Dual Shock THREE

Some information on the dual shock 3 controller courtesy of computerandvideogames.com:

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: PS3 DUAL SHOCK 3 DETAILS EMERGE!

Wireless gameplay confirmed, plus major addition of trigger for next generation of PlayStation control pad

11:56 The next iteration of Sony\'s Dual Shock joypad for PlayStation 3 will be wireless and come complete with a single trigger under the right hand side of the control pad, we can exclusively reveal.
A highly placed SCEE insider, operating under strict conditions of anonymity, who has been privy to early details of the PS3 controller, told us: "Dual Shock 3 will definitely be wireless and we\'ll also be including a trigger button, probably under the right hand side of the controller. Other than that we\'ve no plans to change the basic formula, which has proved so successful."

This makes perfect sense, since the basic Dual Shock layout - ultimately inspired by Nintendo\'s SNES pad - is the perfect, neutral joypad for developers to work with. Compare this with the GameCube pad, for instance, which has clearly been designed with first party games in mind.

Wireless gameplay will not be a cheap addition for Sony, but an important one which will doubtless be welcomed by gamers with open arms. The addition of the trigger is the obvious choice in offering broader scope for developers without tampering with the existing formula.

A Sony spokesperson was unavailable for comment at the time of writing. We\'ll keep you posted; remember where you heard this first.



Mr. Menshun sez: Definately looks like some Gamecube-esque "digital clicking" going on with L2/R2.

That was photoshopped for posting on a forum.  Silly how CV&G posted about it though, hehe

looks like the X box Controller and the Dual Shock 3 got giggy with each other.

:eek:

Wireless?Does this mean I ll have to pay for batteries every week?

please please please do not move the d-pad to the centre of the controller.

either ditch the d-pad and have three analogue sticks or leave it the way it is.

I just hope PS3 can use Dual Shock 2 if they change it cause that blows.

The information is real, not sure about the picture, though I hope the controller will be like that, but the d-pad should be a bit bigger. It looks about the same size as on the Gamecube controller, and while the GC controller is one of the best around, the d-pad sucked.

Why don\'t they just get rid of the d-pad totally I mean it has been rendered useless anyways.

No it hasnt.And some Fighting games need the D-pad for more accurate moves

look at the color of the buttons, they arent even the right color (do you think sony would change that????).

[Kurt Angle]

It needs to look much different to current designs imo. PS3 is a new era in gaming so the controller should be updated also.

"Dual Shock 3 will definitely be wireless and we\'ll also be including a trigger button, probably under the right hand side of the controller. Other than that we\'ve no plans to change the basic formula, which has proved so successful."

That\'s a high ranking industry insider working under anonymity -- so it\'s a rumor basically.  The picture is fake though because I post on the forum it was first seen.  It\'s an obvious photochop.

Originally posted by QuDDus
Why don\'t they just get rid of the d-pad totally I mean it has been rendered useless anyways.

Hell no. The Dpad must stay. Why get rid of it and add another joystick? And if they moved the left one where the dpad was the sticks wouldnt be level. to have it built like a gc controller would be completely:ghey:

Joysticks suck for console fighters.

[Living-In-Clip]

Dpad stays or I don\'t buy.  Fighting games require the DPAD, in my opinion.

I didn\'t know fighting games were required to buy a console, wow.  I understand some value them highly but uhh....

I never use the d-pad.. even for fighters.  I never bought Virtua Fighter because you could only use the D-pad.

I really hope they do put the stick in the place the D-pad is currently, like the GC & Xbox controllers.