Thrustmaster to develop gaming accessories for the xbox one

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Press releases06.06.2013


Los Angeles, June 06, 2013 — Following its long-term partnership with Microsoft for the first and second-generation Xbox consoles, developing unique third-party licensed peripherals under the Thrustmaster brand, Guillemot Corporation S.A. is pleased to announce that it is extending its worldwide partnership to include the third generation of Xbox.



With R&D facilities in North America and Europe, a close development relationship with Microsoft Xbox, and more than two decades of expertise in creating innovative accessories, Thrustmaster is fully committed to bringing exciting new products to market for the Xbox One.



“Thrustmaster has a proven ability to develop great products for our platform,” explains Branden Powell, Director of Strategic Alliances, Xbox Hardware, at Microsoft. “We are excited to have them as a hardware launch partner.”



"We are thrilled to be appointed third-party peripheral partner for the Xbox One,” states Agnès Cornière, Guillemot Corporation’s Worldwide Marketing Director. “We are devoting our resources, creativity and energy to creating remarkable next-generation devices which will allow users to experience a whole new level of unrivalled gameplay.”


http://www.thrustmaster.com/en_US/&...ustmaster-develop-gaming-accessories-xbox-one



Sooooooooo... What do you think? A high end wheel like the T500, or something like the Ferrarri wheel already on 360?
 
Thought this was coming, funny was just checking out their site yesterday.

So that is MadCatz and Thrustmaster.
Who's next Fanatec?
 
Just a thought... We know they make a T500. And have heard rumours of a T100. Xbox One + T500 = T100???

Just a guess, but we will so know... E3 anyone?? :)
 
Maybe it'll be called the:

Edit: Was a photo of T1000, but they apparently didn't like the linking lol
 
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The T100 was on the list of wheels Codemasters originally said would be compatible with Grid 2. A wheel that had not been announced anywhere else and when the game was release, no longer listed.... Hope this helps left888 :)
 
Don´t get any high hopes, remember when they made a wheel for Xbox 360? Butt ugly wheel attached to the pedals. It´s probably going to be something like that or kinect stuff.
 
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I guess you are not an Xbox user Simmpa. Kinect is peripheral free, so it wont be Kinect related. But yes, the past Thrustmaster wheel sucked hard. But one can hope they will grace Xbox with a decent wheel this time... again, time will tell...
 
That's interesting... Here I thought it might be Logitech this time.
 
Well Thrustmaster is due for a new release IMO. T500's are in short supply ATM. How about a T600? Make it so it's compatible with all the consoles and PC and upgrade the pedals to something kickass and sell them for $1200.00 :D
 
Edit again :)

The "not worth it" I had posted was in reference to it not being worth it to respond to this:

Simmpa
Don´t get any high hopes, remember when they made a wheel for Xbox 360? Butt ugly wheel attached to the pedals. It´s probably going to be something like that or kinect stuff.
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Which I had.

In contrast, the new wheel likely will be "worth it."
 
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He does have a point, however in-eloquently stated, that TM's XBOX offerings in the past have been less than noteworthy.

Besides, the choice of wheels notwithstanding, I don't think you could pay me to have an XBOX ONE at this point... M$ has spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars to build the XBOX brand, and I think this machine alone seems designed to ruin it. :(
 
Gunstar
I don't think you could pay me to have an XBOX ONE at this point... M$ has spent years and hundreds of millions of dollars to build the XBOX brand, and I think this machine alone seems designed to ruin it. :(
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It's actually billions of dollars. Personally I like the x1. This may be the minority opinion online (what the market actually thinks will be seen this fall), but the added convenience of a steam style library with the super powered kinect is interesting on its own. The potential for cloud servers running for ai in Respawn's game sounds very cool. Also this used game argument is focused on the wrong target, publishers are pushing for this and Sony is doing the exact same thing that is publishers can choose to charge fees for used games.


I'm still getting the ps4 when GT# comes out since outside of GT I'm not a fan of any of Sony's exclusive games or Indie games. When you exclude exclusives for someone who mostly plays games on PC the PS4 doesn't offer anything interesting.

If there is a high end t500 successor it should be called the t800 though :)
 
Honestly, the used game thing means surprisingly little to me, but I don't agree with the forced Kinect integration, the forced online connection in a system that requires you to buy physical software, the fact that I get more ads than content as it is every time I turn my existing XBOX 360 on, and at the end of it all it really seems that M$ has lost sight of the GAME part of GAME console... which is one of the things I think really held Sony back last generation... and really who knows if Sony will be any different this generation! Personally, I've had my last generation of "every console" tho, it just doesn't hold the appeal for me it once did.
 
Gunstar
Honestly, the used game thing means surprisingly little to me, but I don't agree with the forced Kinect integration, the forced online connection in a system that requires you to buy physical software, the fact that I get more ads than content as it is every time I turn my existing XBOX 360 on, and at the end of it all it really seems that M$ has lost sight of the GAME part of GAME console... which is one of the things I think really held Sony back last generation... and really who knows if Sony will be any different this generation! Personally, I've had my last generation of "every console" tho, it just doesn't hold the appeal for me it once did.
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I'm not really sure how you have a steam library style system without forced online unless you want to encourage piracy it is a necessary trade off. A trade off pc gamers have accepted and I personally enjoy. However, you can buy games by download on day one.

Yeah if you're not into Kinect or some exclusive title I wouldn't buy a Xbox One either. Every exclusive third party console game is getting a pc release anyway. Microsoft hasn't lost sight of game console they regained focus of being a trojan horse which was the idea when Bill Gates ok'd the project over a decade ago. The reality gamers don't like to admit or don't realise is the core gaming market is tiny by comparison to the theoretical Apple TV market MS is targeting.

If Sony really goes where gamers think they are going (a games only console) that is the path that Sega ventured into with the Dreamcast. Third party support will dwindle despite a successful launch and sink the console. The reality is that Sony is doing the exact same thing but hasn't said so directly.

If you're exclusively into playing games, rather than tv features and gimmicks, and ignore exclusive titles a console is just a way to pay more money for poorer quality visuals.
 
oqvist
you don´t need online for steam and apparently it work fine ;)
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Since when do you not need online for Steam? I bought 2 games a while back on disk that used steam. I could not even install the games on my pc until I installed steam, created and account and then registered the game and steam always connects to the net as soon as I boot the system slowing down the boot process by quite a lot and then displaying a news and/or add page.

I hate that with a passion and will look more carefully before I buy another game. If it uses steam then that will be a no sale for me. Both games are collecting dust and steam is no longer on my system.

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Will be interesting to see what Thrustmaster comes out with. Perhaps they will have something good that works on both the Xbox and Playstation as well as the PC.
 
HBR-Roadhog
Since when do you not need online for Steam? I bought 2 games a while back on disk that used steam. I could not even install the games on my pc until I installed steam, created and account and then registered the game and steam always connects to the net as soon as I boot the system slowing down the boot process by quite a lot and then displaying a news and/or add page.

I hate that with a passion and will look more carefully before I buy another game. If it uses steam then that will be a no sale for me. Both games are collecting dust and steam is no longer on my system.

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Will be interesting to see what Thrustmaster comes out with. Perhaps they will have something good that works on both the Xbox and Playstation as well as the PC.
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You do know there is a options menu for steam. You can stop all of the things that annoyed you about steam in a minute. That includes for steam to run in offline mod.
 
ibuycheap
I'm not really sure how you have a steam library style system without forced online unless you want to encourage piracy it is a necessary trade off. A trade off pc gamers have accepted and I personally enjoy. However, you can buy games by download on day one.

Yeah if you're not into Kinect or some exclusive title I wouldn't buy a Xbox One either. Every exclusive third party console game is getting a pc release anyway. Microsoft hasn't lost sight of game console they regained focus of being a trojan horse which was the idea when Bill Gates ok'd the project over a decade ago. The reality gamers don't like to admit or don't realise is the core gaming market is tiny by comparison to the theoretical Apple TV market MS is targeting.

If Sony really goes where gamers think they are going (a games only console) that is the path that Sega ventured into with the Dreamcast. Third party support will dwindle despite a successful launch and sink the console. The reality is that Sony is doing the exact same thing but hasn't said so directly.

If you're exclusively into playing games, rather than tv features and gimmicks, and ignore exclusive titles a console is just a way to pay more money for poorer quality visuals.
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Starting with the "you need be online for steam" argument goes... yes. Yes you do. And you can buy your games from Steam without going out to the store, and you usually save a couple bucks by doing so... and if you wait awhile or catch a sale, you can save alot. But by keeping the games primarily on disc, M$ keeps the manufacturing fees for discs rolling in. Since the publisher pays for the games whether they sell or not, it's safe money for M$. So basically they want to give people physical media, with the high prices attached, and none of the advantages of physical media. Plus they get all the advantages of DL only service (no game sharing, no rentals, no resale, ect...) without the convenience or price advantages of Steam. It's a very corporate attitude, and the consumer is expected to give up basic features of ownership.

As far as the "Trojan Horse" arguement, sure it worked out last gen for PS3 with the victory of Blu-Ray over HDDVD, and the previous gen with the PS2 and DVD. But this year there is no format to launch, and trying to push the apple TV ideal hasn't even worked out for Apple, has it? Yeah, I know they whole idea with XBOX was to get M$ out of the computer room and into the living room, and that worked... the 360 turned a profit despite M$ TRYING to ruin it (RROD, underwhelming add ons, charging for and raising the price of LIVE) and the XBOX plays Netflix, goes on Facebook, and whatever. So why if it's not a GAME CONSOLE do they market it to gamers with games? OH YEAH, because EVERYONE ELSE already gets that crap someplace else... PC, Tablet, ect.

I don't need a console for games like I did in 2005, the PC gaming market has made quite a comeback. Lets see if M$ and Sony figure that out.
 
Gunstar
M$ keeps the manufacturing fees for discs rolling in. Since the publisher pays for the games whether they sell or not, it's safe money for M$. So basically they want to give people physical media, with the high prices attached, and none of the advantages of physical media. Plus they get all the advantages of DL only service (no game sharing, no rentals, no resale, ect...) without the convenience or price advantages of Steam.
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Yes I agree with most of that but the problem here is that retailers won't sell the console unless they have some appeasement by having physical media. (The razor blade model) The physical media itself does not drive profits. In fact the agreements with retailers are what keep digital from having the real deep discounts. To a lesser extent they slightly appease those who want used games to trade in with authorized retailers.

In addition you do have many of the advantages on the x1 that you have with steam but likely no discounts. You have a backup of your games you can access at any time. An added Plus on xbox one is that you can access your library through multiple logins. Steam doesn't even let you do that.

Personally I think they should of just ripped the band aid like they did with the original xbox and said yah you need broadband to use xbox live. Then the retailers could go sit on their thumbs and MS can offer real discounts.
 
fatkrakr
You do know there is a options menu for steam. You can stop all of the things that annoyed you about steam in a minute. That includes for steam to run in offline mod.
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No I did not know that, would definitely be better than what I saw at the time. I did not leave it on my system very long. I removed both games and steam within a few hours after installing it.

Perhaps I judged it to harshly?
 
HBR-Roadhog
No I did not know that, would definitely be better than what I saw at the time. I did not leave it on my system very long. I removed both games and steam within a few hours after installing it.

Perhaps I judged it to harshly?
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Not really. You seem to dislike things that are inherent to steam. All offline mode does is avoid those things for 30 days.

oqvist
That is not what I would call requiring online...
Is that seriously an issue for anybody not living on the north Pole for more then a month :-)
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You need online to activate the game and check in every 30 days. Unless your gaming machine is a laptop you are required to have an online connection.
 
So I guess then this ends the chances of a new Fanatec wheel being the official wheel of choice. Kinda sad news in a way if so.

The question now is do we expect a T500 variant with new rumble motors that will highlight the physics which the standard controllers have been reported as having with multichannel type effects being felt?

If Thrustmaster can achieve agreements with the likes of Ferrari in the past how cool would a Mclaren P1 steering wheel be based on the T500 but improved.

Although with Thrustmaster they could go for a budget product for larger potential sales.
Look forward to finding out.
 
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