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Leaked Xbox 360 keyboard controller attachment, Voltron jealous
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With Gamespot and other sites leaking details about the upcoming Dashboard updates to the 360, you've gotta wonder how text messaging between the 360 and Windows users will work. Typing out even the briefest of messages using the 360 Controller is a lesson in patience; it's easier to record and send a voice message than it is to hammer out "LOL WRU?" on that thing. Enter this Xbox 360 snap-on qwerty keyboard attachment -- conveniently also leaked (and now pulled) by Gamespot -- which will be available in the summer for an unknown price. Luckily Engadget snagged some shots before they disappeared into the ether. One more after the break.

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Author: Kevin Kelly
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Source: Joystiq
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What were we saying about cross-platform games and console gamers not having a keyboard?

*imagines trying to use that for wasd*

I don't believe we'll ever see this, looks like an unlikely concept to me.

edit: Well, maybe we will: http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6475

spoodie wrote:I don't believe we'll ever see this, looks like an unlikely concept to me.

edit: Well, maybe we will: http://www.5punk.co.uk/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=6475

Except the conversation in that screenshot would more likely be:
/cynical blog