Genius Products Inc. (GNPR)

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Picture of Scratch: The Ultimate DJ controller released!



Publisher Genius Products has a marketing shot from earlier in the year, which you can see above (for the 360 version). They note that there may have been some slight changes since, but this is more or less what we're getting.

They says that Scratch isn't fooling around: "Its got a "free-spinning, touch-sensitive turntable wheel", five coloured buttons and a small crossfader, all on a functional, if somewhat drab, hunk of grey plastic put together by (or at least licensed by) real turntable manufacturers Numark." Nice.

Apparently, Genius has revealed some of Scratch's tracklist as well, which "unlike Activision's messy attempts at covering every genre's bases (at the risk of spreading itself too thin), is targeting a more specific audience: hip-hop and RnB fans."

There are 8 songs named so far, out of what are supposed to be 60 in total, featuring a mix of both licensed music and covers. Those revealed are:

Flashing Lights – Kanye West
Let's Get It Started – The Black Eyed Peas
Peter Piper – Run DMC
Hot in Herre - Nelly
Milkshake – Kelis
Friends – Whodini
Party Like A Rockstar – Shop Boyz
Don't Sweat the Technique – Eric B. and Rakim

The whole package? $100, which seems fairly reasonable, given the price of games and the addition of what sounds like a pretty good turntable.

Source: http://ps3.kombo.com/article.php?artid=9949