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Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« on: 11 August 2005, 23:15 »
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Manufacturers seeking to release peripherals for the Xbox 360 will have to pay royalties to Microsoft on each unit sold, with a new security system on the console preventing the connection of unlicensed devices. As a result, only Microsoft-authorised joypads, steering wheels and other such devices will be released, according to a abridged version of a new contract between the software giant and peripheral maker Mad Catz which was released as part of a Mad Catz financial filiing this week.

I think that is typical MS behavior. I wonder how many  peripherals will be made for the 360?, full story here
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #1 on: 11 August 2005, 23:21 »
Hopefuly this will put people off buying an Xbox 369 because it will lack 3rd party peripherals. I really don't se how they can benefit from this tactic.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #2 on: 11 August 2005, 23:24 »
Unless it gets cracked in the first week like the last Xbox did...
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #3 on: 12 August 2005, 00:17 »
I will never, ever, touch that piece of crap. I would like to say I will NEVER use any MS SW anymore, but I will first have to try out Wine - and that's waiting for Nextra to connect me to the internet via ADSL. Dialup just sucks sooo bad...
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #4 on: 12 August 2005, 01:04 »
Mad Catz controllers will break if you look at them funny.  trufax.

I'm kinda glad, because 99.95% of third party controllers are utter dog-shit.  The 1st party ones are better.

Hell, the original, big, design is the Model M of controllers.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #5 on: 12 August 2005, 02:14 »
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Hell, the original, big, design is the Model M of controllers.

The original Jaguar controller is easier to hold than The Duke.  Trufax.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #6 on: 12 August 2005, 02:38 »
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Hell, the original SNES design is the Model M of controllers.

Fixed.  Trufax.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #7 on: 13 August 2005, 00:59 »
i was gunna buy the 360. M$ just lost a sale, from somone who playes a lot of games. who will now buy the ps3 instead. the 360 was M$'s only product that i was going to buy because i wanted it, not what games were on it. now they can get screwed.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #8 on: 13 August 2005, 10:13 »
Yes, because this licensing thing is going to affect all those third party peripherals you want so much. Like...

Like...

Damn. I can't think of anything you might need to get to go with your VIDEO GAME MACHINE.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #9 on: 13 August 2005, 19:29 »
what does an official mem card for xbox cost, and a cheaper un official one cost
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #10 on: 13 August 2005, 19:31 »
$327 and $24 respectfully
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #11 on: 14 August 2005, 02:21 »
Why would you need a memory card for an Xbox?  They come with hard drives.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #12 on: 14 August 2005, 02:23 »
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Why would you need a memory card for an Xbox? They come with hard drives.
For using your saved (game) data on another xbox, I guess.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #13 on: 14 August 2005, 02:27 »
Fucking gamerz are nuts.  +$300 to play your saved character at your friend's house?  For that kind of money, you could buy a second Xbox.
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Re: Microsoft plans to charge license fee for Xbox 360 peripherals
« Reply #14 on: 14 August 2005, 03:06 »
Wow...  that was an obvious lie, and you fell for it...

Official ones are $24.99, 3rd party ones are cheaper.
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