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Dualshock 3 hitting Europe on July 2nd
Tim Ingham Jun 30 2008, 10:27am
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UPDATE: PS3 controller with vibration function out on Wednesday for £39.99; ‘Almost all’ future releases to support pad
Sony has announced that its Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller will be made available for PS3 in Europe on Wednesday (July 2nd) for £39.99.
The wireless controller with vibration function will put truly responsive gaming power into players’ hands, shaking up gaming experiences when it arrives on PS3 this summer.
According to Sony, ‘Dualshock 3 also retains the high-precision, high-response motion-sensitive aspects that have made Sixaxis so popular.
David Reeves, President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, commented:
"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 required).
Comments
“daul shock 3”
Posted by: super si - Jun 30, 10:55am
why has it taken them so long, only been available every where else for a year in 3 colours !!!
“Date?”
Posted by: ChoZanWan - Jun 30, 11:06am
Sony's semi-official blog over at threespeech has it down as Friday 4th?
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Posted by: adam005 - Jun 30, 11:10am
I think I would tend to rely on the info in the 'fully official' SCEE press release...
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Posted by: MGB - Jun 30, 11:27am
Yay for old technology!
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Posted by: Jimothy - Jun 30, 11:34am
It's quite expensive don't you think? £40? wow.
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Posted by: Sam - Jun 30, 11:38am
For 60 €, I'll keep my old PS3 controller, there's no way I'll spend so much for a standard controller.
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Posted by: Tim@MCV - Jun 30, 11:42am
Hi all,
Just to clear up any confusion (and as pointed out by someone above) this information came from an official Sony press release, rather than the semi-official Three Speech blog.
Cheers,
Tim
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Posted by: Sid - Jun 30, 12:06pm
£40 for a joypad NO WAY that is far to much, 2 pads is going to set you back £80, You could get as many as 5 xbox 360 pads for that price and they are supposed to have a far better rumble, they describe the vibration in these pads as being more of a tingle than a rumble.. so for the price of Two of these pads and another £60 I could get a Xbox 360 arcade bundle...
“Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!”
Posted by: Pantythief - Jun 30, 12:07pm
"Dualshock 3 also retains the high-precision, high response motion-sensitive aspects that have made Sixaxis so popular"
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
Genius, first its, 'the next gen doesnt start until we say so' and now this?
Sorry, I've been quite mean to Sony recently but come on, you cant really blame me when they're saying things like this?!
Granted, they've probably sold a lot of them due to the fact that its the official controller for the PS3 but I wouldnt go so far as to say its 'popular' and certainly not for those functions alone.
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Posted by: ChoZanWan - Jun 30, 12:32pm
adam005 & Tim@MCV - I'd normally do the same, but seeing as they've cut & pasted it from the (I assume) official PR email/website, it's a little confusing.
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Posted by: Hypnos - Jun 30, 2:38pm
40 squid? And I thought the 360 pads were scandalous at £32!
Allthough thinking about it a play and charge kit for the 360 costs £12-15 so maybe the dualshock isnt so overpriced.
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Posted by: SvenOf9 - Jun 30, 6:26pm
I take it no-one is buying extra wiimote and nunchuk sets at £45 then...
oh hold on yeah you are...
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Posted by: SvenOf9 - Jun 30, 6:27pm
Oh and how much is an XBox 360 controller with the battery? £43 is it?
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Posted by: Noob - Jul 1, 8:15am
@SvenOf9: Actually its about £33, if you look around. £23 for the contoller and £10 for the battery pack.
. . . And that would be a removable battery pack which mean you can just swap it out witha new one when it eventually fails to hold a charge. You don't have to return it to Sony to have a new one fitted, or throw the whole thing away.
I prefer the Msoft way of Gamepad design.