Know what else this does? It makes it REALLY cheap for third party accessories and customization of the hardware... Have big hands and need big spaced out buttons? Mad Catz got you.
Oh good call. It'll be super easy to reverse engineer the IR part, I assume, and won't require violating nintendo patents on proprietary connectors. Now they can sell you mario and zelda controller grips instead of limited edition consoles.
maybe the back plate is also customizeable like the N3DS faceplates.
well this lines up with the rumors
i wonder how responsive this tech is
If it's anything like the circle pad pro, it's perfectly fine. Then again, I don't think any super-duper twitch based games ever used it though. I assume the 'normal' controller when playing in docked mode does bluetooth or something though.