Custom MW2 controller??

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assen

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From the twitter account of FourZeroTwo, Infinity Ward's community manager:

http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/2746155391

FourZeroTwo said:
In a design meeting for a #MW2 controller. Need your advice - Concave or Convex grips for the Analog sticks? Whats your preference and why?
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My mind boggles... so simple, so genial... why did nobody think of this before? Activision are on a quest to fill our houses with $99 pieces of plastic, and I'll personally curse them all the way to the preorder button. First the plastic guitars, then the Tony Hawk board (which is essentially Wii balance board for boys), then this... They deserve to own the industry - or at least whatever breadcrumbs Nintendo leaves on the table.
 
Jeez, working night vision goggles with the Prestige Edition? I'm glad they are starting to de-emphasize CoD with regards to MW2 though. I always thought CoD - MW was a bit of a bastard child in the CoD series.

And what's this about the controller, are they planning on making and branding their own controller? And where is the 99 USD price tag for it coming from considering the standard controller is far cheaper than that?

Regards,
SB
 
They tried de-emphasize, but then Activision saw the market research that people didn't know what Modern Warfare 2 was. So they decided not to leave it up to chance.
 
I would guess a fairly standard dualstick setup (proven, familiar etc), visually branded as a COD thing, maybe with slight improvements for FPS - like that clip-on thumbstick extenders they sell for normal controllers. You can probably improve on the standard controller if you optimize strictly for shooters.

And looking the same for PS3 and 360, just like the guitars are visually the same. They want you to "play COD" or "play MW", not "play the Xbox".

Considering they sell Guitar Hero + guitar for $99, it would not be unreasonable to expect MW2 + controller to be $99.
 
assen said:
Considering they sell Guitar Hero + guitar for $99, it would not be unreasonable to expect MW2 + controller to be $99.
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Ah OK, I didn't know they were bundling the controller with MW2, I thought it was going to be sold seperately kinda like the SF IV pads.

Regards,
SB
 
I think it's not an unreasonable expectation -- they make a lot of money off plastic garbage. On the other hand... the Steel Box + nightvision goggles doesn't mention these at all.
 
Yeah I'm wondering if those are actual working "night vision" goggles or the gimmicky ones that sorta kinda almost work.

I'm assuming those are infrared emitters around the lens, so I'm going to guess they are the gimmicky sorta kinda ones.

Regards,
SB
 
assen said:
From the twitter account of FourZeroTwo, Infinity Ward's community manager:

http://twitter.com/fourzerotwo/status/2746155391



My mind boggles... so simple, so genial... why did nobody think of this before? Activision are on a quest to fill our houses with $99 pieces of plastic, and I'll personally curse them all the way to the preorder button. First the plastic guitars, then the Tony Hawk board (which is essentially Wii balance board for boys), then this... They deserve to own the industry - or at least whatever breadcrumbs Nintendo leaves on the table.
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How about concave, multibutton with a wheel, and some waggle on the right side and a WASD on the other ... oh, already got it :devilish:
 
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