Europe gets date for PS3 Dual Shock News
PlayStation 3 News by Ellie Gibson
Sony has announced the DualShock 3 wireless rumble controller for PS3 will arrive in Europe on 4th July and cost GBP 39.99.
More than 28 million DualShock controllers have been sold since the first iteration appeared in 1998. Now, according to Sony, DualShock 3 is "the first choice for all gamers", except presumably those who own Xbox 360s or Wiis.
And have no fear, Sixaxis fans - "DualShock 3 retains the high-precision, high-response motion-sensitive aspects that have made Sixaxis so popular."
Apparently "almost all" future PS3 games will support the controller, and rumble functionality will also be released for older titles such as Resistance: Fall of Man, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
(Update: Or rather, those games already do, as do a number of others including GTA IV, Haze and Tekken 5 Dark Resurrection.)
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The last generation starts when Sony say so....
About bloody time, someone should loose their job for the rumble fiasco. Edit - To those saying ouch, after rechargeable battery 360 controller will cost around the same and wiimote and nunchuk costs more so it's not too bad and I'm sure we will be able to pick them up cheaper.
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konstantinos
30/06/08 @ 09:36
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how much is that in euros...? can't be bothered to convert right now...
cheers... |
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YEEEEEE-OUCH... a penny shy of £40 for a DualShock 3 controller?!?!? :O
Paid £32 for mine on import six months ago... ... albeit I was unfortunate enough to get landed with import tax. Even so most people were able to import theirs for less than £35 and really I'd have expected it to cost no more than £34.99 RRP. Sony are just being greedy IMO but no doubt they'll argue that the extra cost is because of the SIXAXIS motion controls *and* vibration functions rather than doing the "right" thing which is to drop the price of the original SIXAXIS and price the new DualShock 3 controller at its price point. *sigh* |
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EG - "Apparently "almost all" future PS3 games will support the controller, and rumble functionality will also be released for older titles such as Resistance: Fall of Man, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue."
All those games ALREADY support rumble, EG, the latter two out of the box with no patch required!!! ;) |
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cthulhu_steev
30/06/08 @ 09:47
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"It's out next month, will cost GBP 40"
Wouldn't that be better saying 'It's out this Friday'? |
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SeesThroughAll
30/06/08 @ 09:52
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So what is the life span of the ps3 controllers then? Surely they must have a pretty long life?
Battery wise, they should be able to last five to six years. But even then, you should still be able to use them wired through USB. |
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@t8dyman - Neither do PS3 owners... you can use the mini USB cable that comes with all PS3s and still use the controller that way. Yeah the lead is short but you can pick up longer ones relatively cheaply if you want. This is no different from having to fork out extra for the Plug and Play lead or additional rechargeable batteries for the 360 controller. Also Sony have said that they'll replace dead batteries in PS3 controllers for FREE.
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SeesThroughAll
30/06/08 @ 09:54
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@Darren: Also Sony have said that they'll replace dead batteries in PS3 controllers for FREE.
Oh Sony promised that then. Ahem. I'm not complaining about the controllers themselves though. |
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tonynibbles
30/06/08 @ 09:55
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Heh.
"and rumble functionality will also be released for older titles such as Resistance: Fall of Man, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue" If anyone actually read the press release, you'd see it that rumble was added for those titles in Firmware 1.94. Glad I got mine back in December,Uncharted wouldn't have been the same without it... |
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SeesThroughAll
30/06/08 @ 10:00
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Glad I got mine back in December,Uncharted wouldn't have been the same without it...
This. Have to say too, the tilt controls in Uncharted were never too intrusive and worked fine. |
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WinterSnowblind
30/06/08 @ 10:16
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@Darren
But remember, you only need ONE play and charge kit for all your controllers. I bought a new 360 controller from DVD.co.uk for £20, and a battery pack for it for £5. It didn't need another charge cable because my last controller came with one. |
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£40 is the RRP... You would be silly to pay that...
Get your EG £2 Shopto Voucher out and it can be yours for £32.99.. EDIT: And here is your Voucher EG Shopto Voucher
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the_dudefather
30/06/08 @ 10:27
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what a coincidence, just bought one last week for £33 total, hope this news does not effect the ebay price for my sixaxis
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