Rumble is back in the form of DualShock 3, which i finally get my hands on. The controller available in two colors, black and ceramic white, as Sony launched a ceramic white PS3 in Japan last month. I had a hard time deciding which color to get as my 60gb PS3 is black, but i finally decided to go with the ceramic white this time. And boy, i'm loving it, although black is cool, the matte white color is a lot cooler.
On a first sight, DualShock 3 is slight heavier and using better material than the Sixaxis. No more transparent looking and creaking noise. The most important is now you can play games without worrying to destroy your controller plus rumbles to add the gaming experience. The only downside of the ceramic white is it gets dirty easily and you have to clean it constantly if you're a clean freak.
Setting it up to PS3 is as simple as connecting Sixaxis to the system through a usb cable. There's an option to turn on/off the rumble feature on the PS3 since 2.00 firmware update (if i'm not mistaken). After charging it for around an hour I gave it a try on Uncharted Drake's Fortune demo, the rumble feels great as it emulating Nathan Drake's guns recoil and grenade explosion. Went on to Assassin's Creed, the game has less rumble features than Uncharted but it still rumbles on certain moments, when you blocking enemies attacks and falling from high ground. Too bad Call of Duty 4 doesn't support rumble at the moment but Infinity Ward seems working on a patch as lots of people asking rumble support for the game, keep your fingers crossed.
Conclusion :
Dualshock 3 is definitely a must have for all PS3 owners and Sony should've known this better before removing the feature from Sixaxis.
Rumble is definitely not last gen.
Note:
- This review was written on December 7th, 2007.
- I've been using DS3 on COD4 although the game doesnt support rumble, and it turns out great, especially the R3 and L3 buttons.
In this article Jon Ireson of RealGamerNewz takes up the discussion of DualShock 3 support for the PlayStation 4 and goes over the many technical as well as logical reasons why it is not necessary and if anything, would only hold innovation back for the gamer.
I agree! I welcome a new controller. The dualshock has been around since Playstation 1. I think it is time for Sony to try something new.
Oh the smell of butthurt fan in the morning lol... It was announced like TWO months ago that the DS3 wasn't gunna work on the PS4, I don't know why everyone seems so surprised now...
for a while I was interested in the PS system because you could use it to play older games... but I agree now that newer systems will have updated/ altered functions so backwards compatability is not always going to be viable...if the new controller is going to have more options on it then using an older one does not make sense to me... as the article stated if you buy the newer system it does not mean you have to discard the older one if I had access to a working PS1 I would still use it today even if I had the newer systems too.
It would be useless for DS3 support since PS4 was built with the new controller features in mind
With only five days left until the (almost certain) announcement of the Playstation 4, this photo appeared and made the rounds of Destructoid, Kotaku and everywhere else.
Business at the front. Party at the back? A list of observations and questions regarding this prototype. From the front here it looks quite “normal” but the more you think about it the stranger it gets - could there be some unique features we're missing?
As the DualShock has been the consistent PlayStation icon for many fans, the question that seems to be raised is ‘what will happen to it with each new generation?’ As rumors have once again sparked about a different DualShock 4, the Daily Reaction crew of Seb and Dan address the potential for changing the DS for the PS4.
Please no, I'm used to the DS3. Biometrics could be cool, but no touch stuff.
They just have to update it, sort some things out here and there to make it even better and they'll be good to go
perfect controller in my opinion.. nice button layout (though I guess, its just because I am soooooo used to it.), nice form factor.
only change I would request to be had would be that they modify the part of housing that holds the analogue sticks wherein I wish it would be like whats in the vita(encased in a piece of metal to avoid chipping)
Nice review man. I used it on Dark sector today. It works great for shooting guns, but the thing that bothered me the most was when you have a finishing move with a boss the two of you struggle while tapping a button and it doesn't rumble at all. Also, I'm disappointed to hear that COD4 doesn't support it, I was looking forward to trying that tomorrow. Just one more reason you should check out my forum post:
http://forums.n4g.com/m_112...
aaaahhh thanks for the heads up about the white= dirty. Black one for me now.