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I'll reserve judgment until I actually play it but the controller looks awful. WTF are they smoking over there? Wireless is nice but if you aren't going to add or take away any of the PS2 buttons, why not just make the PS3 controller the same style except wireless? They already know it works...

Agreed.

Yes, a retarded 4 year old could come up with a better design. If I wanted a ing boomerang I'd go to australia.

For those that dont know....


Im gunna agree with you here... However, people were bitching that Sony didnt change the controller between psx and ps2... I liked the design myself, and I bet theyre going to have a bunch of people bitching about this one...

It reminds me of a logitec controller I saw once.

I think the console itself looks cool... but I wish it would be a little more rectangular as to stack nicely with my other systems.

The jury is still out on exactly why it's the way it is. But some are speculating that it has something to do with the legal battle Sony was in over the Dual Shock design, and that sounds like the most logical reason to me thus far.

Originally Posted by Kayden However, people were bitching that Sony didnt change the controller between psx and ps2...

Well, why fix what isn't broken. Unless your flawless design can no longer legally be produced...

as I already said in another thread, it looks like a friggin sidewinder PC gamepad, and I absolutely hated those things

Maybe I'll think differently when I get my hands on it, but based on looks alone, I'll stick with Dual Shock 2 if you can use it

the buttons are all pretty much in the same places, so it probly wont feel too much different, its just more rounded off and has longer handles

Originally Posted by Ledhed The jury is still out on exactly why it's the way it is. But some are speculating that it has something to do with the legal battle Sony was in over the Dual Shock design, and that sounds like the most logical reason to me thus far.

I thought that lawsuit had more to do with the vibration technology than the shape. Didn't Nintendo and MS pay them off? All the controllers are totally different except for the rumble... which Isn't really that creative of an idea, so it sucks someone can say they 'own' the idea for a shaking controller.

Originally Posted by Ledhed Well, why fix what isn't broken. Unless your flawless design can no longer legally be produced...

Is that to say these wont rumble? Or they'll use a different method? Maybe the weight on a stick was the only one that company patented. (If you have a clear controller, you'll know what I mean.) However... I saw pens with the same mechanism way back in the 90s... Maybe they sued them too...

Originally Posted by Kayden I thought that lawsuit had more to do with the vibration technology than the shape.

I thought the same. Even then though, with that excuse out of the way, what are we left with? Sony making chang3s for chang3's sake? It just doesn't seem right to me.

Then again, none of us have even seen one of these in person, so for all we know it's an ergonomic dream. It just doesn't really look the part.

I reserve judgement until I actually hold the thing in my hands, but it looks like a crescent moon?

Originally Posted by Ledhed I thought the same. Even then though, with that excuse out of the way, what are we left with? Sony making chang3s for chang3's sake? It just doesn't seem right to me. Then again, none of us have even seen one of these in person, so for all we know it's an ergonomic dream. It just doesn't really look the part.

Call me crazy... but all that ergonomic crap always feels uncomfortable. Those wrist things for typing/mice put my hand too high and my wrist gets sore. The ergonomic keyboards make me feel... odd...

Originally Posted by Kayden Call me crazy... but all that ergonomic crap always feels uncomfortable. Those wrist things for typing/mice put my hand too high and my wrist gets sore. The ergonomic keyboards make me feel... odd...

Well, I didn't mean advertised ergonomics. I meant the meaning of the actual word. In that it will actually feel ok in your hands, regardless of whether it's advertised as being ergonomic or not.

Well, you never know until you try it.

It might even be the best thing since sliced bread, but it's hard to tell just looking at a picture.

I guess I'm the only one who likes the controller. Its about time that a controller was made to completely fill an average adult's hands.

If it feels as good as the previous controllers I don't care how it looks.

I like how it looks too. I had no problem with the old style, but as long as it feels OK in my hands I am fine with it.

People with regular sized hands dont have any trouble with the old controllers design. if you complain about the od Dual shocks your hands are either smaller than average or you dont hold a controller correctly (trust me there are plenty of people like this!)

The lawsuit was over the force feedback tech, meaning the way in which the controllers rumbled in accordance to things on screen. The double motor Sony used infringed on the pattent (though not on purpose) and this might have forced sony to concider a new way to create vibration which would have altered the internal design so much that they couldnt keep the shape as it was, Heck the motors were in the handles so with out them they probably fingured changing them was a good idea to try and fit with their new system design.

Whether any of this is true is up in the air but the fact is it's changed and we'll either get used to it or wait for them to release a different controller style. This is ofcouse assuming they dont have regular ports hidden under a covering in which case just plag in your old Dualshock2s and have fun.

Originally Posted by RedvsBlue I guess I'm the only one who likes the controller. Its about time that a controller was made to completely fill an average adult's hands.

yes and that time was a few years back with the best controller ever, "the duke"

did somebody post a pic of it somewhere? or is my browser playing tricks on me ? lol.

My ability to judge a controller is based on how it feels in my hands, so I'm not passing judgement.