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You Know What's Bullshit?
17 years ago
The economy in the US as we know it is losing its once gloriousness. Sure, yeah, none of us in the States really know what it's like to live in a thriving economy, but today I saw where we are.
This Christmas, I got a $100 gift card for Best Buy. Equipped with the idea of buying a DS--perhaps after I sell my 360 and PSP--I also needed to pick up a PS3 controller. I don't have a PS3, but it's a familiar gamepad I can use for my PC for Fallout, FFXI, Stepmania, and emulated games. It has a comfortable feel with an intuitive set-up that makes it very nice for working my macros and such on FFXI, as well as quick and accurate work with Stepmania, so why not?
Knowing the controller itself would cost me $55, I walked in and picked up the controller, but I remembered that a cord comes with it, similar to a cord that connects the PSP to USB ports or even a camera. However, only a cord designed with the pure purpose for the PS3 controller works the best. After going through a wired controller for the 360, I didn't want to have to deal with that bullshit ever again, so I bought the extra cord for the PS3 controller.
But wait. Stop right there. If I had picked up the controller for $55 and went home, I would have opened it and let out a fierce cloud of expletives. Why would you make a controller that can't be plugged in to charge? Given that you're using the controller for the PS3 and play alone, sure, you only have to charge one controller at a time, so the one cord distributed with the system, you're fine. But what if you're playing a four-player game? What the fuck.
So if I hadn't gotten the cord, I would have had to drive my ass back to the Best Buy and buy the damn cord for another $12. I mentioned the pure irony of it all to the person who helped me browse their gamepad section and the cashier. Why have a controller with an internal battery that you can't recharge...!? Even watches have batteries that can be replaced! And the fucking cashier has the decency to ask me if I wanted to buy insurance for my cord for $10. I don't know why I'd pay double for a cord that--by the company's slogan--keeps going and going and going... I nearly called that cashier a fucking succubus.
$71 out of my gift card was gone with a single controller for a system I don't even have. A controller that can't be charged... that's bullshit.
This Christmas, I got a $100 gift card for Best Buy. Equipped with the idea of buying a DS--perhaps after I sell my 360 and PSP--I also needed to pick up a PS3 controller. I don't have a PS3, but it's a familiar gamepad I can use for my PC for Fallout, FFXI, Stepmania, and emulated games. It has a comfortable feel with an intuitive set-up that makes it very nice for working my macros and such on FFXI, as well as quick and accurate work with Stepmania, so why not?
Knowing the controller itself would cost me $55, I walked in and picked up the controller, but I remembered that a cord comes with it, similar to a cord that connects the PSP to USB ports or even a camera. However, only a cord designed with the pure purpose for the PS3 controller works the best. After going through a wired controller for the 360, I didn't want to have to deal with that bullshit ever again, so I bought the extra cord for the PS3 controller.
But wait. Stop right there. If I had picked up the controller for $55 and went home, I would have opened it and let out a fierce cloud of expletives. Why would you make a controller that can't be plugged in to charge? Given that you're using the controller for the PS3 and play alone, sure, you only have to charge one controller at a time, so the one cord distributed with the system, you're fine. But what if you're playing a four-player game? What the fuck.
So if I hadn't gotten the cord, I would have had to drive my ass back to the Best Buy and buy the damn cord for another $12. I mentioned the pure irony of it all to the person who helped me browse their gamepad section and the cashier. Why have a controller with an internal battery that you can't recharge...!? Even watches have batteries that can be replaced! And the fucking cashier has the decency to ask me if I wanted to buy insurance for my cord for $10. I don't know why I'd pay double for a cord that--by the company's slogan--keeps going and going and going... I nearly called that cashier a fucking succubus.
$71 out of my gift card was gone with a single controller for a system I don't even have. A controller that can't be charged... that's bullshit.
Did you get it sorted in the end?