General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: pipz on April 24, 2016, 09:37:08 AM
Title: Lost in space.
Post by: pipz on April 24, 2016, 09:37:08 AM
Seems "Space sims" are the new target for marketing. Ya go to Thrustmaster and there is a space theme. The Saitek X55 is now a space age X56 with "blue and fake chrome" highlights ! Its a outrage! :old:
Title: Re: Lost in space.
Post by: Meatwad on April 24, 2016, 11:18:02 AM
Title: Re: Lost in space.
Post by: GScholz on April 24, 2016, 09:10:52 PM
:rofl
Title: Re: Lost in space.
Post by: Gman on April 24, 2016, 10:46:47 PM
TM has a press conference coming up in the first week of May, apparently unveiling a new line of sticks. Probably a new "Space" one too, but I'm hoping for a follow on to the Warthog of some sort as well.
Last I head Saitek was making a dedicated Star Citizen Hotas along these lines - http://techreport.com/news/29202/mad-catz-shows-off-its-dedicated-star-citizen-hotas-controller
Maybe they dropped that and just went with the X56. The description on the Amazon pre order page say it's an RGB controller and can be matched to the color of your other RGB desktop stuff, but it looks like that blue crap is there to stay.
Title: Re: Lost in space.
Post by: Ratsy on April 25, 2016, 09:24:33 AM
I guess this is why the X-55 Rhino is largely unavailable? The 'spacey' unit is a Rhino with a couple of changed switches and a new paint job?
Those silly boys at Saitek can't sustain production of two largely similar products?
Oh Brave New World that have such people in it!
:noid
Title: Re: Lost in space.
Post by: Serenity on April 25, 2016, 01:27:07 PM