Logitech Wireless Keyboard for GameCube

[PadawanTek]

Okay... so the subject title may have been a little misleading, BUT wouldn't it be cool to get the people from Logitech to make a GameCube keyboard? The following are reasons why Logitech should consider making a GameCube keyboard.

Consider the fact that Logitech makes GameCube products (Logitech's steering wheel) and that they make keyboards as well, not to mention wireless keyboards, a GameCube keyboard designed by Logitech would seem to be the best solution for US PSO Eps.1&2 GameCube gamers. Logitech's latest PC keyboards sell for as little as $14.95, and their wireless keyboards sell for as little as $39.95 ( http://www.logitech.com )!

GameCube PSO owners are becoming desperate for a keyboard. http://www.gckeyboardnow.com already has 1200+ petition entries for a US GameCube keyboard, noting auctions for imports from $152 to $285 for the ASCII hybrid. This kind of pricing is outrageous, especially when realizing that the primary purpose of the keyboard is to communicate with other PSO players.

Now, although a solution for a simple PS/2 to GameCube keyboard adapter for under $10 would probably be more cost effective, if a company were to make a keyboard, it should be Logitech for:

1. Their ability to make quality/affordable products
2. Their experience with developing keyboards
3. Their experience with developing GameCube products

Take into consideration the counterpoints of developing a GameCube keyboard. If ANY company were to decide on making a GameCube keyboard, say, at this very moment, it would take months before production finally gets it to shelf. Will there still be a strong PSO user base at the time of it's release? As of now, there is only one online game for GameCube, and only one game that would take advantage of the keyboard. How many units of the keyboard could the company sell with such a limited user base?

With these questions in mind, and our desperate need to have a good/inexpensive keyboard for our GameCube, is it posible to convince Logitech to build us a keyboard for our GameCube PSO?

[rena-ko]

i think they would, if nintendo or anyone else would release another online-game for cube in the near future - even a port of 'typing of the dead' would help ^-^;

[Spy]

On 2002-12-21 03:51, PadawanTek wrote:
[...]$152 to $285 for the ASCII hybrid. This kind of pricing is outrageous,[...]



You can find it online for under $100 including shipping and handling.

[ginko990]

On 2002-12-21 04:17, Spy wrote:

On 2002-12-21 03:51, PadawanTek wrote:
[...]$152 to $285 for the ASCII hybrid. This kind of pricing is outrageous,[...]



You can find it online for under $100 including shipping and handling.




I have no idea in hell who paid that much for a keyboard, I got mine online for 86 bucks....not 152 and definitly not 285.

[Spy]

On 2002-12-21 08:41, ginko990 wrote:

I have no idea in hell who paid that much for a keyboard, I got mine online for 86 bucks....not 152 and definitly not 285.



What's really sad is that with the ammount of time that people spend bitching about how expensive the import is, they could have gotten off their lazy asses and shoveled some snow or raked some leaves and earned enough by now to have it next-day delivered. People are stupid though.

[Kid_Icarus]

The only reason ANYONE would pay that much for a keyboard is because they're too fucking lazy to shop around and find it for a decent price somewhere.
Shop away for a KB on ebay, they only charge outrageous prices.

I on the other hand don't have rich parents to pay for my Keyboard.

[Spy]

Amen Icarus.

This whole subject is getting severely out of hand. Sure, 1200 signatures on a petition may look good to someone with clue about business, but that's a laughable figure unless you're talking about selling houses or cars. There is no economic reason for a domestic keyboard to exist, and why people didn't clue into this from the begining is well beyond my grasp of understanding.

[Kid_Icarus]

Periphals are a failure 90% of the time.

How much were DC Keyboards selling for? 10 bucks towards the end?
Look at all the funky things that have come out, Maracas, Dance pads, keyboards.
None of them made money.

Nintendo won't release a KB.
Sega sure as hell won't.
And no one else will either. There's not nearly the demand for them over here as in Japan.

So import if you need it. Oh well. PSO'll be dead in the US anyway if people are gonna keep quitting over no keyboard.

[AzureBlaze]

My friend Niu Balkrye came up with this idea, I wanted to post it here to see if anyone thinks it's possible.

Wavebird makes a wireless GC controler, and there are wireless PC KBs which have adjustable wireless-frequencies. (I guess wirelessness is sort of like a channel on your GI Joe Walkie Talkie?)If you were to buy both items, would the PC wireless KB be able to "Find" the frequency and match it to the wavebird controler thing, giving you a GC KB for cheap?

Any ideas? I think that he will try it, and I can add the result here.

Unfortunatly, it is true that importing the ill-planned ASCII keyboard is a ripoff. Even if you price hunt, the JPs get it for 50. Yes, if people spent their time doing chores or begging Daddy Ca$h, instead of complaining, they could have it sooner. However, it still wouldn't make the keys larger or or it any easier to use. It also would not make them any more considerate of the American/Canada/EU playing audiance.

People become surprisingly innovative when it comes to getting something they want while avoiding paying too much...if anyone has noticed some of the larger GFAQs threads.

[Spy]

On 2002-12-21 11:04, AzureBlaze wrote:


Wavebird makes a wireless GC controler, and there are wireless PC KBs which have adjustable wireless-frequencies. (I guess wirelessness is sort of like a channel on your GI Joe Walkie Talkie?)If you were to buy both items, would the PC wireless KB be able to "Find" the frequency and match it to the wavebird controler thing, giving you a GC KB for cheap?


LMAO. Sorry. That's one of the stupidest theories Ive heard yet.


People become surprisingly innovative when it comes to getting something they want while avoiding paying too much...if anyone has noticed some of the larger GFAQs threads.


So far no innovation has paid off. Go shovel some snow and you can earn $90 easy.

[shinokou]

The problem with shoveling snow for the money is that not enough PSO players in the US will DO that. It's just not something they will spend the money on. Christ, can't someone just relasese some cheap keyboard, put a GC controller plug on the thing, and charge 30 bucks for it? It would cost nothing to manufacture, and there would be quite the profit. Hell, even if it was mail order only, it would at least make keyboards a little more common in the US. Somebody could make a killing if they figured out how to modify PC keyboards to work for the GC, and sold the things... or even better, if some 3rd party released a controller adapter that would allow PC periphials to be used (even the DC had that, and quite a few people who didn't like the DC keyboard got that adapter so they could use their own PC keyboards of their choice).

There needs to be a quick, easy method to get a keyboard, if the idea of a KB is going to be used to it's full extent.


Oh, and about the DC keyboards being $10 towards the end; those KBs were $20 from the start, and if you didn't notice, EVERYTHING for the DC went way down in price towards the end. Shenmue was about $10 bucks towards the end too - and it started out at $50. What's your point?

[Spy]

On 2002-12-21 11:37, shinokou wrote:
The problem with shoveling snow for the money is that not enough PSO players in the US will DO that.



That's not Nintendo, Sega, or my problem ^_^

[rbf2000]

We already have a thread for all things keyboard.

http://www.pso-world.com/viewtopic.php?topic=33054&forum=1&147