Remember when Sony's Phil Harrison called rumble a "last generation feature?" Well, can't call the man a liar because he was absolutely right! GameDaily BIZ confirmed with Sony today that the technology in the recently announced DualShock 3 is identical to that in the DualShock 2. So anybody expecting Immersion's next-gen rumble technology can just let those dreams pass into the ether.
As for battery life, the DualShock 3 will last approximately 15 hours with the rumble feature on, and 30 hours (the same as the Sixaxis) with it off. As for the DualShock 3 replaces the Sixaxis, Sony Corporate Communications' Kimberly Otzman says, "Nothing has been decided yet, stay tuned." The natural assumption would be the DualShock 3 will replace the Sixaxis across the board by holiday '08, but don't expect any announcements like that until early next year.
Reader Comments (189)
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:45PM Vegeta has a ps3 said
The reason people hate the ps3 and sony may have somethiing to do with the fact that Sony treated every one like retards and expected everyone to fall in line like the tools we are.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2007 6:09PM Duke said
tpnmvz - Jealous of others much? That was kinda sad. Yeah, some of us do have disposable incomes to use after going through higher education - and pooling income with loved ones. Some of us have been in gaming more than passively for many years. How the hell does that make us holier than thou in attitude? What’s amazing, is I’m being attacked because I can say a plus and minus to a system through using it - rather than blind assumptions. That’s as idiotic in practice as it sounds to read.
Plus, you are saying we can't participate in topics because we don't have a flaming fanboy opinion? Seriously, did you just blow a valve or what man? That not only makes no sense, but makes you out to be one closed minded prick.
Your anger there is a red flag for sure. I know that I have never sat playing a game on a system and thought I was better than you because you don’t have the system. Believe it or not - you are not the center of our universes.
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Plus, you are saying we can't participate in topics because we don't have a flaming fanboy opinion? Seriously, did you just blow a valve or what man? That not only makes no sense, but makes you out to be one closed minded prick.
Your anger there is a red flag for sure. I know that I have never sat playing a game on a system and thought I was better than you because you don’t have the system. Believe it or not - you are not the center of our universes.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:20PM (Unverified) said
I liked the Boomerang controller. Looked comfortable to me. This controller doesn't match the console's aesthetic.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:22PM (Unverified) said
funny, you think the only ones trolling ps3 related threads and information would be the sony fanboys....instead we get tons of other fanboys bitching left and right....I mean its been nearly a year so by now the ones to keep up intrest in the ps3 would be its fanboys and owners....instead we get people from all walks of life saying the same bullshit about the ps3 since 2006.....why?...why this level of intrest in a product you will never one
"What amazes me are the sony lovers who refuse to get a 360, and then talk smack about the RRoD issue - which you cant experience if you dont have the console in the first place. I find that hypocritical to say you dont own a machine and then talk about its flaws like its broken on your living room floor."
Personally I talk about the issue because I would like to have a 360, but not until they fix those problems (RROd) just like some won't buy a ps3 until the games come out, I won't touch a 360 until the RROD is just a memory
funny, a friend in real-life has just gotten the RROD recently so that is why brought I it up and maybe you being one of the lucky few who didn't get one, doesn't change the fact that that thousands if not millions of others have gotten it and it sure doesn't change the fact that is been nearly 2 years and people are still having them
I am not upset with the RROD problem at all, I am just upset with those who claim its no big deal, its sony fanbots blowing the situation up all while Microsoft spends billions to fix it
and please save the whole " I own both (360,ps3) consoles" Bullshit,I think people only say that shit just to make their arguments more legitimate
"What amazes me are the sony lovers who refuse to get a 360, and then talk smack about the RRoD issue - which you cant experience if you dont have the console in the first place. I find that hypocritical to say you dont own a machine and then talk about its flaws like its broken on your living room floor."
Personally I talk about the issue because I would like to have a 360, but not until they fix those problems (RROd) just like some won't buy a ps3 until the games come out, I won't touch a 360 until the RROD is just a memory
funny, a friend in real-life has just gotten the RROD recently so that is why brought I it up and maybe you being one of the lucky few who didn't get one, doesn't change the fact that that thousands if not millions of others have gotten it and it sure doesn't change the fact that is been nearly 2 years and people are still having them
I am not upset with the RROD problem at all, I am just upset with those who claim its no big deal, its sony fanbots blowing the situation up all while Microsoft spends billions to fix it
and please save the whole " I own both (360,ps3) consoles" Bullshit,I think people only say that shit just to make their arguments more legitimate
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:47PM Duke said
Shit dude, why is it that you people always call people liars for saying they have more than one console? Its your only way to throw the argument back in your favor?
Now, check it jackass, my account at Playstation's GAP site -
Dalai_Llama:
GAP Member since 2007
PLAYSTATION®3Registered Owner
PSP®Registered Owner
PlayStation®2Registered Owner
Those are the PS sytems I own - and you can go there and search my name above and have a ball. You will see NATO_Duke is in my signatures from posts. (BTW:Must have a ps3 to do the warhawk and home betas right?) Now, since I put that on the table, lets get back to the point - you should calm down and think before calling people liars. It stinks of desperation.
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Now, check it jackass, my account at Playstation's GAP site -
Dalai_Llama:
GAP Member since 2007
PLAYSTATION®3Registered Owner
PSP®Registered Owner
PlayStation®2Registered Owner
Those are the PS sytems I own - and you can go there and search my name above and have a ball. You will see NATO_Duke is in my signatures from posts. (BTW:Must have a ps3 to do the warhawk and home betas right?) Now, since I put that on the table, lets get back to the point - you should calm down and think before calling people liars. It stinks of desperation.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:29PM (Unverified) said
@Crono
That was amazing, Go back and Reab my post, you sad waste of space and sperm....I said all three, Microsoft,sony and Nintendo are screwing with us and all because I am not bashing sony mindlessly like the rest of you cum-bags I am being a Sony lover
amazing
That was amazing, Go back and Reab my post, you sad waste of space and sperm....I said all three, Microsoft,sony and Nintendo are screwing with us and all because I am not bashing sony mindlessly like the rest of you cum-bags I am being a Sony lover
amazing
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:47PM arrrgh said
Who gives a living flying fuck about RRoD when you have extended warantees. Boo hoo..i cant play my 360 for a few weeks.
Sony STILL HASNT GIVEN US THE SYSTEM THEY PROMISED. They, instead, cut all the shit that made people say WOW PS3 LOOKS INSANE out of the system before launch and repeatedly bitchslapped their early adopters. You get a 360 RRoD, you lose the system MS promised for a few weeks. I AM STILL WAITING for the PS3 Sony promised. Thats the fucking difference you fucktruck.
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Sony STILL HASNT GIVEN US THE SYSTEM THEY PROMISED. They, instead, cut all the shit that made people say WOW PS3 LOOKS INSANE out of the system before launch and repeatedly bitchslapped their early adopters. You get a 360 RRoD, you lose the system MS promised for a few weeks. I AM STILL WAITING for the PS3 Sony promised. Thats the fucking difference you fucktruck.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:30PM (Unverified) said
"Read"
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said
"Rumble IS last gen, Touchsense is new gen. The ShockAxis will have Touchsense NOT rumble."
That was from Zaphod Beeblebrox.. Private in the SDF.
And Time you are a Sony lover... Out of all three, Sony is on top when it comes to "screwing" the consumer. You even have kratos or whatever his name is as your avatar!
Stop.
That was from Zaphod Beeblebrox.. Private in the SDF.
And Time you are a Sony lover... Out of all three, Sony is on top when it comes to "screwing" the consumer. You even have kratos or whatever his name is as your avatar!
Stop.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:43PM arrrgh said
@
Cyrix_0
Sep 21st 2007
5:07PM
"Noticed that People Love to Hate the PS3....Why??? I cannot understand...its a great machine"
Because it's not even fucking CLOSE to what they said it would be. Lies upon lies built up their system into something it could never live up to. And when you get fed that many blatant lies without BUTTFUCK ALL to back it up...you get pissed.
Cyrix_0
Sep 21st 2007
5:07PM
"Noticed that People Love to Hate the PS3....Why??? I cannot understand...its a great machine"
Because it's not even fucking CLOSE to what they said it would be. Lies upon lies built up their system into something it could never live up to. And when you get fed that many blatant lies without BUTTFUCK ALL to back it up...you get pissed.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:46PM (Unverified) said
Time easily wins the Pompous Asshole award. Congrats.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:54PM Maverick Saturn 06 said
Sony used the same tech? Well, did you really expect them to go with Immersion? Thats laughable.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:58PM (Unverified) said
I'm extremely, extremely disappointed that this doesn't have the new rumble, but I should have expected it. They waited this long for putting fricken ps2 rumble in, at least they could have done the new kind and show people that they (or should I say immersion)can be innovative. I doubt they will have another controller rehash with the new tech. Oh well. Maybe the ps4 will have it, but by then nintendo will have something else crazy.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 5:58PM JoshMilewski said
I want confirmation that it will work with PS1 and PS2 games. I hope that since it's the same technology as DualShock 2 rumble, then it will in fact work. Also, I hope the US PS3s get the update to allow rumble on PS1 and PS2 games when the controllers are released in Japan. Please, Sony?
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 6:03PM Maverick Saturn 06 said
I guess only ppl inside Sony understand Sony, Sony has its reasons, we aren't their minds, so we can only ponder.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 6:08PM Deprincer said
Rumble is the shit.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 6:09PM arrrgh said
so is this like...just a dual shock and a sixaxis duct taped together or what? :)
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 6:25PM (Unverified) said
"Sony used the same tech? Well, did you really expect them to go with Immersion? Thats laughable."
Uh yeah, it's the same tech as before and it's from Immersion. What do you think the law suit was about dumbass? Man there are some stupid people posting here.
Uh yeah, it's the same tech as before and it's from Immersion. What do you think the law suit was about dumbass? Man there are some stupid people posting here.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 7:34PM (Unverified) said
Holy crap look at the flame!
And some reports from TGS say the controller IS different.. maybe the Sony spokesperson was misinformed. It's not like it's the first.*
*The above was an unbiased statement. I know, I'm just as shocked as you are.
And some reports from TGS say the controller IS different.. maybe the Sony spokesperson was misinformed. It's not like it's the first.*
*The above was an unbiased statement. I know, I'm just as shocked as you are.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 7:35PM (Unverified) said
I meant "it's not like it was the first time". I originally started to say "it's not like they're the first", but I changed it, and typo'd. My apologies.
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Posted: Sep 21st 2007 7:53PM (Unverified) said
Crono , let us fart in their general direction.
Posted: Sep 22nd 2007 11:08AM Crono141 said
You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottom, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur King, you and all your silly English k-nnnnniggets. Thpppppt! Thppt! Thppt!
I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
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I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 10:05PM Mezstizo said
Doesn't Sony always copy Nintendo in some way!?! Analog stick? Rumble? Motion sensing! When Sony COMES out with something original and stop talking trash,, then I'll stop with the hate...
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 8:36PM (Unverified) said
I've got nothing against Sony, but I calls em like I sees em. And this is bullshit. No ergonomic redesign, no upgrade to the rumble, literally nothing we haven't seen before.
The only thing that could make this controller lamer is if it costs more than the (already way overpriced) Sixaxis.
The only thing that could make this controller lamer is if it costs more than the (already way overpriced) Sixaxis.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 10:26PM (Unverified) said
*sigh*
When will you all learn, PC pads are still years ahead of console pads, hell decent PC pads come with docking stations so you can charge them without need for batteries.
So by all means play with last generations PC graphics and last generation PC pads.
Well... with the exception of the Wii, cos that just pwns all.
When will you all learn, PC pads are still years ahead of console pads, hell decent PC pads come with docking stations so you can charge them without need for batteries.
So by all means play with last generations PC graphics and last generation PC pads.
Well... with the exception of the Wii, cos that just pwns all.
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 10:41PM (Unverified) said
it'll take a year for this to be widely available and replace the non-rumble ps3 controllers? wow that sucks
if you're waitin for a ps3, just keep waiting. by that time they'll have a couple games to play too, and it'll probably all cost $100 less than now
if you're waitin for a ps3, just keep waiting. by that time they'll have a couple games to play too, and it'll probably all cost $100 less than now
Posted: Sep 21st 2007 11:45PM (Unverified) said
GodisaMyth hasn't said anything. I guess he couldn't find a way to spin this in his favor so that he comes out smelling like daisies.
Posted: Sep 22nd 2007 12:45PM (Unverified) said
I am assuming you are talking to me jackass. I am the Galactic President. My responsibilities span the entirety of the 100K lightyears of this galaxy. I was at a brothel on Slutimous Prime. I know its hard 2 believe, but this blog is not very important to me. I come here for a few laughs and when I am board. Being the Galactic President does have its perks but it can get quite boring at times. Yes I have Venuvian Slave Girls wiping my Presidential backside, that is just one of their duties. Every once in a while I like to do some things for myself just to remind myself what a typical peon's life is like. You and your boyfriends Kaye and Fernando are pretty talented to be able to post multiple times on every single PS3 related thread while you are having "relations" with each other's "special" places.
Even though as the Galactic President I could have you, your family, and your entire backwards "we are the center of the Universe" pathetic little dirtball of a planet wiped out again (don't tempt me, because you know I have already done it once) to make way for a hyperspace bypass, I will show how powerful I am by allowing you to go on about your pathetic little lives for at least a little while longer.
As your Galactic President, I demand that you make funny with your trolling remarks and to not take this crap so seriously.
Now, here is the part you filthy little peasants have been waiting for.
I WAS WRONG. SONY DID SOMETHING STUPID INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING SMART. Just like you, I do not understand why they would not incorporate the new haptic force feedback technology that has been around since 2006. Maybe the cost (at this time) is to high for it to make sense. I do think that Sony should give a reason for why they did not include Touchsense in the DualShock3. If they dont, maybe I will send some Vogon poetry to their corporate offices in my disgust.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go, I need to decide if the hyperspace bypass is worth it. Don't worry, if I decide that it is, you will never know.
Your humble Galactic President,
Zaphod
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Even though as the Galactic President I could have you, your family, and your entire backwards "we are the center of the Universe" pathetic little dirtball of a planet wiped out again (don't tempt me, because you know I have already done it once) to make way for a hyperspace bypass, I will show how powerful I am by allowing you to go on about your pathetic little lives for at least a little while longer.
As your Galactic President, I demand that you make funny with your trolling remarks and to not take this crap so seriously.
Now, here is the part you filthy little peasants have been waiting for.
I WAS WRONG. SONY DID SOMETHING STUPID INSTEAD OF DOING SOMETHING SMART. Just like you, I do not understand why they would not incorporate the new haptic force feedback technology that has been around since 2006. Maybe the cost (at this time) is to high for it to make sense. I do think that Sony should give a reason for why they did not include Touchsense in the DualShock3. If they dont, maybe I will send some Vogon poetry to their corporate offices in my disgust.
Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go, I need to decide if the hyperspace bypass is worth it. Don't worry, if I decide that it is, you will never know.
Your humble Galactic President,
Zaphod
Posted: Sep 22nd 2007 2:26AM (Unverified) said
They're all the same. Sony bigwigs and Sony fanboys. They have the foot-mouth disease. They like flip floppin' on issues. Criticize moves by their competitors and later try to steal the glory from them never admitting error. But a nice move back to rumble if not to late.
Posted: Sep 22nd 2007 8:35AM (Unverified) said
wait, why is this significant again? does the technology REALLY matter?
Posted: Sep 22nd 2007 10:55AM (Unverified) said
As the NDF is taking too much territory on Joystiq, I am creating the Sony Defense Force. This defense force, however, is simply to defend Sony when they make a good move, and protect it from spinning. Also, it will make sure that the other gaming companies get their just desserts.
Posted: Sep 23rd 2007 8:13PM Vegnagun said
Wow Sony's getting fat from eating so much crow.
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