Microsoft unveils new 360 wireless mic Options

[Xbox-Scene]

Microsoft unveils new 360 wireless mic Posted by XanTium | June 23 12:36 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From the press release: [QUOTE] Get ready aspiring music stars, the biggest music event is taking place in the best hot spot ever - your living room! Now you can take the stage solo, or join your friends like true rock stars or power duets, free from the clutter of wires. Grab your friends and get ready to croon along to the best songs on your favorite Xbox 360 music games with the new Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone. Belt out your vocals while playing games like "Lips," "Guitar Hero Metallica," "Rock Band 2"* and "Disney Sing It: High School Musical 3: Senior Year" as well as new blockbusters available this holiday, including "Lips: Number One Hits" and "The Beatles: Rock Band." Whether you want to jam to today's biggest hits or revive Beatlemania, the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone will bring out your best performance with high-quality voice reproduction technology and stylish interactive motion sensors and lights. Available this fall, the Xbox 360 Wireless Microphone will have an estimated retail price of $49.99 (U.S.). [/QUOTE]

[Qbox2006]

Not that too many here are really keen on karaoke games, but I wonder how these microphones differ from those released with the original mic-compatible games like Lips.

[Djpj]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

This post has been edited by Djpj: Jun 23 2009, 06:18 PM

[sinister slipknot]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

Exactly what i thought.

[sabbath_dude]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

+1

[Martinchris23]

Pray tell - if this new microphone works with Lips and everything else, why can't the Lips microphones work with everything else?

This post has been edited by Martinchris23: Jun 23 2009, 06:41 PM

[dpbmt]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

same here

[JUANVAN]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

+1

[Paperstack.1]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

add +1 to that list along with the others

[kiler01]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

same here i read the first few words and my blood pressure trippled.. and.... drop to the ground when i read what remained

This post has been edited by kiler01: Jun 23 2009, 07:38 PM

[BoNg420]

I got excited, thought I could get rid of that POS wireless headset I had, but its just a stupid mic.

[mycelo]

"stylish interactive motion sensors"...

[jdsony]

It's funny how on the Windows side Microsoft expresses how different and better it is than Apple yet on the Xbox side they have as much if not a more archaic/proprietary mindset. Nintendo aren't really any better but at least Sony are semi-open to more user control over peripherals and such. It makes a lot of economic sense in the short term but I don't believe this type of business model will survive well into the future. People get tired of it eventually and I'd hope the next generation of parents with a technological background teach their kids a thing or two. It's our money that keeps them going, I'm not going to give them mine if they hand me back something on their terms. How many people own cellphones and hate their provider? Probably a huge number but people still pay out their a** for a service they don't really 'NEED'.

This post has been edited by jdsony: Jun 23 2009, 10:04 PM

[somenutter]

I was hoping for a new wireless headset when i read the title...

i was so hoping for a new headset aswell bastards why cant they make a better headset that works better with song games ?

i mean why bother just making a mic ?

im sure they do it on purpose

[Jerry1Gman]

I wished this was a head set.