Microsoft Kinect is storming success, with demos of games like Ghost Recon Future Soldier showing anyone unconvinced by the successes of RockBand's placky instruments that console accessories really can bring in the big bucks. But not all gaming accessories enjoy the success of Microsoft and Harmonix, oh no.
Creating a successful gaming add-on is no easy feat, and to prove that point we've rummaged through the bargain basement of yesteryear to cringe at those attachments that added nothing more than a nuisance and another heap of plastic we had to find a place in our bedroom for.
20 Worst game accessories ever
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Steel Battalion controller
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Steel Battalion controller
This hefty piece of kit was made for the Xbox title that tried to create the ingame mechs by simulating the actual control panel equipped with over 40 buttons. The fact you could only use it one other game (the sequel) and it cost a packet, made it a truly bad peripheral. This chap however, managed to find a better use for the Steel Battalion controller.
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