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Product Announcement, LONO Arcade to USB Controller
Encryptor:
Will there be a 2 player version? Overall I think most people build 2 player cp's. Why spend the extra money for a 4 player encoder.
armi0024:
Great question, we have been offering the Xin-mo controller for almost a year now, and have two options there for 2 player control panels:
Xin Mo Arcade Controller to USB - Paradise Style=28.95
Xin Mo Arcade Controller to USB - PC or PS3=25.00
However, at 65 the Lono comes complete with a full wiring harness. When I check prices, other vendors are charging 55 and up for their in house controller with harness. I will look at the numbers for doing a 2 player controller, it might make sense to have something priced between our current offering and the Lono.
Xiaou2:
I think thats a great unit, esp with the harness. Sadly, I will need a lot of analog inputs too... analog sticks, pedals, thrusters, spinners, trackballs..
However, I wanted to say that I think the main problem is your website. Its very hard to navigate and see whats available.
For example, under categories, theres no "Encoders " section.
And when you hit a category, pictures dont always pop up unless you enter them.
armi0024:
Xiaou you bring up some great points, and thank you.
To borrow from your car analogy in the Frankenpanel discussion... this is our Porsche Turbo, it doesn't hold a lot, but it's blazing fast and does exactly what it's meant to do with speed, accuracy and efficiency. Button pushes are transmitted at rates beyond anything else published out there on other people's sites. Our goal was simple, solderless, easy to install, fast, effective, and based on drivers present already in Windows.
Without any tools what so ever, you can connect arcade joysticks and buttons to a computer with this device and you are ready to go. In fact if you down load MameUI32 or 64 you can just start playing immeadiately.
That is not to say that a machine with over 5 analog devices is not important. Because many analog devices have USB options we felt that for this version we would build the Porsche 911, not the SUV for now...
I will take a look at the site again. We are rapidly evolving and have added over 150 products since Jan 1. We will be over 400 products by July 1 and probably around 500+ by next December. Part of the complications of this growth is how to organize the presentation. Not only in a way that makes sense for our products, but also our customers. Our customer base is very diverse, including Mame builders, classic arcade enthusiasts, console based fighters, and others. Any thoughts or comments on how to improve the site are very welcome, please PM me or email me.
Thank you again for all the constructive comments.
ark_ader:
Yawn.
You have to have guts to come into a overly saturated market with a device like that.
At a price that is too much for a device I could pick up from Randy for Andy for much less and get a lot more, especially in this tough economy.
Good Luck! ::)