I just got a Japanese Dual Shock 3 and it didn't come with a USB cable. Is it supposed to come with one?

I don't think Sony packs any of their controllers with the cable needed to charge them. I guess they assume you will use the one that came with the console.

Luckily I have several USB cables sitting around when I need to charge more than one.

That kind of sucks Michael. Why bother with adding analog controls if you are not going to fix some of the problems in the first place? I still might pick this up at $20 bucks to give it a shot.

IMO, Lair isn't even worth $20.

Just noticed this product for sale that could answer many of our Guitar Hero issues on the PS3.

http://store.theantcommandos.com/pro...r-ps3-adpt.htm

I have used my PS2 controller with a generic PS2 to USB adaptor and it works for GHI and II, but does not allow whammy bar or hammer ons and pull offs. This looks like it could be the ultimate solution if it works as advertised. It is supposed to make the PS2 guitars compatible with the PS2 GH games, PS3 GHIII and PS3 Rockband.

It is $20 and is supposed to ship in the next couple of weeks. I ordered one and when I get it I will test it out and let everyone know if it works. They also have $50 guitars that work with all games as well, but I already have a perfectly good Red Octane PS2 guitar and would rather use that and save the money. I don't need a whole collection of plastic guitars.

2.30 is up.

New PSN Store is much improved, even with broken image links.

that O now means Back and not Exit.

Agreed. Its so much easier to navigate now.

New store is really nice and navigating is fast. Hopefully the images are there in the morning. I want the Stardust add on. DTS-MA support is also nice to finally have.

I'm happy to see the update and the new store. A small part of me really hoped something for home would be tacked on with the update but the rest of me knew better.

The redesign is so good that I found a downloadable game that I might get. I am sure it was there before but I just never had the patience to sit and browse for it.

I just purchased the new upgrade pack for Super Stardust HD and now you now get to make custom soundtracks.

EDIT:

The new game modes are pretty fun too. there is an unlimited mode that is really addicting. it was well worth the 5.00 for me just for this single addition.

A stupid question I have I couldn't figure out from the site: do those guitars allow me to play GH2 on my PS3 (60gb model)?

So what's the opinion on the Folklore DLC? Are the three bundles worth picking up?

You could make custom soundtracks pre-add-on, too.

That is what they claim. Supposedly you buy one of the new guitars coming out for the PS3 in a couple of weeks and you can use it on the PS3 to play the PS2 GH games and the PS3 GHIII and Rockband. Very cool if true.

Darn it, 2.30 didn't fix the problem with the resume play feature causing TV-episode DVDs to "resume" at the very beginning of the last episode that was watched instead of at the main menu where it should. I wish they'd at least include an option in BD/DVD Settings to disable resume play if they're not going to fix it. (Yes, I know I can open the options on the disc in XMB and choose to "Play from beginning," but I'd rather not have to work around a broken feature every time I continue watching a TV series.) My Sony DVD player did it correctly, so I know it's not a problem with the DVDs.

I guess the first impression I got was: the guitar can play GH2 on PS2, GH3 on PS3, and Rock Band on PS3, but not cross-platform.

I pre-ordered the guitar anyway. It's still a few weeks away from release, I'll try to find out when I get it.

I've never owned a DVD player that could resume at the menus. Very cool feature, but I'm not surprised the PS3 doesn't support it. I just like that it resumes at all. I can easily press the menu button and choose the next episode.

On the subject of the guitar. I read it again and it seems like the guitar works on both the PS2 and PS3 and lets you play the PS2 GH games on the PS3. Seems like the ultimate guitar if it works as claimed by TAC.

My old player did that and it's very nice. I'd love to see this addressed in a future update. But it's still better than what we had before.

Sorry, I didn't explain that well; I missed a word. What I should've written was "... causing TV-episode DVDs to "resume" at the very beginning of the last episode that was watched instead of restarting at the main menu where it should." I don't need/want it to remember where I am in the menu (though that would be cool). I just want it to clear the resume point if I've completely finished an episode and I'm at the main menu when I exit playback, like every other player I've used. (Though maybe that's not as standard a feature on DVD players as I thought.)

It would be nice if there was a way to go in and manage your saved resumes. Delete the ones you are done with, etc. They definitely could enhance this with future firmware and they seem to be pretty open to added things people request for the PS3.

You’ll be happy to know that after getting my ass handed to me in Unreal Tournament III Sunday night (using the controller I was consistently in last place on both instant action versus bots and online multiplayer) last night I hooked up a USB keyboard and mouse and was able to dominate the bots in instant action maps, and place mid list or better in online multiplayer games. I still have to tweak mouse sensitivity, and hope to start winning online deathmatch maps soon. Keyboard & mouse FTW!

anybody grab UT3 on the cheap at gamestop? Used is $34.99 less 25% coupon + 10% edge = $22.75 (plus tax for those of you that don't live in Oregon)

(and the new price is $39.99)

And they would prefer that you buy PS3 games..

My theory is that the PS2 is still their bread and butter, by nixing backwards compatibility, they are extending the PS2s life span. If all PS3s were backwards compatible, everyone would trade/sell their PS2s and Sony would lose a good chunk of those 200,000-400,000 new units they sell every month.

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