News - Sony consumer warning - Your unofficial PS3 controller may explode!
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New PlayStation 3 update renders third party controllers and other devices inoperable.
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Good old Sony - how to alienate customers in one fell swoop!
Re: News - Sony consumer warning - Your unofficial PS3 controller may explode!
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In a bit to prevent the world's first PS3 modchip, PS Jailbreak, from working,
In a bid
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MadduckUK
In a bid
cheers, sorted
Re: News - Sony consumer warning - Your unofficial PS3 controller may explode!
Does the 'counterfeit' controllers use Sony batteries?
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so the question is, is this update going to stop me plugging USB memory sticks into my ps3? if so then i wont update
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Why would you want to use the unofficial controller anyway?
All of them feel rather crap...
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Clever move imo, and more console manufacturers should do this really from a business standpoint. Are people not going to buy a PS3 because they can't use a 3rd party controller with it? No. Are more people going to buy official accessories as a result? Yes.
So at the end of the day this will help sony make more money, and it gets rid of the frankly cheating controllers like the frag FX thing.
Of course there will be a way around it, but I can't really see a negative from sony's POV..
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But what if you (like me) was going to use a ps3 eagle eye? does it affect this aswell? i can see them slowly going extream soon....
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Spud1
..snip...and it gets rid of the frankly cheating controllers like the frag FX thing.
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How is that cheating? i agree that rapid fire controllers are cheating but using a mouse is not cheating.
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yes it would affect the eagle eye too.
There is another thread about those kind of controllers..but essentially using a kb/mouse on a console online gives you such a massive advantage over anyone restricted to using a pad, that its tantamount to cheating. Thats why consoles usually have separate servers to their PC counterparts, as the console games just get trounced by the PC gamers every time.
Obivously people disagree about it but thats my opinion. Turbo controllers are also of a similar vein although they don't affect it as much, and are easier to detect in an online match (im fairly sure games like COD say you can't use them online, but don't quote me there..)
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I hate the wireless controller. It runs out far too quickly. I think you should have a wide choice of controllers.
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UNIVERSAL serial bus... If something is going to be propietry then make it that way
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Biscuit
UNIVERSAL serial bus... If something is going to be propietry then make it that way
What was their reason for using USB in the first place?
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Its all very well not allowing this, but it should have been from day one, not after many people have bought many different controllers etc.
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I dont like the sound of this, what is it next? I myself have had 2 ps3 controllers break on me and which is why I got ps2/ps3 converters.
EDIT: I just tried now and they are working for me but I guess i cant guarantee that in ther future