The Controller

rsstites · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:16 am Post subject: The Controller

Well, it seems that the current PS3 controller is being referred to by Sony rep's as a 'prototype'. They say the actual controller will be unveiled at E3 in may.

In related news, Sony is being sued by a peripheral company who says that Sony ripped off their design. This may have something to do with the change of the controller design.

rickjames · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 7:37 am Post subject:

That's good because that boomerang controller looked horrible.

danny12 · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:29 am Post subject:

Hopefully the black PS2 controllers can be used

rsstites · Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2006 9:59 pm Post subject:

I believe they will go for backwards compatibility like they did with the PS1. They say they want true backwards compatibility.

FFfanaticx · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 11:18 am Post subject:

from wot ive seen in ops2 the PS3 controller will be thta banana/boomerang thing ugh Embarassed

rsstites · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:43 pm Post subject:

I heard something about a redesign on the controllers. I'll be able to tell you for sure next week.

Hockeydude121 · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:12 pm Post subject:

Maybe they will make it even gayer. As far as I could tell, the new controllers that they used to show were almost identical to the current ones except the really long handles. Besides looking gay, i thought it was actually a good revolutionary feature. And they SHOULD do like the 360 and make the controller similiar and easy to back-wards compatibilize but still make it so you can't play the PS3 with a PS2 controller. IMO that was one of Sony's biggest mistakes with their PS2. What was even worse was that they had the Analog controllers on the PS ONEs special edition.

Knowing the money whores that Sony is, they will definitely make it so you can't play the controllers on the PS2, or vice versa. Atleast if theyre smart they will.

FFfanaticx · Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 11:01 am Post subject:

damn those money whores at sony id expect it'll be that you cant use ps3 on ps2 like ps2 cant be used on ps1

Anorithias · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:45 pm Post subject:

well to clarify stuff on g4 at their e3 coverage sony has gone back to the old design, but the new controlers will have a motion sensor in them so that moveing the controler will change stuff in the game. this concept sounds a lot like the wii's controler.

FFfanaticx · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:49 pm Post subject:

indeed but the wii controller looks like you should be channel surfing with it though lol Laughing

Anorithias · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:50 pm Post subject:

and use it to go jousting too. you could probably use them as nunchacks.

FFfanaticx · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 2:04 pm Post subject:

yeh hwaaaah lol i cant belive what theyve done they should revert to the old snes controlers they were sood

rsstites · Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

I really liked the Wii controller, once you use it you will understand. It is good in the right hands.

I've also seen a GC style Wii controller. I think the pic may have been in the Nintendo press kit. The GC style controller is for GC, SNES, NES, and the other games.

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I do think it was smart for Sony to add in the motion sensors like Nintendo did.

FFfanaticx · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 8:51 am Post subject:

yeh the motion sensors will be cool but they could be a hassle as well because they may make the on screen charater do something you dont want them to like if u fidget in your chair it could fling your character of a cliff to certain doom Shocked

rsstites · Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 4:40 pm Post subject:

I see what you're talking about. I'm sure you will be able to turn it off just like you can turn rumble off now.

Also, no more rumble on the PS3. They said it disrupts the motion sensors.