In addition, more than 20 vendors are expected to show how IEEE 1394 standard peripherals can be connected.

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Gamers venturing away from their desk will still want to to lug along their standard peripherals, though -- as well as it works with a gamepad alone, Windows alerts and game launchers make the traditional pointer a necessity, not to mention the fact that many PC games simply don't play nice with controllers to begin with.

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Featuring one of the largest gaming libraries, the Wii was the first system to bring home affordable motion sensor gaming, and set a standard for gaming consoles and peripherals going forward.

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Please research this topic and write a short article (between 200 and 500 words long) describing what kind of peripherals now take advantage of this standard, and what will be coming soon.

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