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Andir on 02 July 2007

I think the only thing that is going to change the Playstation controller is a Sony branded modification of the Sixaxis that sells well. I believe this is what happened with the original controller that didn't have analog sticks. They sold so well that Sony adopted it for the PS2. I don't mind the Sixaxis at all (in fact, I love the stick placement over the shifted 360 placement) but I wish it were slightly bigger and rounded.



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ssj12 on 02 July 2007

i wish Sony would have stuck with that controller. Oh well...



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Pedro on 02 July 2007

That looks very ungainly. If that were the actual controller it would put me off buying a PS3. I'm glad they didn't go with that!



Entroper on 02 July 2007

I wish they had kept the boomerang, since it would have actually been an improvement on the awful grips of the PS1/DualShock/SIXAXIS controllers.  I don't think that exact boomerang would have been good, but one with the buttons slightly closer together, and the overall design a bit more compact would have been much better than the SIXAXIS.  Of course, just because it looks silly, everyone would have made fun of it just like the N64's "three-pronged attack dildo."  Honestly, Sony just needs to get over themselves and actually attempt to improve their controller.



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PS3owner on 02 July 2007

The controller is not even the same as the original dualshock, so don't even start on that crap. Plus the boomerang looks like shit.



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URNotE on 02 July 2007
ssj12 said:
i wish Sony would have stuck with that controller. Oh well...

did you even own a ps2 or psx ??? if you did then thats unbelievable that you just said that..



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IllegalPaladin on 02 July 2007

Am I correct that the boomerang controller's R2 and L2 buttons were placed around the middle of the backside of the controller while the R1 and L1 buttons were of course on top?

If so, I think the boomerang would have been a lot more comfortable for a game such as Warhawk. I usually only have my index fingers on top of the controllers and it feels weird when I need to use both my index and middle fingers to fly the planes in Warhawk or try and take cover and open the map in Rainbow Six: Vegas. *edit* then again, it mainly feels weird because of the R2 and L2 triggers on the Sixaxis. I'm thinking about trying to flatten the tops of the triggers or carve a little dip in them to better hold my fingers. 



sieanr on 02 July 2007
Entroper said:
I wish they had kept the boomerang, since it would have actually been an improvement on the awful grips of the PS1/DualShock/SIXAXIS controllers.  I don't think that exact boomerang would have been good, but one with the buttons slightly closer together, and the overall design a bit more compact would have been much better than the SIXAXIS.  Of course, just because it looks silly, everyone would have made fun of it just like the N64's "three-pronged attack dildo."  Honestly, Sony just needs to get over themselves and actually attempt to improve their controller.

 

Amen, I can't stand the sixaxis

The boomerang wouldn't solve most of the sixaxis issues, but it would likely be more comfortable.

Then again, I didn't let the crappy controller prevent me from buying a PS3, unlike some of the Sony fans....


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sieanr on 02 July 2007
Andir said:
EEPiccolo said:
Had the motion-sensing capabilities been announced when they were showing off the boomerang?

 Yes.


 No it wasn't

Motion sensing was announced at E3'06, long after the batarang's death knell



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

ssj12 said: Player specific decoders are nothing more than specialized GPUs. Gran Turismo is the trust driving simulator of them all. 

"Why do they call it the xbox 360? Because when you see it, you'll turn 360 degrees and walk away" 

Entroper on 02 July 2007
sieanr said:

Motion sensing was announced at E3'06, long after the batarang's death knell


This was one of my favorite moments in Sony PR.

@PS3owner: You're right, I'm sorry, it's less than the DualShock.  No rumble.  :P  Seriously though, you missed my point.  SIXAXIS = DualShock - rumble + acceleromter + inferior analog triggers.  I'm not saying it doesn't have more features than the DualShock, I'm saying they should have looked at improving the basic design.  It looks like the boomerang was one of their attempts at doing so.



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