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Originally Posted by GameMaster
I suppose that might be true...
But might I remind you that corded controllers are a general safety hazard. 40% of all tripping related accidents in homes that contain video games are caused by corded controllers. That figure was cut down to a mere 5% once Nintendo introduced the Wavebird.
I'm not here to publicly mock you, I'm just offering you some points to consider and think about tonight before you go to sleep.
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While you are correct; The safety hazard does exist and is there. which is actually 43.2% of all tripping related accidents. This accidents are not caused by the cords themselves.
A world wide study at the Boston Senior University, (yes, BS-University) proves with a 98.5% accuracy that it was indeed not the fault of the wire, but that the wire was too short. The study shows that nearly 70% of all controller wires are too short. At the top of this list was Nintendo who provided a mere 1 foot of controller wire. Nintendo was asked about why they provide such a short wire but declined to comment.
Oddly enough, it was nintendo themselves who started the so called wireless revolution of controllers on consoles after the number of tripping accidents nearly doubled in 2001. Coincidence? You be the judge.
However, in strangly related news, the number of Lost controllers has risen 24% since the indroduction of wireless controllers. The number of reported injuries of batteries being droped on toes as risen a staggering 67%, 12% of these reported injuries, the toe had to be amputated.
Which leaves me with my final question, How many more 9 toed kids do we need to see before these wireless controllers are recalled about put away for good?
