Xbox 2 to Have Wireless Controllers Standard

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that the Xbox 2 console, releasing this fall, will use wireless controllers by default. From the article: "Microsoft will be the first console manufacturer to ship wireless pads as standard with its hardware, but not the first to ship an official wireless controller; Nintendo has already enjoyed significant success with the WaveBird, its wireless pad for the GameCube."

Re:Wireless is good!

[ivan256]

The wavebird doesn't eat batteries because it doesn't use the vibration features that most games have.

Re:So now what...

[ostermei]

They most likely will do what Nintendo's done with the Wavebird and allow each controller to function on one of 16 individual channels.

Re:Great news...

[bzBetty]

A few games I've played (Eternal Darkness) used the rumble feature to get around the limitations of their camera (Eternal Darkness was an early gamecube game originally designed for N64, its a great play). When something important was near you but hidden due to the camera angle the controller vibrated.

It was a great feature and made the game alot less frustrating.

Official Wireless Controllers?

[Saige]

"Microsoft will be the first console manufacturer to ship wireless pads as standard with its hardware, but not the first to ship an official wireless controller; Nintendo has already enjoyed significant success with the WaveBird, its wireless pad for the GameCube."

Aah, so Nintendo was the first to have official wireless controllers?

How soon people forget. [atariage.com] They were only beaten by, what, 2 DECADES?

Did the video game crash result in peoples' memories being wiped of everything that came before it?