by jemsic Thu May 04, 2006 1:18 pm
Well for this first one I made, I'm probably not going to sell it. I WANT to sell it, but the shipping would probably be $20-30 (its humongous), plus the $50 I spent on parts, plus all the work I put into it... I would have to get an offer of at least $100 bucks for it (plus a little more for shipping). But these next ones I'm making will definitely sell. Shipping would only be $10-15, and they'll be portable and much better looking. Maybe a little bigger than the DC agetek stick. They'd look good enough that people would want to pay $100-$200 for one. I'm just waiting on the parts now (ordered them last night) to start building.
I don't have an xbox, but I can't imagine it being any harder than a dreamcast controller. Or I could just make it for psx, and people could buy adapters for whatever system they want. Saturn's just as easy too. I guess I could take on requests, but they'd have to pay in advance for a request job.
There's no way I could mass-produce these. These are strictly one-offs, that I don't plan on reproducing. Each one will be uniquely special so that everyone who buys one will each have a truly custom stick.
There may be a possibility of wireless ones (of my new models), but no one would want a wireless version of my first model. Sitting that thing in your lap would crush your legs, lol.