Only Authorised Third Party Accessories For The 360

Grumpy Old Fart · 11-08-2005, 02:18 AM

Companies manufacturing and selling third party Xbox 360 pheriperals and accessories will have to pay Microsoft royalties to produce them. Obviously this is a way for MS to create more revenue through the sales on non official products.

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Blank · 11-08-2005, 04:08 AM

Didn't they do this on the original Xbox too? Or something similar, anyway..

Real Maximo · 11-08-2005, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Blank

Didn't they do this on the original Xbox too? Or something similar, anyway..

Yes they do i beleive.

it should stop the crap 3rd part stuff that you see on ps2.

pApA SmerF01 · 11-08-2005, 09:28 AM

that'll at least bring up the quality of 3rd party products.

i hate those crappy things that come out for the ps2 that they didn't approve of and it's below quality.

Grindstone · 11-08-2005, 02:48 PM

Yeah, in my opinoin this is actually a good thing. Let the 3rd party developers pay for licensing, that way, they are more weary about making crappy products for the masses since they'll need to sell more to make a profit. And we'll talk if something sucks.

Blank · 11-08-2005, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pApA SmerF01

i hate those crappy things that come out for the ps2 that they didn't approve of and it's below quality.

That's why I never buy thrid-party accessories.

I used to have a third-party controller on my Gamecube. It broke after two weeks, and all I did was turn a corner on Mario Kart.

Agent X · 11-08-2005, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Blank

That's why I never buy thrid-party accessories.

I used to have a third-party controller on my Gamecube. It broke after two weeks, and all I did was turn a corner on Mario Kart.

Toooooooo Right you are I am a xboxthirdpartyphobiast

Grumpy Old Fart · 12-08-2005, 01:30 AM

I must admit I always but the official products, I generally find the quality is a little bit better than the third party stuff.

Exxo · 12-08-2005, 10:30 AM

I'll most likely only need a controller and a headset, so this doesn't exactly effect me. This is just another way for Microsoft to pull in money, and actually make profit this time around. Props to them.

Iron Orta · 12-08-2005, 02:36 PM

The only time i have a 3rd party controller is when i bought my xbox from a local store and they chucked in a free pad, but it broke in less than 2 weeks

so i just dont trust them.

rogerpe · 20-08-2005, 12:53 PM

This is stop for those trash controllers... but atleast the controllers aren't going to be cheaper now...

JAdlon85 · 20-08-2005, 03:43 PM

I think it's a great move because now all the 3rd Party Peripherals will be of a higher quality. One time I bought a 3rd party DVD Remote for my Xbox and it didn't even work. This may cause the price of the Peripherals to be higher but I'm willing to pay a little extra money for Quality.

Iron Orta · 20-08-2005, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JAdlon85

I think it's a great move because now all the 3rd Party Peripherals will be of a higher quality. One time I bought a 3rd party DVD Remote for my Xbox and it didn't even work. This may cause the price of the Peripherals to be higher but I'm willing to pay a little extra money for Quality.

Nicely said