Here's the funny bit...I don't even own an XBox 360!

I'm hoping they will send me some kind of message that says it will work with PC if I do X-Y-Z. It's either that, or bust my BUZZ! set under the hands of some over-zealous "Press Your Lucker."

Well, you can hope, but I think the more likely outcome is that they eventually produce a Xbox controller driver that does provide that support, or that you find someone who cobbled together a hacked driver on teh Intarwebs. And unfortunately neither are very likely. (You could get lucky if they decide to do a Games For Windows port of Scene It!, but I wouldn't hold my breath on that either.)

Wanted to bump this thread to say that I bought the PS3 version of Buzz, and it isn't doing squat. Windows sees a device, but no button presses are registered. Will see if there's a way to fix that, but I'm really getting annoyed with the idea that people don't actually want me to give them money.

There's not (the PS3 uses it's own method for communicating with USB devices). However, the goal of the PS3 game is to be a PS3 game. So if the controllers don't work on anything but the PS3, you're still getting what's advertised on the box.

Oh, no doubt. And while I'm not happy, there's no "blame" per se -- they delivered what they said. Still:

Since the wireless controllers work on the PS2 as well (at least, everyone says it does), then it's not strictly a PS3 issue.

What's more, the difference, to Sony, is that if they'd done this thing right, I would have bought a half dozen sets and started writing my own CPS wizbangs. Instead, I've got one set, and that'll be for personal use. I'm not the only teacher who had this thought in mind. So a big "shoot self in foot" to the engineers for this one.

Who's "everyone" Does Sony officially support it? I would bet not.

Much as I hate to say it, I would have to wager that that particular revenue stream isn't lucrative enough to merit the extra expense Sony would have to go to to make them PC-friendly.

The wireless buzzers on PS2? I would bet so.


But here's the thing: the wired buzzers were already PC-friendly. For the wired AND the wireless to work with PS2, but only the wired to work with PC, implies that something was actually changed to make things less compatible in this iteration. In other words, it seems like they took extra expense to make them LESS PC-friendly.

Is this their right? Absolutely. Their property to do with as they wish. But to quote one of the times Bob Barker got it right... That's just dumb.

Huh. I'll be damned. Score one for them.

Fair point, and now that I know that the wireless ones are backward-compatible, one I agree with.

Well I'm just glad I was able to take advantage of the PS/2 Buzz controllers, while I could. I know a number of Target stores have been making these down to under $20, and I picked up a couple sets for future projects.

They were fun to hack into, for more heavy duty use. But the conversion was a pain in the ass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coJvELx4oqE

I built four of these sets within the past year. The stench of solder, aerosol paint, and superglue stank up the house for days after each set was built. But every person that received a set of the buzzers[despite unexpected delays], were satisfied. It was cool to offer this contribution to the loop. Not only of offering the authentic buttons you've seen on television...but also quality worksmanship that's been my trademark over the years.

-Dan Berger