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You suck at this game: Accuracy boosting add-on coming for 360 controllers photo

There is a shame that many gamers like myself harbor, fearful that gaming sessions among friends will reveal our terrible secret: that of being incapable of accurately aiming with the thumbsticks without sending our reticles flying all over the screen. In spite of spending hours upon hours glued to a rig, for some reason there are people that just can't master the art of precision aim regardless of how hard they try. 

Thankfully, KontrolFreek, makers of the similarly styled gaming crutch the SpeedFreek, is releasing an add-on for Xbox 360 controllers that seeks to deliver we ham-fisted flailers from the gaping maw of horrific humiliation. KontrolFreek's latest work increases the height of Xbox 360 thumbsticks which, according to an IGN review, allows for greater accuracy within the first 20% range of motion, supposedly the most difficult to master due to spring tension.

It will still be immediately obvious that you're the gaming equivalent of a crate full of epileptic children mid-seizure, but if accuracy is your issue then at least the indignity of respawn after respawn after respawn can be a thing of the past.  FPS Freeks are currently available for a 20% pre-order discount down from its $9.99 per pair and $17.99 (for four) price and are supposedly legal in competition, though that has yet to be officially confirmed.

[Via Gizmodo -- Thanks, Adam] 


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bbrigg1's Avatar
bbrigg1 at 03/12/2008 14:19
I would rather admit to buying the latest Sex in the City Season on DVD.
Snaileb 's Avatar
Snaileb at 03/12/2008 14:21
hahahahahah
brosef's Avatar
brosef at 03/12/2008 14:23
If you play like a fat-handed one-thumbed retard, you don't deserve help.

You can't fix suck.
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain's Avatar
Copyright 2008 Agent Chieftain at 03/12/2008 14:24
If you can't slam with the best...
HarassmentPanda's Avatar
HarassmentPanda at 03/12/2008 14:31
Those are not only hideous, but also embarrassing. I would laugh to no end if I saw someone using those.
Lord_Satorious's Avatar
Lord_Satorious at 03/12/2008 14:31
Easier aiming can be achieved through better programming. Some shooters I can't quickly aim accurately to save my life, whereas with others it's nearly as good as using a mouse (Call of Duty 4 is like the latter). I don't see this product as fixing my problem, I don't need to move my thumbstick more, I need turning accelerations and such to be more to my liking. A snap-on thumbstick on top of a preexisting thumbstick is just silly.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 03/12/2008 14:32
I have more trouble with my turning speed than anything else when it comes to console FPS. This wouldn't help me get better.
BigPopaGamer's Avatar
BigPopaGamer at 03/12/2008 14:34
I'll bite.
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SourGr8pes at 03/12/2008 14:39
Could this be?? If this works as it says, I'll be finally able to advance on skate's story mode!
ajay42's Avatar
ajay42 at 03/12/2008 14:40
There is a simple solution to this problem. Its called a mouse.

"Some shooters I can't quickly aim accurately to save my life, whereas with others it's nearly as good as using a mouse"

Aimbots. Making up for the unwieldy nature of dual analog.
Surf314's Avatar
Surf314 at 03/12/2008 14:41
Do they come with one of these
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar
PrinceofCannedPeaches at 03/12/2008 14:49
I'm pretty sure a crate full of epileptic children would never "reach mid-seizure."
tkyy's Avatar
tkyy at 03/12/2008 14:52
Why don't someone make a controller with a trackball replacing the right analog stick?
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Professor Pew at 03/12/2008 14:57
Actually, in the two months that followed the release of this thing, it's been shown that they work pretty well. As they should, in terms of general ergonomics. I almost forgot about this after reading about it two months ago, tnx for reminding me!
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 03/12/2008 14:58
Lamest product ever?
Mozgus's Avatar
Mozgus at 03/12/2008 14:59
tkyy, that is actually a good idea!
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 03/12/2008 14:59
That's why the dualshock controllers have a wider range of motion, it's more accurate in the center and logarithmically wider toward the outside of the stick's motion.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 03/12/2008 15:00
Oh looks good. I don't have aiming issues though.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 03/12/2008 15:00
Do they make this for the PS3? That's the only analog stick I have trouble with.

@Tkyy

Some 3rd party comapany WAS working on one years ago for use with PS2 and Xbox I think. I don't think they ever released it though. I can't remember what it was called but if you Google it, they did release some prototype photos of it.
Sharpless's Avatar
Sharpless at 03/12/2008 15:01
I'm pretty sure it would be cheaper to make that device by hand.
Zanch's Avatar
Zanch at 03/12/2008 15:03
I might as well just tattoo the word fail on your forehead if you use them.
Colette Bennett's Avatar
Colette Bennett at 03/12/2008 15:03
Campaign slogan should be "For suck assistance."
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 03/12/2008 15:10
Also, the "FAIL" tag made me lol.
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JamnOnTheOne at 03/12/2008 15:12
@Reaprar
"No thanks, that's what SENSITIVITY SETTINGS are for."

Not really. Sensitivity settings exist to modify the entire range of movement, not the quick aim/movement adjustment that these are targeted for.
savagesaladin's Avatar
savagesaladin at 03/12/2008 15:13
Don't need it. I'm bad. I'm the baddest mutha fucka in the world. Bitch.
MINOR THREAT's Avatar
MINOR THREAT at 03/12/2008 15:13
I broke the fuck out of a couple of my fingers a few years ago. My middle finger is still wicked crooked. It fucks with my aiming a bit I'll give them a try.
Sam Spectre's Avatar
Sam Spectre at 03/12/2008 15:13
For people with broken hands?
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 03/12/2008 15:14
That’s just silly.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 03/12/2008 15:38
I don't see this helping.
brainderailment's Avatar
brainderailment at 03/12/2008 15:45
@GuitarAtomik

I think that would only make them more difficult for you. If you are used to the xbox's narrowness, then making the PS3 sticks range of motion wider, it's gonna feel like sliding on ice.
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 03/12/2008 15:49
GuitarAtomik's Avatar
GuitarAtomik at 03/12/2008 15:55
@brainderailment

Yeah, that's exactly how it feels to me now. I don't remember having that problem on the PS2 DualShock (which I still use). That's the weird thing. It's like it's not sensitive enough towards the center and way too sensitive towards the edges.
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AgentMOO at 03/12/2008 16:02
would go well with one of these
Kryptinite's Avatar
Kryptinite at 03/12/2008 16:15
well...that's just stupid as hell
vp360's Avatar
vp360 at 03/12/2008 16:17
wat a waste of money
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CaffeinePowered at 03/12/2008 17:00
An utter waste of money, seriously
Topher Cantler's Avatar
Topher Cantler at 03/12/2008 17:08
What Redzie said.
The Dutch Slayer's Avatar
The Dutch Slayer at 03/12/2008 17:12
"KUCH" pc fps > ALL "KUCH"
anyway yah if your into that stuff I guess but not for me nope.
Qais Fulton's Avatar
Qais Fulton at 03/12/2008 17:32
@Agent Moo: You're right, this would go perfectly with my tard helmet. I hope they'll release it in different colors so I can get a set to match the Destructoid sticker on my helmet.
Anus Mcphanus's Avatar
Anus Mcphanus at 03/12/2008 17:37
Surely that's what sensitivity settings are for right? and if anything they should be making this for the PS3 if they are going to bother at all
Pagster's Avatar
Pagster at 03/12/2008 18:11
wow, robot nipples!
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 03/12/2008 18:24
No.
Crackpot360's Avatar
Crackpot360 at 03/12/2008 18:49
Yes, But if I place one of those on my penis,....will it be more accurate??
Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 03/12/2008 19:13
Or you could buy a mouse. I hear they come free with computers.
mistic's Avatar
mistic at 03/12/2008 20:22
I'm good enough ( for my own liking at least ) without these :-)

So I won't be wasting my money on them... as should nobody!
AgentMOO's Avatar
AgentMOO at 03/12/2008 20:32
I know the truth...

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kittridge at 03/12/2008 21:00
How would this be unlike performance enhancing drugs? Shall we begin placing asterisks next to names on leaderboards? KontrolFreek = HGH for Gamers?

But.. I might buy a pair. Haxz for my fingorzthumz. I dun care how dumb I look I already wear that multi-colored pinwheel hat to class everyday.
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Cube at 03/12/2008 22:13
There is a better way it's called throw out the damn game pad and get the PC versions that are better in everyway and have a mouse and keyboard.
TheGameCritic's Avatar
TheGameCritic at 03/12/2008 23:42
@Crackpot
Studies show that KontrolFreek's joystick extensions add an extra half inch but do not effect thickness.

But in all seriousness, this product is yet another excuse for the underperformers online to use in their arsenal. Now these gamers will blame their terrible skills on the extensions they bought that supposedly improved their accuracy.

Good game KontrolFreek, good game.
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar
Burnt Meatloaf at 03/13/2008 03:20
Thumbsticks on stilts? The 360's analog sticks are already too tall.
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