Razer Wants Help Designing Xbox 360 Arcade Stick
Razer Wants Help Designing Xbox 360 Arcade Stick
Posted 09/15/2011 at 8:44am
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Have you never met a Street Fighter IV opponent you couldn't hadoken into the ground with a few well-timed combos? Or maybe you're a fancy-pants modder with a following. If so, Razer wants your help in designing what it hopes will be the ultimate arcade stick for the Xbox 360 console.
"For the finishing touches, up to 200+ specially selected top-seed Street Fighter IV pro-gamers, influential modders, and members of the arcade enthusiast community will each be given a Razer arcade stick to test and provide feedback to further improve it to perfection, whereupon the final design will then proceed to production," Razer says.
Razer already has a prototype design in place, now it just wants the gaming community to "test the hell out of it" and provide brutal feedback. So, in a way, if the final product sucks, console gamers only have themselves to blame. No pressure, right?
If you want to apply for the program yourself, or want to recommend someone you think is better suited, you can let Razer know by visiting this website. Until then, take a peek at our photo gallery of the current prototype.
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reutnes
September 15, 2011 at 2:12pm
Nice to see they're bringing some light to the Fighting genre. It's a lot of fun especially at tournaments but sadly not as popular as the RTS and FPS scene for some reason.
And to the haters; Razer is a for-profit company. They're going to do whatever they see money in, and with esports really starting to pick up in non-asian markets it's a good idea of them to be making this sort of peripheal. Outside of mice and their mechanical keyboard and a few of their mice, their products aren't especially popular in the esports arena.
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 9:18am
Oh come on Razer? Don't want to make more accessories for the PC? It was not long ago they were talking about "PC Gaming not dead" and now they make this arcade stick exclusive to the Xbox360 console? Tisk, tisk. You either go all in, or don't bother at all. Sigh, it is not like there is no Street Fighter for PC, because it DOES exist. Hopefully Razer will send out some drivers on their website for compatability.
Fecal Face
September 15, 2011 at 1:38pm
You do realize that every Xbox 360 peripheral Razer has made works on the PC as well, right?
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:27pm
Really? Well, time for me to go buy that Kinect then and hook that bad boy up onto my PC! Eh?
*Proof that not all of Xbox360 peripherals work well with the PC.
iheartpcs
September 15, 2011 at 1:35pm
Perhaps, much like the 360 joystick, this will work on a Windows PC
bling581
September 15, 2011 at 9:42am
What is your point? PC gaming is not dead and they did make that point but there's nothing that says they can't design accessories for other platforms. Didn't they just come out with some new PC stuff such as the Hydra and a gaming notebook? QQ more.
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:02am
Umm, point is, you either stick with you say or look like a total hypocr*te. Unless... You support hyp*cracy. You need to look harder.
Slurpy
September 15, 2011 at 2:45pm
So because Razer claimed PC gaming isn't dead, they should be trying to kill console gaming by stopping compatible hardware production for consoles?
Since this controller will be able to be used with their new laptop to play Street Figher IV and other fighting games on Steam, etc., it's not hypocritical anyway. But they want their design to be as strong as possible, which is why they're reaching out to the arcade community during the design phase, because those are the people who build their own control hardware and will have the best feedback to offer.
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:28pm
Yesssssssssssss (relive a classic on the better platform)
Peanut Fox
September 15, 2011 at 10:57am
I'll point out that Super Street Figher IV is available for PC. How is this any different than if they made a race wheel?
Plutoxin
September 15, 2011 at 9:35am
If you're not trolling I'll let you in on a secret; 360 controllers work with Windows. It's true!
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 9:40am
Umm... You do realize that this acrade stick is NOT a normal Xbox360 controller. Since it has just the one stick, and no D-Pad or start/back buttons, so chances are, it will have special drivers designed for the console and will require those special drivers to be installed onto the PC. Think!!!
Plutoxin
September 15, 2011 at 1:17pm
Yeah, just like my wired GH2 guitar that I plugged in and used with Frets On Fire. Oh wait, it didn't need special drivers.
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:20pm
Yeah... But your PS3, Kinect and Nintendo Wii Motes require the special drivers. Point is... We all do not know if this arcade stick will require special drivers or not. Not everything works like Guitar Hero, you know?
Plutoxin
September 16, 2011 at 1:10am
Exactly, we don't know, so the assumption that Razer would have to release drivers is moot.
sallystudios
September 15, 2011 at 11:53am
I highly doubt it. I have never heard of an arcade stick or fight pad that wasnt plug and play on pc
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:23pm
Sadly enough, there are a few out there that DO require special drivers and software to work. I had a logitech controller that had its own program to install. It allowed me to program the buttons. Not everything is plug-n-play... Sadly enough.
iceman08
September 15, 2011 at 10:48am
sooo...you're saying we'll have to install new drivers for peripherals to work? what's new?
Holly Golightly
September 15, 2011 at 10:24pm
Well, thats the problem... Are they? Or are they not going to make a driver for it? If not, that makes them hypocritical to the PC Gaming community... In my opinion.
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