To all,
This is a killer deal. I've ordered three more. The cost on the gamepad alone (no basestation) at Futureshop is C$99. I haven't had luck finding this anywhere else in Canada for a better deal.
To anyone concerned about range, don't worry. The range on the gamepad is over 12ft. I normally use it from that range. I don't even have the base station exposed, its behind my centre channel speaker.
Battery consumption is very minimal with the Gamepad. I haven't replaced the batteries yet and I've had it for a couple months now. The keyboard is still on the same batts and the mouse has needed new ones twice now (using rechargables here).
NHL2002 and Madden2002 are awesome on the big screen and the GP works well in them!
I run 98se at the moment, but I'm thinking about trying XP and seeing what happens. XP is running very well on my "normal" pc. Who knows when I'll have time for that though.
Darren A. Schmidt