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Rumor has it that Microsoft likes to keep its secrets to itself - most recently regarding its wireless standard used on the Xbox 360. While Microsoft's competitor, Sony, with its PS3, uses a Bluetooth connection to pair up wireless devices, Microsoft has its own standard, which it does not intend on opening to others.
This prevents 3-rd party manufacturers from creating wireless devices compatible with the Xbox 360.
The developers for Guitar Hero have already butted heads with Microsoft over the issue and the end result was a guitar controller that is tethered via a USB cable instead of wirelessly. "Well, that's a Microsoft issue. Their wireless technology is proprietary...so they aren't allowing 3rd party manufacturers to make anything at the moment....so until they allow us to do so, we aren't able to," said Red Octane's Bryan Lam.
Interestingly enough, there is no mention of using a USB dongle to provide wireless functionality for the controller. Red Octane used a wireless dongle for the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero so is it unexpected to think that the same couldn't be done for the Xbox 360?
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
This prevents 3-rd party manufacturers from creating wireless devices compatible with the Xbox 360.
The developers for Guitar Hero have already butted heads with Microsoft over the issue and the end result was a guitar controller that is tethered via a USB cable instead of wirelessly. "Well, that's a Microsoft issue. Their wireless technology is proprietary...so they aren't allowing 3rd party manufacturers to make anything at the moment....so until they allow us to do so, we aren't able to," said Red Octane's Bryan Lam.
Interestingly enough, there is no mention of using a USB dongle to provide wireless functionality for the controller. Red Octane used a wireless dongle for the PlayStation 2 version of Guitar Hero so is it unexpected to think that the same couldn't be done for the Xbox 360?
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
