledge. It was therefore properly useless in so many methods.
4.Nintendo Wii Auto Adapter - Serious gamers have a Sony Playstation three or Microsoft Xbox 360 mounts for passengers to use, but the whole idea of the Wii is to move and flail about. Why bother using new gadgets to play Wii games in your vehicle if you have really restricted space and pose a really real threat of distracting your driver and getting into an accident in the process?
5.Wii Baby and Me - now this line of New Technology Gadgets is much more on creepy instead of bizarre. Imagine taking a fake child with dead plastic eyes, opening its back and stuffing a Nintendo Wii remote inside while it makes noises while you cradle it in your hands and rock it to sleep. Sounds entertaining till the nightmares commence waking you up in the evening.
6.Wii Bowling Ball - notice how the Nintendo Wii is getting specific focus in this list of New Technology Gadgets for gaming? Here's one more one for very good measure as it not only offers you far better tactile feedback for bowling but also greatly increases the probabilities that you smash a wonderful ball of plastic right into your Television screen.
7.Sega Action Chair - this was touted as a completely new way to 'experience video games' back in its time and was marketed as the latest technologies for gaming. It was, nevertheless, just a basic swiveling chair with two controller sticks on every single side. It was clunky, ungainly and basically too unresponsive to be valuable in any way except to just lounge around while searching weird.
8.Nintendo R.O.B. - Japan-borne Nintendo was facing stiff American competition back in the 80's, so it bundled the Robotic Operating Buddy (R.O.B.) with its first neighborhood console. Men and women bought it for the robot, which was completely useless, but stayed for the excellent games. It was quietly removed when the NES gained recognition, paving the way for Nintendo's legacy in the American gaming.
Bare these bits in mind the next time you see a bunch of New Technology Gadgets for your console. Who knows? What could be the next hot thing is really just a useless piece of crud fueled only by deceptively very good advertising!
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