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I'd join a team. If there isn't one, is it easy to create?

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Originally Posted by pinata242

So I finally unboxed my PS3 last night as I set up the entertainment center. Moved the PC out from the bedroom (where the only HDTV was previous) to the living room to be with the game systems. Bought a 4-port USB switch box to share the keyboard between the PC, 360, Wii, and now PS3.

WTF no rear USB ports, Sony? Christ, it's like they just try to be different between stuff like this and only using Bluetooth for remotes, etc. What an annoyance. I'm certainly not going to run a permanent USB cable around to the front of the thing (sits on top of the entertainment center, left of display). Guess I'll just have to move the keyboard from switch to PS3 manually should the need ever arise to use it on the PS3.

Just a random bitching. I suppose I could have checked a manual, but I was just surprised by it. Oh well, at least I can plug an HDMI and optical cable in simultaneously :lol:

USB only in the front is bad, but what bugs me more than anything is having to leave the system on to charge the controller. :wtf: Isn't it in standby mode already? As long as you don't shut it off from the back, there should be a way for it to charge. It's little things like this that don't seem like much, but when you add them up they just can't compare to the 360. :shrug: Oh well.

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

I always use my laptop/desktop to charge the controller (charging it with the laptop allows me to continue playing).

I'll have to try that.

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Originally Posted by alxreys

I always use my laptop/desktop to charge the controller (charging it with the laptop allows me to continue playing).

I do the same thing. I keep my laptop on my coffee table and it's always on so it works out well.

I use my Wii as well. If it is in Wiiconnect standby mode it will charge the controller.

:lol: So let me get this straight.

- use the Wii to recharge the PS3 controller
- use the 360 to chat with your friends on the Wii and PS3

I'm I missing anything?

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Originally Posted by Michael Corvin

:lol: So let me get this straight.

- use the Wii to recharge the PS3 controller
- use the 360 to chat with your friends on the Wii and PS3

I'm I missing anything?

A good proof reader?

i charge my PS3 controller when i watch a BD or dvd movie...

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Originally Posted by Mr. Music

A good proof reader?

Hey now. It's only once in a blue moon that I miss something like that. :D

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Sep 19 2007

PS3 controller is ready to rumble

David Carnoy

http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/bto/200...r2_270x253.bmp
The upcoming rumble-equipped controller will weigh more than the current PS3 controller.(Credit: Sony)

The last few days rumors have been circulating that Sony was preparing to announce a new rumble-equipped controller for the PS3. As you may know, the current PS3 controllers don't shake, which we assume was because Sony got slapped with a lawsuit in 2004 for allegedly stealing Immersion Corporation's rumble technology for its Dual Shock and Dual Shock 2 controllers. But after Sony ponied up $90 million, the two sides had reportedly been mending fences, and that some rumble was on the way. Now IGN's confirmed that indeed something is shaking with the PS3 controller.

IGN's report reads:

"Big shocker at today's Electronic Arts pre-Tokyo Game Show press event. While playing a demo of Burnout Paradise, we felt something that we never thought we'd feel from a PS3 controller--shake!

That's right, Burnout Paradise is the first rumble-equipped PS3 game we've ever played. Which made us think at the time, if the game is making the controller shake, the controller must be a new version of the Sixaxis!

In fact, the controller we were using to play the demo looked exactly like a standard Sixaxis, except that it had a sticker on the bottom that said 'RUMBLE.' It also felt notably heavier than the standard Sixaxis.

We presume this is a prototype of the PlayStation 3's new rumble controller, whatever it's going to be called."

It's unclear whether the new controller will be using Immersion's next-generation rumble technology, but word is Kaz Hirai will formally announce the new controller in his keynote address shortly.

This is good news for anybody thinking about buying a PS3, but current owners may not be so psyched by the idea of having to buy another controller for their PS3s, especially if they own two or three already. As far as I'm concerned, current owners should get a discount coupon or something. This may not be iPhone Pricegate or anything, but throw us like $10 or something. How 'bout it, Kaz?

Chris

I'm kinda hoping that the rumble controller will be redesigned a bit...Guess we'll see...

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Originally Posted by Anubis2005X

I'm kinda hoping that the rumble controller will be redesigned a bit...Guess we'll see...

The choice of playstation faithfuls, and a design 13 years fresh!

All I ask for is that damn L stick swapped with the digital pad. Microsoft and Nintendo got that one right last generation. Catch up Sony.

sony press conference just ended. rumble sixaxis control in japan in november....

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Originally Posted by SoonerDoc

sony press conference just ended. rumble sixaxis control in japan in november....

sweeeeet.

i wonder if they will come bundled with the rumored new x-mas ps3 system.

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Originally Posted by darkside

All I ask for is that damn L stick swapped with the digital pad. Microsoft and Nintendo got that one right last generation. Catch up Sony.

Will never happen. That would be a sony pad that looks like a 360 one and that would be like Sony admitting a mistake (heck, they won't even admit that eliminating rumble was a bad idea). Besides, I don't think it's so bad with the Sony-type positioning; in fact I think I prefer it for third person shooters and platformers where you use the left to control movement and the right to reposition the camera.

Just read the blogs on the Sony press conference. Funny, how not having rumble in the first place actually gave them something big to announce this time round. The rest of the conference was pretty much old news, delays (home), or just not that interesting.

Yeah, I was going to post about the Home delay. Hardly shocking based on the beta info I had read as well as the lack of hype from Sony about it. Still, a disappointment.

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Originally Posted by darkside

All I ask for is that damn L stick swapped with the digital pad. Microsoft and Nintendo got that one right last generation. Catch up Sony.

What is the advantage of this? I don't mind it as is since i've been playing games like this for 10 years now.

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Originally Posted by sauce07

What is the advantage of this? I don't mind it as is since i've been playing games like this for 10 years now.

The advantage is that it's a LOT more comfortable...

I'd rather have a new controller with the d-pad and left analog switched than one with rumble. I'd take both though...

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Originally Posted by Decker

Yeah, I was going to post about the Home delay. Hardly shocking based on the beta info I had read as well as the lack of hype from Sony about it. Still, a disappointment.

It should be ready for PS4.

Skate demo out on PSN. :)

Also, Stuntman: Ignition.

This may be old news by now, but I just noticed there's a Game of the Year edition of Oblivion coming for PS3 next month, and at the same $60 price too. That kinda pisses me off. I know it's been done before, but just seven months later? That's as bad as some of those DVD special editions.

Are they at least going to offer the extra content to download for those of us who bought the "original" edition?