Sony Dual Shock 3

After the analogue sticks on both my Sixaxis controllers began sticking, I was forced to buy the Dual Shock 3 model and so far it has served me well. ~~~ What is it ? ~~~ The Sony Dual Shock 3 controller is the official controller of the Sony PS3. Communicating with the console via wireless, this is definitely the number one controller on the market. Used to control games, DVD's and also as a place to plug pocket sized extensions into, such as a keyboard. ~~~ Size + Weight ~~~ For someone who, I would say has medium sized hands, this controller fits perfectly. The analogue sticks are at the perfect position for my thumbs ...  Read the complete review

This is the control pad I received with the PS3 package I purchased recently. Looking at the controller it's hard to believe that the controller is so similar in design to the first incarnation developed for the original PlayStation back in 1994/95. This just proves how innovative the original team at Sony were and uninnovative the current team are, milking a cash cow. For most games using this pad feels no different to how it felt playing on the original PlayStation. In one sense this is good but on the other hand this just means that people are buying the same product again with a few slightly tweaked features. This time there's the addition of bluetooth and ...  Read the complete review

I bought my Dualshock 3 only about 8 months ago, having lived with the original PS3 Sixaxis. At the time of buying, I was charged with a hefty price tag of £30 for one controller, making me judge whether I really needed it or not. The answer was yes. Sticking to it's past, the Dualshock 3 uses the familiar Sony design, although an improvement on it's predecessor is the weight of the unit, because of the included Dualshock 3 function which allows the controller to vibrate to games which gives the player more immersion into the game, the controller has put on a bit of weight compared to the Sixaxis, making it feel a bit stronger and giving you something you can ...  Read the complete review

A lot of people make a big fuss about controllers, but to me they all do the same job but just look different. OK perhaps you can see the difference between an Xbox controller (which I personally dislike) and a PS3 controller but I did not understand the fuss that was made when the new Dual Shock 3 was released. I mean, it looks exactly the same as the Sixaxis controller. Before I start to ramble on I must say I had absolutely no problems with the Sixaxis controller, so if you could find one of those if you wanted a cheaper controller they would serve you just fine. Although I must say they don't react as well to being dropped on the floor but that is down to you more ...  Read the complete review

The Official Playstation 3 Controller has had an unpredictable and interesting journey getting from it's concept design stage to where it is now, going from a mocked and unusual, out of the box design, with the handles elongated into a strange silver boomerang clone, this eventually got canned with the release of the six-axis, basically todays controller minus the vibration, something to due with legal issues forced Sony to release the PS3 without this function, but now all the fuss of new consoles being released has passed, this new standard setting controller is released. If you've played either or the previous Playstations, you know that this controller is ...  Read the complete review