PS3 Dual Shock 3! - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

MacGuyver · 05-09-2006, 10:07 PM

YES. Sony scrapped that boomerang peice of crap controller and went with the traditional layout for their already sweet controller. The layout is the same as the Dualshock controller, except without the vibration. It's wireless but has the usb port in the front and it looks a little slimmer. check it out.

PS3 Controller update

Willravel · 05-09-2006, 10:09 PM

THANK GOD!!! I love the PS2 controler. It'd be funny if the PS3 tower ends up looking exactly like the PS2.

Wingless · 05-10-2006, 12:41 AM

You missed the biggie - the tilt controls, or what does Sony call it, the "sixth dimension". It's like the Wii controller, but, well, different.

The Dual Shock 3 (can it be called dual "Shock" without vibration?) detects pitching forward/back, twisting left/right, and rolling left/right. It's a cool concept, but I have a feeling the Wiimote will be alot more intuitive and easy to control than the PS3 controller.

smooth · 05-10-2006, 01:43 AM

it's not called dualshock. the controllers "lost the name and vibration" which is just fine with me given that the vibration was all of about useless in any game I played. just shy of gimmicky except for the fact that sometimes you are low on health or some crap. at least the pitch detection could be useful, except for those people who stand up, bend all the hell all over the living room, and throw their controllers across the room

I wasn't ever really opposed to the boomerang style. you could have easily used a dualshock 2-esqe controller via usb or wireless. this just limits our choices, and the new ones better be color matched.

hulk · 05-10-2006, 04:49 AM

Unexpected but unsurprising. They've opened a huge door for Nintendo, though. The Wii goes above and beyond the rudimentary motion sensing in the controller (both parts of the controller are independantly sensed, woot!) and Sony are going to bring the idea into the more hardcore gaming market. Those that like it may find themselves with the urge to Wii...

Wingless · 05-10-2006, 10:20 AM

I'm pretty hardcore into music games (Amplitude, Frequency, Mad Maestro, Space Channel 5, etc...) and the vibration feature sure helps in that genre.

But then the Wiimote makes me curious on how it could work with the music game genre...

05-09-2006, 10:07 PM	#1 (permalink)
MacGuyver You're going to have to trust me! Location: Massachusetts	PS3 Dual Shock 3! YES. Sony scrapped that boomerang peice of crap controller and went with the traditional layout for their already sweet controller. The layout is the same as the Dualshock controller, except without the vibration. It's wireless but has the usb port in the front and it looks a little slimmer. check it out. PS3 Controller update __________________ We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. ---Aristotle Deeds, not words, shall speak [for] me. ---John Fletcher

05-10-2006, 12:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Wingless Psycho Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA	You missed the biggie - the tilt controls, or what does Sony call it, the "sixth dimension". It's like the Wii controller, but, well, different. The Dual Shock 3 (can it be called dual "Shock" without vibration?) detects pitching forward/back, twisting left/right, and rolling left/right. It's a cool concept, but I have a feeling the Wiimote will be alot more intuitive and easy to control than the PS3 controller. __________________ Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor

05-10-2006, 01:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
smooth Junkie Location: Right here	it's not called dualshock. the controllers "lost the name and vibration" which is just fine with me given that the vibration was all of about useless in any game I played. just shy of gimmicky except for the fact that sometimes you are low on health or some crap. at least the pitch detection could be useful, except for those people who stand up, bend all the hell all over the living room, and throw their controllers across the room I wasn't ever really opposed to the boomerang style. you could have easily used a dualshock 2-esqe controller via usb or wireless. this just limits our choices, and the new ones better be color matched. __________________ "The theory of a free press is that truth will emerge from free discussion, not that it will be presented perfectly and instantly in any one account." -- Walter Lippmann "You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists." -- Abbie Hoffman

05-10-2006, 04:49 AM	#5 (permalink)
hulk C'mon, just blow it. Location: Perth, Australia	Unexpected but unsurprising. They've opened a huge door for Nintendo, though. The Wii goes above and beyond the rudimentary motion sensing in the controller (both parts of the controller are independantly sensed, woot!) and Sony are going to bring the idea into the more hardcore gaming market. Those that like it may find themselves with the urge to Wii... __________________ "'There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person,' says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex." -- From an IGN game review.

05-10-2006, 10:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
Wingless Psycho Location: Metro Detroit, Mich, USA	I'm pretty hardcore into music games (Amplitude, Frequency, Mad Maestro, Space Channel 5, etc...) and the vibration feature sure helps in that genre. But then the Wiimote makes me curious on how it could work with the music game genre... __________________ Tommy Nibs is a funny word. So here I am, above palm trees, so straight and tall... You are, smaller getting smaller, but I still see... you. Jimmy Eat World - Goodbye Sky Harbor

05-09-2006, 10:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	THANK GOD!!! I love the PS2 controler. It'd be funny if the PS3 tower ends up looking exactly like the PS2.