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The Dual Shock 3 controller has been in Japan for almost half a year. North America finally gets it next week for $54.99. Since the price is only $5 more than a regular Sixaxis controller it is a comparable contender if you're planning to buy a second gamepad.
However, I won’t run out to get one on the first day. Glancing through the list of compatible games there are mere 26 PlayStation 3 games supported (PsOne emulation doesn’t count as a game) when the controller rumbles into stores and not all of them will be there when the Dual Shock 3 launches. The list looks light compared to the initial announcement back at TGS ’07. Games like Assassin’s Creed and Unreal Tournament 3, which are in stores and on the original list, aren’t on the Dual Shock 3 compatible list on the PlayStation Blog.
Can any Dual Shock 3 importers confirm rumble works with games out in US stores that are not on the list?
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6 Responses to “Dual Shock 3 shakes North American PS3s next week”
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Also one other thing. I can also confirm that it does work fine on my 60 gig with PS2 games as well incase anybody wondered. I didn’t see it on the list.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:34 pm
Even though the PS3 rumble titles are far and a few, I’m anxious to get this so I can feel the rumble playing PS2 games again :)
April 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
@Daizyujin - Thanks for the update. Glad to know that the list Sony released is abridged. :)
April 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 am
Yes this list is far from complete. Blazing Angles 2’s demo supported it so I would figure that means the full game does as well. Also in Japan there is a patch to make Tekken 5 DR Online use it as well, though we have yet to get this. The truth is most of these patches were rolled out a long time ago even for North America. Folklore has had rumble for at least a few months if not more, ditto for Warhawk, Motorstorm, and Resistance. Also for the first time in like 3 months I booted up both Piyotama and Go Sports Ski. Both prompted me for updates and both then supported rumble, though I have to say it is used so little in both titles I didn’t even care. In fact a lot of newer games have supported it straight out of the box with no update like UTIII, Ratchet and Clank: TOD, Uncharted, DMC4, and Burnout Paradise. Keep in mind all these games came out after the Japanese launch but before the US launch. Case in point I would bet that almost all titles to come out as of this point will support it, especially if they are multiplatform. The list should be correct on all games that are getting patches so the only real question will be basically with games that came out after its announcement but before US release of the controller.
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April 2nd, 2008 at 2:17 pm
I can confirm the controller works with UTIII.