DualShock 3 coming to Europe July 2nd, anybody getting one? |
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| BY Thom Dinsdale Jun. 30th, 2008 | More on: |
SCEE today announced that its DualShock 3 wireless controller will be available in Europe on July 2, 2008. The controller with vibration function that should have existed on the PS3 from day one will, in the words of a SCEE press release, “Put truly responsive gaming power into players’ hands, shaking up gaming experiences when it arrives on PS3 this summer.”
More than 28 million DualShock controllers have been sold since the first iteration was released in 1998. DualShock 3 will give gamers all the force feedback fun they have come to love (and expect) from their beloved games - past, present and future - that support the feature. The new controller also retains all the motion-sensitive aspects that were supported by the original SIXAXIS.
David Reeves, President and CEO of SCEE, said, “We are delighted to confirm that DualShock 3 will be released in SCEE territories in early July. We hope this will add to the intense gaming experience for our fans, as we continue to evolve PS3, its software and its peripherals.”
Almost all future PS3 releases will support DualShock 3, and the controller is already compatible with many existing PS3 titles. Firmware upgrade 1.94 is required, but who doesn’t have that already?
June 30th, 2008
at 10:53 am
I dunno whether to get one. If they brought out more split-screen games then maybe I would but because there only seems to be single player games there is no point spending £40 for a controller when my original SixAxis will be sitting there unused.
June 30th, 2008
at 2:10 pm
Sometimes I don’t get Sony. Europe gets the dualshock 3 after Japan and the States, but the US hasn’t even gotten the PSP camera or GPS- which is available in Europe and Japan. Granted you can import the camera, but what’s the deal with that?
June 30th, 2008
at 2:14 pm
I’m guess that the on-the-surface irrationality of Sony is rooted in some marketing/corporate strategy. There probably is a good reason for it, whether technical or financial, that they dont do all these things that seem so obvious to us. I mean, afterall, they’re Sony!
June 30th, 2008
at 3:58 pm
I’ve already got one, weeks ago, from Hong Kong. Only cost £29. So you can wait ages and pay more or get one off e-bay for cheaper. Hmm let’s think.