While most of the gaming gadgets are made to simplify the gameplay, or to make it more interesting, small number of gaming peripherals fails to fulfill their purpose. According to this article, Nintendo owners are those who are cursed with the most useless gadgets.

When home gaming systems landed in people’s living rooms in the early eighties it was only a matter of time before some enterprising fellow with an eye for exploitation decided he could sell those prehistoric gamers piles of useless gadgets and gear to feed their new-found addictions. Ever since, companies have been churning out tons of various controllers, add-ons, and even fashion accessories—most of them completely useless or broke from the get-go—and we’ve been handing them money hand over fist. From game-specific keypads for the Atari 2600 to Xbox 360 cooling units that catch on fire, the retail market is full of useless crap.
The following is just a short list of some of the most useless console gaming peripherals of all time.

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