maybe to keep manufacturing costs down; but i don't see why they can't release some official skins

I like that color of the DS3 but with 4 of them, two adult toys, a navigator and a steering wheel, my box 'o peripherals is getting kinda full

this was old news, this was announced the same day the killzone 3/Socom Move gun attachment was. This will launch the same day as Killzone 3 i believe 

I like the look of it and I am quite tempted despite just having a got a red one

Looks good

I wish I had the money >_<

I hope they do a dull-blue colour as well though.

I would get it but I hate the D-pad of the Dual Shock 3. It's made out of some rough material so it makes it hard to play fighting games. The Six Axis had a much better D-pad, it was smooth so it made it easier to do circular motions on it.

They did? Didn't notice that myself. You sure your Sixaxis just isn't more worn?

On topic, it's nice but I still need to get myself a Red one. I've got a failing white, R2 doesn't work sometimes and pressing O activates Trianle sometimes.

Yeah, I've got 2 Six Axis controllers and I've hardly used one of them but the D-Pad is the same on both. I also own 2 Dual Shock 3's and compared them to the Six Axis. The D-pad is defiantly different. 

Looks ugly.

hmph, my white ds3 is in rough shape but that colour scheme isn't doing it for me at all.