Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/05/01/sega_shakes_urinal_games_towards_shelves/
Sega squirts urinal game console onto shop shelves
One for Pee-C gamers?
Posted in Games, 1st May 2012 15:21 GMT
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Sega's videogame business hit a 'new flow' this week when the firm pushed its urinal games terminal, the Toylet, out into retail in Japan.
That means that those who took a shine to Sega's Toylets [1] after using them in various bathrooms across the country, now have the opportunity to put them in their own homes, the company announced on Twitter.
A sensor fitted at the base of the bowl samples pressure and volume, using the data to control the short, quirky Japanese game on the unit's colour display.
A similar device was fitted in the loo of a London bar last year. Games such as Clever Dick saw gents answer questions with their streams [2].
A booth which offers the same experience, Place to Pee [3], has been doing the rounds for several years now too.
If you're interested in testing the accuracy of your joystick, then you'll spend more than a penny doing so. The Toylet costs a whopping ¥140,000 (£1080) for the device alone, with a collection of games a further ¥10,000 (£77).
And Sega isn't even taking the piss.
If schools took note and fitted their bathrooms with Toylets, perhaps it would prevent naughty students ruining the IT department with their pee-pee [4]. ®