Rumor: Ps2 Waggle Wand!!

[quote name='whoknows']Isn't the PS2 still selling pretty well. Also when PS2's sell doesn't Sony gain a profit from them?[/quote]
Yeah, in most territories.

That doesn't make any sense, so I'm thinking this one is very untrue.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']And what games are out or upcoming that would even use this "waggle wand?" I honestly can't think of anything.[/QUOTE]

Neither can I.

EXCEPT FO' YO MAMA
 
You would think they would want to put more focus on their new system rather than invest more into the PS2. Besides, a price drop to $99 would be enough to increase sales without this waggle nonsense.
 
It's gotta be BS. First of all, it's EGM. Secondly... Actually, that's it. It's EGM. Probably thrown out there to fill in some space.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']And what games are out or upcoming that would even use this "waggle wand?" I honestly can't think of anything.[/quote]
Of course you wouldn't know of any of the waggle games right now, because it would seem to be a better idea to keep those secret if they're actually doing this.
 
they could make it PS3 compatible as well. I don't really care either way though...not a big fan of mini-games.
 
Well, if Sony makes it USB, it can be used on both PS3 and PS2, which is a win/win situation. If Sony does this, then then looks like I'm holding back longer on getting a Wii and buying a waggle wand instead.
 
Seems far fetched, doubt it's true.

Problem with this is that peripherals never really sell well, and developers won't want to support it. A developer can make a game for the waggle and sell to a very small percentage of the PS2 population, or they can develop a game that works with the DS2, and sell to a potential 100mill+. It makes no sense to do this.

And, no, if true, this wouldn't hurt the PS3 at all. They would be aimed at two entirely different markets, considering the price difference.
 
Wait... so the controller will cost $30 less then the console?

Sounds like bullshit. I can understand trying to keep the PS2 a few more years but I don't think Sony is stupid. They know the PS2 sells because of it's games, not shit like a Waggle Wand.
 
[quote name='Vinny']Wait... so the controller will cost $30 less then the console?[/QUOTE]

No, he means the repackaged PS2 with "waggle wand" would cost $99.

[quote name='Vinny']I can understand trying to keep the PS2 a few more years but I don't think Sony is stupid. They know the PS2 sells because of it's games, not shit like a Waggle Wand.[/QUOTE]

That might carry more weight if not for the sixaxis.
 
This makes sense to me, if they get companies to put out their games on wii and PS2 (not much graphical difference) and they can give ps2 the same functionality they can potentially prevent a lot of people from buying a wii, which means more PS3 sales when the price finally drops.

I actually think supporting the PS2 is a good move for sony. Currently PS3 is the least attractive system unless you really want hd movies, so by holding people off from buying any next gen system till the PS3 price drops and they get big name games out this seems like a good move.

If it works in a PS3 too then they just added a lot of functionality to that system too.

That said this sounds like a pile of crap to me.
 
[quote name='The Mana Knight']Well, if Sony makes it USB, it can be used on both PS3 and PS2, which is a win/win situation. If Sony does this, then then looks like I'm holding back longer on getting a Wii and buying a waggle wand instead.[/quote]Yeah, great idea. Make it usb! Make something designed to be moved around a lot corded to your game consoles! And heavens knows that tack-on perphirals have always garnered amazingly robust software libraries around them, especially at the very end of a console's life.

I'm certain this is BS. If it's not, Sony's sunk to a new low of copycatism.

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This can't be true. Why would Sony be interested in copy something so gimmicky like the Wii? The Wii is going to fall on it's face anytime now, so why would Sony do this? (sarcasm)

I don't see how this is true as I would think the goal would be to drive your customers to the PS3, but you never know. Also, peripherals never seem to sell that well do they?
 
[quote name='Chacrana']Why would I want this?

Correct, I wouldn't.[/QUOTE]


because if you don't, you're an enemy to progress and waggling.
 
[quote name='happy']
Currently PS3 is the least attractive system unless you really want hd movies, so by holding people off from buying any next gen system till the PS3 price drops and they get big name games out this seems like a good move.[/QUOTE]Incorrect. PS3 has just as good of games as Xbox 360 and is better than Wii IMO. PS3 games > Wii games. Also, PS1 + PS2 BC > GC BC+ NES VC + SNES VC + Genesis VC + N64 VC + Turbo 16 Grafx VC.
[quote name='daroga']Yeah, great idea. Make it usb! Make something designed to be moved around a lot corded to your game consoles! And heavens knows that tack-on perphirals have always garnered amazingly robust software libraries around them, especially at the very end of a console's life.

I'm certain this is BS. If it's not, Sony's sunk to a new low of copycatism.[/QUOTE]I hope Sony steals and makes it better than Nintendo, like always.
 
[quote name='The Mana Knight']Incorrect. PS3 has just as good of games as Xbox 360 and is better than Wii IMO. PS3 games > Wii games. Also, PS1 + PS2 BC > GC BC+ NES VC + SNES VC + Genesis VC + N64 VC + Turbo 16 Grafx VC.
I hope Sony steals and makes it better than Nintendo, like always.[/quote]

NGage > PS3 +360 +Wii > GC BC+ NES VC + SNES VC + Genesis VC + N64 VC + Turbo 16 Grafx VC.
I can make stupid lists also, doesn't mean it's true.

Look, we get it. As long as it has the Sony name on it, you will always think it is superior.
 
[quote name='Foolman']NGage > PS3 +360 +Wii > GC BC+ NES VC + SNES VC + Genesis VC + N64 VC + Turbo 16 Grafx VC.
I can make stupid lists also, doesn't mean it's true.

Look, we get it. As long as it has the Sony name on it, you will always think it is superior.[/QUOTE]


and as long as it has the Nintendo name on it, you will always think it is superior. and as long as it has the 360 on it, someone else will always think it is superior.

who gives a fuck, lets try to keep "teh console warz" out of at least one thread.
 
[quote name='Apossum']and as long as it has the Nintendo name on it, you will always think it is superior. and as long as it has the 360 on it, someone else will always think it is superior.

who gives a fuck, lets try to keep "teh console warz" out of at least one thread.[/quote]Good luck.

[quote name='Apossum']they could make it PS3 compatible as well. I don't really care either way though...not a big fan of mini-games.[/quote]Oops. Unless that was somehow a generic comment referring to all the other systems with waggle-enhanced mini-games. ;)
 
[quote name='daroga']Yeah, great idea. Make it usb! Make something designed to be moved around a lot corded to your game consoles! And heavens knows that tack-on perphirals have always garnered amazingly robust software libraries around them, especially at the very end of a console's life.

I'm certain this is BS. If it's not, Sony's sunk to a new low of copycatism.

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I don't know why they wish they would have taken Rare :lol:

Still, if this does come out I won't buy it most likely. If I won't buy the Wii for it, a console made for it, then I doubt I'd buy it for the PS2 either unless its really cheap and its used very well. I'm guessing no to both.
 
[quote name='Apossum']and as long as it has the Nintendo name on it, you will always think it is superior. and as long as it has the 360 on it, someone else will always think it is superior.

who gives a fuck, lets try to keep "teh console warz" out of at least one thread.[/quote]
This thread is about Sony supposedly adding a new peripheral to the PS2 to compete with the Wii. What about that doesn't say "console wars" to you?

And I don't I'm as well known as Mana Knight as far as blindly defending gaming companies.
 
I'm gonna start a thread about the Taco Wars and let people argue for their favorite taco place.

As the creator of the idea, though, anyone posting in such a thread whose opinion differs from mine is wrong.

But yeah, this very thread is totally about the console wars, Possum. It's the other 95% of threads that should be cleaned up.
 
[quote name='daroga']
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Sorta stole the sequel to GoldenEye? Huh? What am I missing here?

Also, if this is true, I hope the official name is not "Waggle Wand" (which sounds like something to be bought in an adult store).

Nevertheless, some people's outrage over this is fascinating.

Gamecube plus "Waggle Wand" = can't be kept on the fucking shelves
PS2 plus "Waggle Wand" = UNLEASHED FURY!!!!!BANG!ONE!
 
[quote name='Chacrana']Why would I want this?

Correct, I wouldn't.[/QUOTE]easy yo, think about it.

You got your Wiggle Wand in controller port 1

and your trance vibrator in port 2.

All u needa do now is invite a friend and you'll be gaming all nite long!!
 
[quote name='botticus']Good luck.

Oops. Unless that was somehow a generic comment referring to all the other systems with waggle-enhanced mini-games. ;)[/QUOTE]


yes, PS3 does have waggle enhanced mini-games. even has 2 waggle enhanced action games. yay :)


This thread is about Sony supposedly adding a new peripheral to the PS2 to compete with the Wii. What about that doesn't say "console wars" to you?

And I don't I'm as well known as Mana Knight as far as blindly defending gaming companies.
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c'mon, everyone knows the guy with the Reggie avatar is as die-hard of a Nintendo fan as they come. I mean, when you're paying tribute to their sales guy/president, you're in pretty deep :p

it says "discuss the possibility" not "start a flame war cuz lol." I know, Mana Knight started it. Stop fighting kids!!! or else I'm turning the CAG around and we're going back to Gamefaqs!!!!
 
Hey now, my waggle wand works perfectly fine as it is, why would I need to buy a Sony one to replace it?

LOL Cmon now, you KNOW someone had to GO THERE, right? I'm just glad I could be the one to sink to that level.

Oh and Daroga, awesome pic of the PSTreemote(the unofficial name for the 'waggle wand' that Sony nixed). Personally, I'd have prefered the Threemote name.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']Nevertheless, some people's outrage over this is fascinating.

Gamecube plus "Waggle Wand" = can't be kept on the fucking shelves
PS2 plus "Waggle Wand" = UNLEASHED FURY!!!!!BANG!ONE![/QUOTE]

I don't know that anyone's really outraged by this, but for the sake of argument, doesn't it seem preferrable that Sony spend their time developing something new, rather than playing catch up with other people's innovations? I'd love to see them do something with their crazy flat folding screen technology, for example. I think most gamers admit this industry is practically drowning in "Me too!"-ness. We don't need it permeating our hardware anymore than it already has, as far as I'm concerned.
 
Honestly, I wouldn't mind one bit if one of the big three right now took a really big graphical step back and even put games back on carts. All this crap about graphics and high def is ridiculous imo, as I enjoyed games back in the 16 bit era every bit as much as I do now, if not MORE so.
 
[quote name='trq']I don't know that anyone's really outraged by this, but for the sake of argument, doesn't it seem preferrable that Sony spend their time developing something new, rather than playing catch up with other people's innovations? I'd love to see them do something with their crazy flat folding screen technology, for example. I think most gamers admit this industry is practically drowning in "Me too!"-ness. We don't need it permeating our hardware anymore than it already has, as far as I'm concerned.[/quote]

I want to agree with you, but I'll point you to the PS3 and Xbox 360 as evidence of "developing something new." This would be, then, a win-win for Sony (discounting their dreadful PS3 sales, of course). Render the Wii moot with their own peripheral (at least for non-VC buyers), and offer the PS3 to those who want to go "next-gen."

Of course, the developers have to be there for the PS2 "waggle" games - and that's a troublesome spot. Develop with waggle controls, standard, or both? For the Wii, it's a no-brainer. You have no choice. That might make it more appealing for developers (since they would attract all Wii owners, while a similar PS2 game would not be much fun for the millions of PS2 owners with no "waggle wand."

Perhaps it isn't outrage, but some phony sense of "theft" that I've always found curious in gaming. Nintendo moved from cart to CD out of necessity - but did they "steal" that from Sony? Sega? Computers? Someone else? There are dozens, if not hundreds, of example to be found where the game industry moves towards similarities more than differences.
 
I dont think that developing for the Wii you have no choice as far as standard games. You have Fire Emblem fire example, which I believe uses no motion controls whatsoever. There are more than enough buttons to support the vast majority of standard designs.
 
If true, I'm sure that Sony will say that the waggle wand is not in competition with the Wii and that the wand has been in development for the last 10 years.
 
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