Chatpad be damned! You may have seen shots of the Blue Orb Texter device on Joystiq last year. Essentially, you plug your wired control into the Texter, plug the Texter into your Xbox 360, and your controller becomes a text input device ... of sorts. Applying colored labels to your controller, you input combinations of stick presses to produce different letters. If the charts above are any indication, it is exactly as difficult as it sounds. SEGA has taken it upon themselves to create a Phantasy Star Universe branded version of the device. It's the same device, although it has a spiffier label and comes with lots of PSU-related stickers and a code to redeem a free T-shirt. Though it is intended for use in PSU, it will work in any 360 interface that accepts USB keyboard inputs. Given that the 360 Chatpad will give players the same functionality with a simpler interface, we have to ask: why?
If this question does not vex you as it does us, you may purchase the Texter for $39.95. Hit the "read" link to see a video of the Texter in action.
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5-30-2007 @ 5:27PM
ProjectEkim360 said...
lmao that is the single most retarted thing ive seen in my life
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5-30-2007 @ 5:35PM
Neoxkc said...
This is actually something I've seen before. Someone made this exact thing for PSP a while back.
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5-30-2007 @ 5:46PM
zOmBiEcLoWn said...
Boy, people just like to piss away their money, don't they?
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5-30-2007 @ 5:57PM
James said...
It's hardly new, I saw this before Christmas
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5-30-2007 @ 5:59PM
Joe said...
This is retarded!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How about making it free to play online!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Since they asked for a monthly fee, my SEGA loyalty died.
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5-30-2007 @ 7:43PM
incrediblebulk92 said...
Wow...that does look complicated
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5-30-2007 @ 8:05PM
Adam said...
I notice the guy doesn't write anything complicated.
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5-31-2007 @ 9:49AM
Premo said...
Lmao wtf.
What a rock bottom shitty idea.
It's a difficult and extensively boring interface, which would probably take a long time.
Someone could just as easily pick up a USB keyboard for 40 bucks and save themselves the trouble
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6-02-2007 @ 6:34AM
BowserUSC said...
I would never use a wired controler.
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