Sixaxis discontinued - no one surprised

[Fox 6]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

So if the duelschok 3 is sixaxis with rumble, they're not discontinuing sixaxis, they're improving it.

But its not called sixaxis, so in a sense they are discontiuing it, just in name only

[Cheez-Its]

well imo sony shoud give vouchers out to every1 for a free dualsholck 3 becuz this is trciking the customer

[DeathsHand]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

But its not called sixaxis, so in a sense they are discontiuing it, just in name only

Yeah but to say that they're "discontinuing" and "removing all memories of it" sounds a bit cynical...

But like Stu said, it's a big PR thing... Did you expect them to delay the whole console because of a lack of rumble in it's controllers, without any solid knowledge of when that issue would be resolved?
And if it somehow was just a willing decision on their part, and not due to the lawsuit... Well...

Does anybody remember this little analog-stickless guy?


Which was replaced in August '97 by this little rumbleless guy?


Which was replaced less than a year later, in May '98, by the original Dualshock...

[Aladuf]

If there's any PS3 owners on here that plan on getting a Dualshock 3, I don't recommend trading your SIXAXIS controller into Gamestop because they will only give you $10 credit which IMO is pretty bad even for them. Ebay that thing and get a few extra dollars to pay for that new Dualshock 3.

[Fox 6]

They should have just stuck with the Banana controller.

[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

They should have just stuck with the Banana controller.

Pretty much, and put an IR port on the front so people can use remotes of their own on the PS3.

[Angrist]

Originally Posted by Fox 6

They should have just stuck with the Banana controller.

The Bananarang!

DsH's post made me think. For a controller with 2 'tacked on' functions (sticks and rumble), the Dual Shock 1 and 2 (and now 3) did really well. You'd expect the sticks to be in an odd place, because they ran out of space or something, but they're not.

If you look at it that way, the Dual Shock 3 is just an original PSX controller + 3 functions that Nintendo introduced + analog buttons.