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Sony PS3 Controller Absent in Latest Display

Posted on Saturday 7th January 2006 at 00:38 by laszlow
Playstation 3
Yesterday, the 2006 International Cosumer Electronics Show began its weekend-long run of exhibits of all of the latest and upcoming consumer electronics that will make noise in 2006. As all of the show-goers expected, Sony had a fairly extensive PS3 presentation, including both black and silver console designs and blu-ray technology demonstrations.

However, noticeably missing in the display was the PS3's controller (shown here). The absence of what was originally thought to be a finished product of the controller strongly suggests that Sony took it back to the drawing board. The PS3's controller was widely criticized for a probable lack of comfort and its bizarre shape (often mockingly referred to as a "batarang"), particularly when the PS2's DualShock 2 controllers were so widely popular and successful.

This move is surprising for anyone that made the reasonable assumption of thinking that the batarang was the final build of the PS3 controller. All of the negative criticism of said batarang and the widespread praise of the XBox 360 controller (shown here) appeared to cause Sony to panic somewhat and begin work anew on the controller for the enigmatic PS3.

The PS3 is scheduled for a 2006 release, but the second-quarter release date seems even more unlikely now, with rumors of buggy development kits and this new supposed redesigning of the controller.

Sources
Punch Jump, via digg.com
Posted in: Gaming Industry News, News from Japan

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FallingHeartComment 1: 2006-01-07 01:49
FallingHeart This is a thing that I've seen mentioned a bit in articles considering the PS3. It seems after the jokes made about their controller and the comfort of the 360's and excitement for revolution every interview they could get they stated that the PS3 controller seen was a "concept design" and they would be "experimenting with a few other tricks" for the controller. I saw most of these article in the two weeks after the revolution controller unvieling, so needless to say I was pretty suspicious. Hopefully they don't screw up the controller to be too uncomftorble.
GamblingCatComment 2: 2006-01-07 04:46
GamblingCat I for one, am glad there are redesigning that Batarang controller, I hope the final design for it looks better. Im in no hury for the PS3, even though the new Sonic for it looks awesome.
Del SComment 3: 2006-01-07 08:42
Del S Well, while it does not 100% mean a redesign, it's a nice thought to think anyway. The Bananabatarang controller simply would not have done. However, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, so why change a winning design? Why not just make an IR DS2?
RoughknightVIIComment 4: 2006-01-20 14:55
RoughknightVII That PS3 controller, the batarang? It looks very uncomfortable... I would wait till they remake it... Or I wouldn't buy it. Gaming is nothing for me if the controller isn't comfortable.
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