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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 1430
Media: Video Game
ASIN: B0012ENSXE
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 What An Improvement May 18, 2008
Chris Rollason
You don't realize how much you miss the rumble feature until you use it again. The sixaxis is a fairly useless feature and one that i never use. However games are greatly improved with the rumble feature. The controller now feels heavier and better in your hands. It is definitely work buying one of these now rather than waiting ages for sony to release them officially in the UK.
When on racing games you can feel the vibrations off the rumble strips. F1 CE and GT5:P are particularly good for this.
GTA IV also makes good use of the rumble feature. When there is thunder and lightning the controller vibrates. When you are smashing your car into things it rumbles. If you have a small hand gun then you get a small vibration but if you have an assault rifle you get lots of vibrations.
P.S. If you want to make the controller even better i would suggest getting the GioTeck Real Triggers as well.
 A lot better than you'd think May 16, 2008
*-[ROB]-* (UK)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
It's all very odd.
When the SIXAXIS spec was first published, there was a little fuss from gamers about the lack of vibration support. At the time, I was fairly ambivalent about this deprecation, and so after finally getting my ps3 began gaming without issue.
- But something was missing -
I couldn't place it exactly, but there was certainly a lack of immersion when racing cars or shooting mexican militia. The SIXAXIS has a good (albeit 'cheap' feeling) design, and yet I yearned to use my 360 controllers with my ps3.
Yesterday I played through the RaceDriver:GRID demo with the DUALSHOCK3, and whilst I didn't immediatley notice any difference, the fact that I felt finally like I was actually sat in that car made it all so very clear.
The range of vibrations generated by the controller in your hands adds a significant amount of extra sensory information.
The difference is like having slowly lost your sense of smell, then suddenly got it back again overnight. Your dominant senses haven't changed, but somehow you 'know' more than you did before.
Every hill bump, every fender-bender, each clipped barrier is an event that is transmitted to your subconscious and relates to the occurrence on-screen. "Ooh" you might say, "I bounced of that curb quite hard, I hope I didn't mess up the tracking".
This is what you are paying for, and now that I have it I can never look back.
The only negatives of the DUALSHOCK3 design are also true of the SIXAXIS:
I think the handles are too small and lack the right shape for my hands. I also think the L2 and R2 buttons need to be recessed and made more trigger like.
That all said, this controller still delivers on it's claims, and the vibration function has more finesse that older designs (e.g. DUALSHOCK2, N64 rumble pack).
So what are you waiting for? Get one, make sure your games are up-to-date and support the vibration function, and see for yourself.
Worth it just for GTA4 May 10, 2008
Mr. Lee Donovan (Camberley Surrey)
As the above title says i bought this after reading some reviews on how the rumble feature is used in GTA4.
It will buzz when your phone is ringing, will shake when there is a clash of thunder during a rain storm.
Will buzz very hard and make it hard to hold onto when your extremley drunk and as for when you "get lucky" with the girls in the game.... need i say more.
Plus its just not a GTA game if you don't get a satisfying thump in your hands when you crash a car at high speed!
I am sure it works with my other games but i cant stop playing GTA4 to find out but i've heard GT prologue works well.
Don't wait, just buy it GTA4 is worth it as will MGS4.
Dual Shock 3 April 29, 2008
Christodoulides Constantinos (London, UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First off, I didn't miss the rumble so much until I got my hands on this baby. The extra sense it offers comes in handy in situations where you've been hit from behind.
However if you're looking for the new revolution in rumble support you'll be disappointed. I am not saying it isn't worth it but the cut to retain battery life is apparent. The rumble isn't as punchy as the old PS2 one but more like 3/4 there.
Nevertheless, if you really want rumble then go ahead and buy one, you don't need to wait 5 months until its UK release, it's pointless.
The price is a bit off (if you convert the Japanese retail price to UK pounds) but if you try importing it on your own it will cost you 40-50 easily thanks to the 'ever affordable' postage cost.
As for the battery life it will run out of juice 3-5 hrs earlier than the SISAXIS one, and it is very understandable if you ask me.
As an additional feuture, the shocks are directional, meaning that when you get hit from the left the left handside of the dualshock vibrates and so on.
The motion sensor (SISAXIS)is still inluded, without suffering from the presence of rumble as earlier speculations let people believe through the internet.
I would have given it 4 out 5 stars for the lack of power but its something you will get used to and forget eventually.
As I said earlier if you ever going to buy a dual shock 3 buy it now, don't forget people MGS4 is coming and we all know Kojima likes messing up with us using the controller (psycho mantis anyone?), so you wouldn't want to miss out would you?
PS: Not all games are supported, Sony stated that all their first party games will have support with firmware updates. As for some other games you get promt to download un update which enables the rumble. However, dont expect rumble support from many lunch titles.
The Rumble is DIRECTIONAL April 25, 2008
BritPatriot89 (Manchester, GB)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
After playing MGS4/MGO at TGS 2007; Japan, I realized that the DualShock that was present there, replacing the SIXAXIS, was different. No, it's not the weight, yes the sticks are more sensitive and raised, but that's not the main reason for my liking. Let me explain.
In MGS4 (and other games, I'm using shooting in this example), when the enemy shoot at you from a side, say the left side, then the controller vibrates more on the left side. If a car just got blown up, behind you, then the lower part of the controllers vibrates. Basically, the vibration's direction indicates where a certain impact is coming from. In Gran Turismo 5, if a car slam you on the right in a hard shoulder, then, you guessed it, it'll vibrate on the right, with little vibration on the left (mind you, that's pretty handy if your driving with the in-car view, beats having to switch cameras all the time to see where the hit came from).
This version, DS3, is not just another vibrating controller like its predecessors. It's an improved version. It's slightly heavier than the DS2 (the PS2's), but that's much better than the SIXAXIS, which feels like those remote controlled plastic cars controllers; light and could break easily.
The motion control is still there, for anyone who still likes that feature. But it's better to have both. This is a must buy for anyone looking to purchase a PS3 as only the MGS4/80GB PS3 bundle is confirmed to have the DS3 controller with it. All other PS3 packages/bundles will have the SIXAXIS instead, so you can see why it's a must purchase.
BTW; there's no region lock on this, so you can basically import this from import sites and still use them (playasia.com has ceased distribution in EU territories mind you).
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