PSFocus: PlayStation 3 Keypad Hardware Review

PirateThom5525d ago

Why?

Your thumbs don't bend that way... :-/

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GameOn5525d ago

They don't stretch either.

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PirateThom5525d ago

You're going to be moving your hands either way.

At least on that one, the keypad is still in the same direction as your thumbs.

It's a moot point anyway, since it can be detached and used standalone while the 360 one can't.

Or, you know, just use a keyboard.

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GameOn5525d ago

It is a moot point, your right.

But the 360 chat pad works great, I have it.

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man0fsteel5525d ago

Toilet Paper works great too. I have it and use it quite frequently

:p

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DelbertGrady5525d ago (Edited 5525d ago )

I've got the 360 textpad as well. It's awesome. Is the PS3 keypad backlit?

Biphter5524d ago

But the keys are not very responsive. Once you switch it on you have to press a key and wait a few seconds for it to register keypresses. The keypad isnt backlit which is stupid. And the symbol shifting system (blue and orange buttons) are awkward. Its good for quick chat messages whilst sat gaming which is fine. Biggest drawback has to be lack of backlight. I never use the trackpad feature as using the dual sticks seems more natural in the web browser.

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KaDa5525d ago

I got the keypad and I think it's an awesome gadget. The touch feature is great!

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NegativeCreepWA5525d ago

The touch feature sucks it moves around when you don't even touch it.

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Anon19745525d ago

But I kinda wish I had spent a couple of extra bucks and just bought a BlueTooth Keyboard. Meh, for the amount that I need it I guess it doesn't matter.

Socomer 19795525d ago

I like it.
I just wish it had a mini lamp light so i can type in the dark.
I could feel it out but that takes too long.
I dont use the touch for the mouse because its very sensitive.
I love the way it looks on my DS3 with snap on triggers.
It isnt uncomfortable to type and its definatly not in the way.
It makes my DS3 feel like a compact pistol when i hold it sideways, lol.

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Socomer 19795525d ago

On MGO, i can type while moving.
Try it, its not that hard to use.

Sir Ken_Kutaragi5525d ago (Edited 5525d ago )

pp is RELENTLESS!!! ;-D SONY Killed your Family??? ;-D

Funny how you never see a King xBot on here at the same time as pp???
Hmm...don't die Bitter!!! ;-D

I got that Keypad;)

heyheyhey5525d ago

don't lie Ken

you brutally murdered his PS3 in a drunken stupor while he was sleeping didn't you? now he can't afford another one and has to lash out

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SuperSharpShooter5525d ago

picked it up a month ago, give it 9/10

Home space and quick text are great, press one button and jump to inbox(great feature) instead of going threw XMB, Press one button for friends list(again great) very small and never gets in the way of my gaming.

Only one problem, i like gaming in the dark, but no back lit keypad, other than that, its a must .

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4wire5525d ago

Got it this weekend. It is not as easy to use as my blackberry, for example, but one I get the hang of it, I assume it will be close.

I still have to figure out the re-charging part. I plugged it in my PC and it looks like it did not re-charge as my controllers and headset do. Weird.

A bit expensive, at 30$ I would think it would be selling more. But the quality is good enough to justify the price.

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LeonSKennedy4Life5525d ago

No, it's not ugly.

However, it does suck!

I had it for about a month or so. It's extremely inconvenient, has no back-light, doesn't run off the power of the controller, and doesn't really make typing all that fast.

It sucks balls.

GrandTheftZamboni5525d ago

The fact that it has its own power is added bonus: you can use it separately and it doesn't drain the controller.

thereapersson5525d ago

You HAVE to calibrate the device if you wish to use the touch feature. Too many people I've seen complain about it, only to find out that they didn't bother reading the manual on how to properly set it up.

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GrandTheftZamboni5525d ago

Guilty. Forgot about most important rule with electronics: RTFM! I only got it last week though. Thanks for reminding me to check the manual.

4wire5525d ago

Any good engineer knows that you don't open the manual unless you've broken open the plastic casing of the controller, voided the warranty by soldering here and there and it still doesn't work. Drilling in strategic places sometimes work too.

After being trained to design hardware and software, no need to read a stupid manual! ;)

Jeebs5525d ago

@7.2 - Please tell me how many teenaged 'good engineers' there are perusing this site.

If you simply assume that everyone is retarded, things tend to make so much more sense when people screw up and complain about it.

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Brazz15h ago

"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "

Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.

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Xeofate13h ago

"Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware."

It's for the best.

Quit stringing along xbox fans and screwing over PlayStation owners.

crazyCoconuts8h ago

Take good care of those Xboxes if you have 'em ...

outsider16248h ago

An Xbox game on a Playstation. Never in my years of gaming did i ever thought this was gonna happen.

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jznrpg4h ago

It is dying anyway so doesn’t make much of a difference

VersusDMC3h ago

No way can they get rid of the hardware as probably 90% of game pass subscribers are hardware users.

Highly doubtful those users will move to PC or Cloud to subscribe there and the competition (Sony and Nin) will never have gamepass on their system.

If they want to keep the current subscribers, they need to keep releasing new hardware.

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gold_drake15h ago

i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.

but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.

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S2Killinit12h ago

They wont kill it, but they will go fully PC while keeping xbox as a brand, and go multiplatform for the most part. They will also work tirelessly to diminish console gaming’s importance.

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PRIMORDUS9h ago

It would be best if Xbox goes the way of Sega, just make and publish games. I know I myself will not support them at all with buying games from them, you all can. 🙃

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ChasterMies7h ago

The Xbox brand will live for the games. I don’t expect Microsoft to entirely drop out of gaming hardware. They make Surface tablets and laptops. They’ll make Xbox branded hardware for those that want it.

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shadowT14h ago

"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"

Forza and Starfield next?

ocelot0712h ago

I'm hoping for age of empires

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Cacabunga8h ago

Flight simulator

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Skuletor12h ago

Starfield would be no surprise and there's the rumor that it will come to Playstation after the Shattered Space DLC, Forza (along with Halo and Gears of War) I find less likely but I wouldn't be surprised if they eventually end up on PlayStation too, especially if Xbox give up on hardware and go the Sega route.

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shinoff218312h ago

Not to worried about forza. I'd rather see others like what inxile and obsidian are working on. Starfield sounds like it needs more time in the oven so let it cook first imo. If starfield and it's a small if does release on ps it'll be in the fall around the time for dlc or right at the dlc and come packaged with it.

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-Foxtrot13h ago

In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year

“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"

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S2Killinit12h ago

Yup. MS are a cancer to console gaming.

Aloymetal11h ago

100%!!
I wonder what happened to that dude that was always here posting those court articles with cartoons about MS spending all those billions in studios. He suddenly disappeared, I guess he doesn't like bad news when the green brand is in trouble. No new articles from him as of late...

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PRIMORDUS9h ago

Yup, and it's only going to keep spreading.

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Outside_ofthe_Box9h ago

Phil Spencer's words always comes back to bite him lol

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S2Killinit12h ago(Edited 12h ago)

MS doing permanent damage to console gaming. Dipshits couldn’t dominate, so they are setting fire to everything.

FGHFGHFGH11h ago

Will Microsoft drop direct x? If they want to develop games for other platforms than why would they use direct x, since vulkan works on windows too.

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PRIMORDUS9h ago

I'm proud to say I never "paid" for Windows, never have never will. I get it for free, been doing this for over 20yrs never had any issues with updates either. Windows 11 I'll get when I'm good and ready LOL.

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franwex9h ago

Okay…?

Well, they have your data anyway. So they’re making money regardless.

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PRIMORDUS8h ago

That's ok as long as I don't give them money directly I'm good. You all can if you want LOL.

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DivineHand12517m ago

Windows 10 and 11 have built in features for data collection. If Jack Sparrow is sourcing those copies for you, then aren't you concerned that the crackers may have a line of code in there to help collect information about you to sell on the dark web?

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Reaper22_8h ago

Xbox is always gonna be here. You playstation guys are the one who help keep it alive because you're always talking about it. Xbox future isn't as bleak as some of you try and make it out to be. While some of you talk about games going here and there the sinilar things are happening at sony with PC. Guess who also benefits when games go to PC. That would be Microsoft.

Nacho_Z7h ago

"Guess who also benefits when games go to PC. That would be Microsoft."

Microsoft yeah not the Xbox division.

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Reaper22_3h ago

Anything that benefits microsoft is gonna benefit xbox. Some of you forget that it's not 1st party that carries the industry. It's 3rd party that makes the industry what it is. Sony and Nintendo can't carry the industry alone. It's just too expensive. Whether people like it or not Microsoft will always be part of the industry in some way. They aren't sega and atari. They are very cash rich.

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romulus235h ago

You think PlayStation owners talking about xbox keeps it alive, you know that's not really a thing right?. xbox's future is as bleak as xbox is making it and that's solely on them.

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Reaper22_2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

You guys are hung up on xbox but what you don't seem to realize is that Microsoft doesn't need xbox to prosper in the industry. Look at how many ps5 sony has sold but yet they are putting games on PC. Just because you can sell 100 million consoles doesn't mean you will sell 100 million copies of a game. The rising cost of making games will make the hardware matter less. You will see more and more 1st party games go multiplat. It's already happening. The only difference is that Microsoft is being up front about it and Sony is slowly gradually doing it because they don't want to hurt their hardware sales but in the coming years it won't matter. 10 years ago no one thought that God Of War would ever be on anything but Playstation. Now look where we are. This is just the beginning. Financial gain has and always will be the priority. If you think sony only wants people who own playstation to play their games you are mistaken. Don't be fooled by the public persona the executives display. Get ready for even more changes coming. Personally, I don't think it's a bad thing that more people get to play games without having to own multiple consoles. I like the fact that I don't need a console to play God of War or Starfield.

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WiiU-Dude4h ago

This is where Nintendo is amazing. They are still very very shrewd in their own way, BUT they still play the long game. They understand and do respect their IPs. Microsoft likely looked at games as a natural place to expand 25 plus years ago when they were planning Xbox. The problem is games are similar to music in that somewhere someone has to truly care and love their craft be it music or games or other similar things. Microsoft just never truly was invested in games being in their blood. Miyamoto was or still is in many ways the face of games for Nintendo. He started with making great games. He rolls up his sleeves and is involved with his experience. No one at Microsoft can say such a thing. Another problem is video games is what Nintendo does. Microsoft, and even Sony, games are just another part of a larger company. Sony has been infinitely smarter. Maybe because they are Japanese, maybe because they took more cues from Nintendo in terms of how important it is to have exclusives that help define and represent your company. Microsoft had it with Halo and Master Chief, but they failed in 25 years or so to truly embrace the creation of video games. And so now they are likely destroying Xbox and will just become more or less a publisher with Activision and the other developers they own that they don't close. It is sad to me really, but they are using only corporate thinking. Nothing else. No pure love for games, their creation and understanding that that is what it should be about at the end of the day really.

Reaper22_2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Like you said the difference is Nintendo is a gaming company. Microsoft and Sony are companies that do gaming. Nintendo can't do what they do and vice versa. Nintendo doesn't need to spend and make as much money to stay healthy. I disagree with this Microsoft destroying xbox stuff. The industry is evolving and they are just reacting to the market changes. We will still be able to play xbox years from now. Microsoft isn't just gonna throw away the millions of fans they have gained in the industry.

Miacosa2h ago(Edited 2h ago)

Microsoft Xbox as grown and spent too much for it to service just a small group of Xbox gamers. Games Pass for the past 3 years as had flat growth. The potential base of core gamers that would even sub to a service such as Games Pass not being large enough to offset costs they need to go wide. Microsoft Xbox future as always been to become a publisher of games for all platforms which aligns with how all their other businesses are run. Only the worst of the worst console warriors suffering from self inflicted ptsd from some fictional warfare are opposed to Xbox's survival by going wide.

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Reaper22_1h ago

Sony has the same goal. They also want to publish on all platforms. They don't say it publicly but their actions are proving it. Neither is making any real money on the hardware. Sony just hired 2 CEOs and you don't do that if you are doing the same things you've been doing for the past 20 years. Their long term vision will most likely involve more Playstation titles on PC and anywhere else that's gonna benefit them in the long run. That includes putting certain games on xbox as well.

DivineHand1253m ago

Xbox needs new leadership, once they open that door and port Xbox games to PlayStation, it won't be easy to close that door again in the future. In addition to this, it would be a massive betrayal to all the persons who supported the series consoles.

I bought a Series X back in 2022. My main reason was because I wanted to catch up on all the games I missed out on last Gen as I was gaming mostly on PS4. Microsoft also had a great conference back then however, to this date, those games haven't been released. Most don't even have a release date.

One of the main selling points of gamepass over PS Plus extra or Premium is that you get 1st party releases day one but one thing people have been overlooking is that those first party games are few and far between. This is why I never joined the crowed to pressure Playstation in copying the gamepass model.