It’s Official: Sony Confirms Sixaxis Rumble
By Chris on Thursday, September 20th, 2007 at 12:02 PM PST In Sony, Sony
It’s been anticipated for quite some time and certain companies already unintentionally confirmed its existence, but yesterday at Sony’s Tokyo Game Show conference Kaz Hirai confirmed a new Sixaxis controller with rumble – Dual Shock 3.
Kaz mentioned this being in response to what the fanbase was clamoring for. A number of titles at TGS are playable with rumble (in addition to Burnout Paradise) including Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Uncharted, and Rachet & Clank. Already-released games will support rumble; a full list of titles can be seen after the break.
The controller will be released in Japan this fall and in the spring for the US and Europe. If I was in the market for a PS3 this holiday season, I might hesitate knowing that next year there will be a superior controller released that I’ll then have to drop $50 on (which is presumably what the price of the controller will be) to get the best gaming experience. But, it’s likely this move is being made to sell through all Sixaxis controllers out there before the new wave hits.
Check after the break for a list of games that will support rumble.
via 1UP
LIST OF PLAYSTATION 3 TITLES COMPATIBLE WITH DUALSHOCK 3 IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE *2 As of September 20th, 2007
The Darkness Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Soldier of Fortune BIOHAZARD(R) 5 Devil May Cry(R) 4 N-Cube Warbit Dark Sector Turok Highlander Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Burnout Paradise FIFA franchise (title name TBD) Legendary: The Box To End All Wars RAGE WarDevil – Unleash the Beast Within Dynasty Warriors 6 Fatal Inertia METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS Blacksite: Area 51 TNA Wrestling Unreal Tournament 3 Wheelman Cops (codename, title name TBD) Planet One (codename, title name TBD) Heroes over Europe Condemned 2 Iron Man The Club The Crucible The Incredible Hulk Blast Factor (*1) echochrome Elefunk Folklore (*1) FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION (*1) Go! Sports Ski (*1) Heavenly Sword (*1) High Velocity Bowling MLB 08: The Show MotorStorm (*1) NBA 08 (*1) PAIN Rat Race Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Resistance: Fall of Man (*1) Snakeball SOCOM: Confrontation Super Stardust HD (*1) TOY HOME Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune Warhawk (*1) WipEout HD GripShift(R) NBA 2K8 Destroy All Humans 3 Stuntman Ignition Assassin’s Creed BEOWULF HAZE Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 (*1) Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas (*1) Prototype The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (*1) Users will be able to enjoy the rumble feature through software update.
(*2) Actual titles to be released may vary among countries and regions.
IMO, they just screwed up their holiday buying season. I’m with you, at this point even if they lowered the price of the console, I’d wait until the new rumble controllers were in the box.
They should drop the price and clear thease out without the Dualshock 3, i defently agree and wouldnt buy one without the dualshock feature now. You are selling your self short. you loose either way.
Get an 80GB model and its has software emulation and No rumble, both sucks. The ultimate would be 60GB with Hardware backwards compatability and buy some dual shock controlers extra. Sony just shot themselfs in the foot yet again. this may hurt sales if people know a rumble controller is soon out. and yes the xbox 360 has software emulation for their games.
I don’t see what the big thing is about rumble, however Sony are being idiots about this. Third parties are gonna lose out as well becasue their cheaper (sometimes better) peripherals are going to become outdated. Not to mention the wasted expenditure by Sony to create the original set of controllers. Might not be that much, but they must cost something to develop, any Sony aren’t exactly raking it in with the PS3.