From MCV
Sony’s ill-received boomerang PS3 controller has been consigned to the history books, and in its place has emerged a remake of the familiar Dualshock with integrated motion sensing technology.
As well as being wireless and sporting two triggers where the L2 and R2 buttons used to sit, integrated six-axis movement sensing will allow gamers to control the action by simply moving their pads.
The tilting angle of the joysticks has also been increased, and the pad now boasts a central button sporting a PlayStation logo, which is presumed will access menu functions on the final console.
However, in the process of being upgraded the Dualshock has lost its vibrating function, with Sony claiming that the feature clashed with the new motion sensing technology.
Now with motion sensing too, but only one game on the cards to support it (Warhawk). You just can't help thinking Nintendo are the real gaming innovators.
The analog joypad of the N64 and now the motion sensing of the Wii, all copied.
Shame they couldn't get the vibration function to work with it too, I guess the last minute addition has caught them out. This leaves me thinking whether they will release another version shortly after with the rumble feature and charge customers for the priviledge.
I actually preffered the look of the initial boomerang style joypad they showed, but I guess the DualShock format works very well.
