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Dragon Releases Cheap 3rd Party Dual Shock 3

Don't want to wait until next year or pay completely hideous import prices to get your PlayStation 3 rumble on? Well over at Success HK they've just put up Dragon Electronics' Duo Shock 4 controller for sale. It's a 3rd party Dual Shock controller that works with the PS3, PC, PS2, and the PSone, all thanks to a USB to PS2 port wireless adapter. Sure, you'll have a dongle hanging off the front of your PS3, but it will make your controller vibrate pleasantly, and isn't that all you really need? The biggest plus? It's only $16.77 to order one! The downside? How much controller can you actually get for only $16.77? I don't think I have to say buy at your own risk here, because I believe in you people.

Playstation 3 Wireless Controller (Dragon) DuoShock 3 [Success HK via PS3 Revolution]

9:40 AM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Mike Fahey
3,210 views, 30 comments

Latest by bubuli: nah. it probably would make Lair controls crappy...oh wait. more »

upgrades

PS3 Firmware v1.94 Adding DualShock3 Support

According to Shacknews, the new PS3 firmware version 1.94 will be adding DualShock3 support. Packaged with Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction before it's available for download, the firmware update will allow DualShock3 owners (which is actually no one at the moment) to toggle rumble. By pressing the middle PS3 button, gamers will be able to access controller options—which we're assuming will be added to the list of other options like shutting down the console, controller, etc. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Oct 23 2007
By Mark Wilson
5,594 views, 71 comments

Latest by Heidern: @Witzbold: I thought it had something to do with the system itself and they changed the bluetooth antenna(?) in the newer less Backwards-compatible versions of the system. I just had this stupid problem happen a couple of days ago when I more »

tgs07

DualShock 3 Rumble Hands-On

I just came back from playing around with the new rumblerific DualShock 3 controller.

It's funny how you don't realize how much you miss a thing sometimes until it returns. I knew that shooters on the PS3 sometimes felt a little off, but I typically adjusted pretty quickly and it didn't bother me.

But playing through a new level of Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (pure awesomeness) with vibration on, I realized just how much I missed the vibration of a machine gun or occasional kick of a handgun. The vibration is nothing special, nothing that you haven't always had in the Xbox 360 controller, but it sure is nice that Sony has finally gotten with the times.

As you can tell from my pics, one crisp, one not so much, the only external difference is the appearance of the words "DualShock 3" on the front edge of the controller.

I also noticed that the controller now has a much more solid feel. Before the PS3 controller felt hollow, almost toy-like, now it has the heft of the Xbox 360 controller but in a seemingly slightly smaller, more compact package.

11:00 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Brian Crecente
9,372 views, 65 comments

Latest by n/a: Yay, but damn it does the PS button turn on? Wait...What happened to the controller that had ultra-advanced vibration function? more »

breaking

Sony Confirms, Details SIXAXIS Rumble

Sony Computer Entertainment today confirmed news that we first broke back at E3, rumble is indeed returning to the Playstation in the form of a SIXAXIS rumble stick.

Kaz Hirai formerly announced the DualShock 3 during his keynote Thursday morning. There will be no other changes to the outward appearance of the new controller.

The new DualShock 3 is planned to ship in Japan this November, US and Europe in Spring 2008. No price is available today, but the new controller will be on hand, playable in echochrome, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted, Devil May Cry 4, Toy Home, Metal Gear Online and more. In total, ten titles currently support the DualShock 3.

Hirai also said that dozens of other titles will support the DualShock 3, including just about everything going forward. It also appears some older titles might game support.

8:06 PM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Brian Crecente
9,352 views, 107 comments

tgs07

PS3 Rumble Controller Confirmed

IGN was hanging out at Electronic Art's pre-Tokyo Game Show press event playing Burnout Paradise when they felt something funny. The PS3 controller in their hands started to shake, thus fulfilling the prophecy set forth by Ashcraft back in July at E3. First The PS3 controller shall rock once more! The version they held looked just like a Sixaxis, but felt heavier and had a sticker on the bottom that said 'rumble', which sounds like a dead giveaway to me. Expect a formal announcement to come during Kaz's keynote on the morrow, but for now rejoice, for the prodigal controller feature has returned!

TGS 2007: Rumble Confirmed [IGN - Thanks to Peter for the Image]

8:20 AM on Wed Sep 19 2007
By Mike Fahey
7,004 views, 133 comments

Latest by EvilJ: @Infininja: That's the reason I DON'T like the points... because it's designed to make you spend more money. I'm sure that's a great strategy for MS, but not so much for me, the consumer. There is a chatpad for the PS3. more »

scea

New SIXAXIS Protypes Sent to Devs

A new Playstation 3 SIXAXIS controller prototype has been sent out to the development community, according to SCEA's Dave Karraker.

The new controller is more of a tweak than any giant leap forward. Karraker said that the controller has slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and and motion sensing. He also said that have not added rumble to the PS3 and "have no announcements regarding this feature"... I wonder if there should have been a "yet" at the end of that sentence? Otherwise it doesn't really say anything we don't know. It merely addresses the status quo, not what may happen down the line.

Hit up GamePro for the full quote on the tweaked SIXAXIS prototype.

Sony: 'We have not added rumble' to PS3 controller [GamePro]

10:00 AM on Mon Aug 6 2007
By Brian Crecente
3,064 views, 62 comments

Jack Tretton On SIXAXIS Rumble

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rumor smash

SCEA Responds to Mysterious Red Light Rumor

The eagle-eyed writers over at Playstation Universe were the first to spot the mysterious red light emanating from the center of the Playstation 3 SIXAXIS seen on the new 80GB PS3 box. Could the glowing Home button, perhaps, be proof of a new and improved controller, maybe one with rumble?

Not so says SCEA, though their responses to our inquires and the one they posted on their site don't match up.

More »

2:25 PM on Mon Jul 9 2007
By Brian Crecente
12,774 views, 63 comments

rumor

Rumble Sixaxis In Developer's Hands?

We've gotten in several tips involving this developer diary posted a few days ago on IGN, showing the folks at Free Radical polishing up the Haze demo that was shown at the Ubisoft gamers day back in late May. At the beginning of this lengthy, relatively entertaining video we see Haze being demoed to the press using a standard Sixaxis, while at around the ten minute mark we are shown two separate developers testing the game and the controller they are using is mysteriously blurred out. Could it be that Free Radical already has their hands on the rumble ready PS3 controller? More »

11:30 AM on Sun Jul 8 2007
By Mike Fahey
13,494 views, 72 comments

Latest by FloatingWorld: I doubt it, rumble is so last gen, right Sony? more »

ready to rumble?

Rumor: Rumble Sixaxis In November

Could the PlayStation 3 be getting last-gen's rumble functionality before the end of the year? According to the rumors section in the latest issue of PSM, the answer might be yes. The magazine even gets into specifics, saying that the Sixaxis rumble controller will be announced at E3 this year with a projected release date of November 13th. Seems sort of odd that a rumor would have such a concrete date attached to it, doesn't it? Sounds more like someone either a) has a big mouth or b) enjoys playing games with magazine editors. Word is that Kojima wanted rumble included, and considering the importance of MGS 4 to the PS3 platform, Sony listened. More »

11:20 AM on Thu May 24 2007
By Mike Fahey
4,379 views, 143 comments

Latest by coodyboy: I finally bought my second PS3 a year after my first one being ripped off when someone broke in my house. I only had the thing a week too. Plus it was $600.00 the time i bought it. So i more »

ps3

PS3 Rumble Headset

OK, I know the idea of a headset that rumbles seem insane, but this new PS3 headset also has four mini-speakers in each earcup and a built in microphone. More »

7:00 PM on Thu Dec 21 2006
By Brian Crecente
14,993 views, 34 comments

ps3

Kojima: "I Miss The Rumble"

In a recent issue of The Official PlayStation Magazine UK, famed game creator Hideo Kojima talked about his upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Tidbits—The game won't take place in only the Middle East, but also South America and Eastern Europe. It is Yojimbo-like in its play, making it possible to choose and switch sides. MGS4 turns the FPS genre on its ear, undermining what we've come to expect from a shooter. Kojima explains further just how this installment is different: More »

3:22 AM on Mon Nov 27 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
581 views, 40 comments

Latest by K-OSS: are on "Note that I say non-Nintendo fans, as the fans will disagree with me entirely with the word "innovation."" Nintendo puts out a crap system, Fanboys claim it's Innovative. Nintendo Re-releases the NES for $300, Fanboys claim it's Avant Garde. Nintendo moronic more »

immersion

Hirai: Rumble Possible, Motion Sensing A Strategic Choice

Controller tech fist fight! Personally, I'd perfer feedback to sensor tech—especially for shooters and driving games. But Sony Computer Entertainment of America boss Kaz Hirai states it was a strategic choice not to include the rumble feedback. Ellaborating, Kaz says: More »

10:22 PM on Tue Oct 3 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
285 views, 67 comments

wii

Wii Rumble Not Dead After All

Woo. False alarm. More »
nintendo

Wii Rumble Dead?

Is the fact that the Wii has no rumble old news? Is it news at all? I have to admit, when I played with the Wiimote in Leipzig, I did notice that it didn't vibrate steadily in my hands in response to my movements... giving the entire thing a frictionless air that made me think of trying to play a light-gun game while holding the controller upside down. Still, I just sort of assumed it hadn't been programmed in yet. More »

1:59 PM on Thu Sep 7 2006
By kotaku.com
573 views, 71 comments

Latest by Sunjammer: Xtreme liez. If rumble was already in, alongside the speaker, why remove it? Why remove something? I've already read developers yap about how the Wii rumble has to be programmed to turn itself on/off rapidly to approximate varying rumble intensities, so more »

playstation

Sony Pulls Rumble... from the Playstation!

Over the weekend, McWhertor pointed out an issue of Playstation Magazine #1 from September 1997. Surprisingly enough, it ended up reading about as timely and topically as any modern print mag. More »

12:40 PM on Mon Jul 10 2006
By brownlee
163 views, 9 comments

mgs

PS3...for the FUTURE

Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima and Square-Enix's Tetsuya Nomura are firm in their belief that the PS3 is the way of the future, but wail just as loudly as we do about the price and rumble shenanigans: More »

4:40 PM on Fri Jun 30 2006
By egauger
503 views, 6 comments

wii

Immersion Eyes Potential Wii Rumble Lawsuit?

Immersion's scrap-up with Sony over rumble tech is bad for gamers. We don't really expect Immersion to give Sony the tech out of the goodness of their hearts; we can understand that the prohibitive licensing cost and their ongoing legal antagonism with Immersion might have gotten Sony's dander up. But playing PS2 games on the PS3 isn't going to be the same without rumble. And Immersion prez Vic Viegas makes a good point: "If you can see a single blade of grass in Madden and hear the hot dog vendor in the stands, but you don't feel the tackle? That's not going to sit well with gamers." More »

10:40 AM on Wed Jun 21 2006
By brownlee
473 views, 16 comments

Latest by Fido: I don't think rumble is a gimmick. I think your brain react to physical cues faster than visual ones. Anyways, how can they sue Nintendo? they're the first console makers to use rumble. And how can they patent rumble in motion more »