Europe gets DualShock 3 July 2, UK on July 4

UK = England, Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland

Saying "England" in this context is akin to a product launching in the USA and someone declaring it to be only available in Wisconsin.

For £40, No thank you Sony. I'll stick with my sixaxis.

I'm probably alone here, but the dualshock 3 is probably my favorite traditional controller ever.

I know that VAT tax is expensive, like 16%. But that's a lot of money for a rumbling controller that was released 7 months later than Japan, and almost 2 years later than it should have been.

Someone needs to remind whoever sets these prices that the exchange rate is 2 $/£, not 1.25.

Sony are kicking ass and taking names today. Phew.

£40 in the UK? Well I'm glad I picked mine up abroad. Didn't expect it would cost twice as much over here though /endsarcasm.

"Crack open a can of Bud"
They're fighting of a hostile takeover by a Belgian company for the moment, so drinking Bud might not be the most American thing to do anymore.

Geez...I guess that $69 I saw for this thing here in Bermuda the other day wasn't that bad..

I'm going to go for €59.99

Which makes the €26 I paid for it in Japan (after currency conversion) all the sweeter!
:)

"I'm going to go for €59.99"

Some shops are already selling "official" (not imports from Asia etc) DS3s here in Finland.

The price is about 60 EUR, or 90 USD.

I believe it's possible to get it for 30-40 EUR (including postage) if you import it yourself.

Why the delay? Is the controller any different than the one already released elsewhere?

The UK store Game have said that the dualshock 3 was suppossed to be released alongside MGS4 but they still dont know if they will get any in this week as they do not have a release date.

mannn it sucks to be british

That's a little too expensive. Is it possible to use DualShock 2 on PS3?

There's no way in hell I'm coughing up 40 quid just for a joypad! I can import it for almost half the price... which is what I'm going to do!

Have they started bundling DS3s in with the PS3 yet?

Like Brodie-san said, £40 probably translates to €60, but I wouldn't be surprised at €70...

Am I the only one that gets cramped up hands from the PS3 controller? I hate the convex nature of the thumb sticks. I wish they made one with concave sticks, like the 360 controller.

OMG americans really need to get over the "Oldie English" accent and way of talking .. if any american came over "the pond" and did it to my face i would have to drive you to manchester or birminham or errr .. say liverpool and watch you die for doing that accent .. its on the degrading scale of saying to an american .. "guess what we founded your country.. yeah you got nothing.. sorry"
its ok that your all over there an we are here but tbh we got some ammo to come back on.
watch yourselfs americans ..

(btw im not totally anti american .. ya got mountain dew and half my familys american.. n yeah ma lil cousins they asked me "do you knw the queen" so i said "hell yeah she plays ice hockey like a demond!!!!")