Comments on: Wednesday notes http://www.sportsgamerblog.com/2008/05/14/wednesday-notes-9/ Two guys who love Sports Gaming on their PCs and consoles rant and rave about various stuff. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:08:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: jayhawker http://www.sportsgamerblog.com/2008/05/14/wednesday-notes-9/#comment-6995 jayhawker Wed, 14 May 2008 17:05:44 +0000 http://www.sportsgamerblog.com/?p=4127#comment-6995 I've seen reports that Sony is making a Wii type controller as well. I think it actually makes good sense. If they can get it up and running, they can do some easy ports of Wii games over the last few years of this cycle. They will then be ready for the next with more types of controllers for the next generation. I saw that MS is releasing another trivia game that will use the Big Button controller from Scene It. They need to jump on the band wagon and exploit it as a great party game. I've had friends over playing Scene It a couple of times now, and it really is a blast in that setting. If I were MS, I'd bundle Scene It with all new 360's this Christmas and promote it with similar commercials to what Nintendo does with the Wii. It's a crime that there is no word of a You Don't Know Jack game coming that could use this controller. I know that you can actually get the same function with regular controllers, but the Big Button controller really does just make the game feel accessible to non-gamers. Getting these in as pack-ins would go along way in helping MS market the 360 as a party console, which is where they are getting creamed by the Wii. I’ve seen reports that Sony is making a Wii type controller as well. I think it actually makes good sense. If they can get it up and running, they can do some easy ports of Wii games over the last few years of this cycle.

They will then be ready for the next with more types of controllers for the next generation. I saw that MS is releasing another trivia game that will use the Big Button controller from Scene It. They need to jump on the band wagon and exploit it as a great party game.

I’ve had friends over playing Scene It a couple of times now, and it really is a blast in that setting. If I were MS, I’d bundle Scene It with all new 360’s this Christmas and promote it with similar commercials to what Nintendo does with the Wii.

It’s a crime that there is no word of a You Don’t Know Jack game coming that could use this controller.

I know that you can actually get the same function with regular controllers, but the Big Button controller really does just make the game feel accessible to non-gamers. Getting these in as pack-ins would go along way in helping MS market the 360 as a party console, which is where they are getting creamed by the Wii.

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