Dual Shock 3 vs Sixaxis Video Essay

A great video essay comparing the new Dual Shock 3 with the standard Sixaxis pack-in. Dig those tunes.

Dual Shock 3: Xbox mod!

Check this out! This inventive gamer took issue with the Dual Shock 3's analog sticks and took it upon himself to take it apart and replace the joysticks with those from an original xbox controller!

If you feel like you'd like to switch up your analog sticks like this guy (make sure you've got the skills before you try) just click on the image below to go to step by step instruction for how to mod your own Dual Shock 3 controller!

Dual Shock 3: Dissasembled

Hey everyone, here are a ton of pictures taken from the IGN website and Japanese gaming site, Watch, of the standard PS3 controller dissected and on display, compared to the new Dual Shock 3. Viewing these will give you a good idea what you'll be dealing with if you are buying one and planning on modding it.

Dual Shock 3 Unpacking Vid

Hey everyone, I have a video here of a some lucky guy unpacking his newly imported Dual Shock 3 controller from Japan. Enjoy it in all it's glory.

List of games that will be compatable with Dual Shock 3

Here are all of the games (as of Sept) that have already been released but will still support the Dual Shock 3's rumble tech.

1. The Darkness
2. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
3. Soldier of Fortune
4. BIOHAZARD 5
5. Devil May Cry 4
6. N-Cube
7. Warbit
8. Dark Sector
9. Turok
10. Highlander
11. Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
12. Burnout Paradise
13. FIFA franchise (title name TBD, by EA)
14. Legendary: The Box Gamecock
15. To End All Wars Ghostlight
16. RAGE id Software
17. WarDevil - Unleash the Beast
18. Within
19. Dynasty Warriors 6
20. Fatal Inertia
21. METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
22. Blacksite: Area 51
23. TNA Wrestling
24. Unreal Tournament 3
25. Wheelman
26. Cops (codename, title name TBD)
27. Planet One (codename, title name TBD)
28. Heroes over Europe
29. Condemned 2
30. Iron Man
31. The Club
32. The Crucible
33. The Incredible Hulk
34. Blast Factor
35. echochrome
36. Elefunk
37. Folklore
38. FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
39. Go! Sports Ski
40. Heavenly Sword
41. High Velocity Bowling
42. MLB 08: The Show
43. MotorStorm
44. NBA 08
45. PAIN
46. Rat Race
47. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
48. Resistance: Fall of Man
49. Snakeball
50. SOCOM: Confrontation
51. Super Stardust HD
52. TOY HOME
53. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
54. Warhawk
55. WipEout HD
56. GirpShift Sony Online Entertainment
57. NBA 2K8 Take Two Sports
58. Destroy All Humans 3
59. Stuntman Ignition
60. Assassin's Creed
61. BEOWULF
62. HAZE
63. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced
64. Warfighter 2
65. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
66. Prototype
67. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

The Run Down

The Dual Shock 3 for Sony's Playstation 3 will use the same rumble technology that Sony employed for the previous incarnations of it's prized Dual shock controllers. This is notable because Sony had been in a deeply heated and very expensive legal battle with Immersion Corporation, the inventors of the rumble tech.

Also, it should be mentioned that The Dual Shock 3 will utilize both rumble functionality as well as 6 axis control that the standard PS3 controller uses, so gamers won't have to switch controller in and out when they play different games. This of course basically makes the standard controller outdated after less than a year of being on the market...

The Dual Shock 3 has already been released in Japan since November. North America and Europe can expect to see the new Dual Shock sometime in early 2008. Unfortunately, Sony is pulling a PSOne and making the Dual Shock sold separately from the system. Meaning, after early 2008, if you walk into Bestbuy to purchase a PS3, you'll need to buy your Dual Shocks separately, as they won't be in the box waiting for you. Interestingly, when Sony released the PS2, they packaged the Dual Shock 2 in with the system. Why they wouldn't do this with the PS33 is a mystery.

The Dual Shock 3 is currently retailing in Japan for just under $60 Us. You can expect that figure to either remain the same or rise when it comes stateside. It may be worth the risk to import now, instead of wait for the North American price hike later.

Sony has also announced that games previously released without rumble support will be upgraded with downloadable patches over the Playstation Network. These patches will even include some of the Playstation's downloadable games as well. No word on whether or not publishers HAVE to patch their games, but obviously it would be a good idea.