PS3 Controller Officially Called 'Sixaxis' 179
morpheus83 writes "Sony has decided to call the PS3's wireless controller 'Sixaxis' as it has sensors which allow it to sense linear motion along six axes. The Bluetooth controller charges when connected via the USB cable, after a full charge it is good for 30 hours of gaming. It becomes a wired controller when charging so you can continue playing." The Next Generation article also offers some further details on PS3 accessories: "Sony will also sell a memory card adapter used to upload data from PS or PS2 memory cards to the PS3 hard drive. That peripheral will go for 1500 yen ($13) and will be available at launch as well. A Blu-ray/DVD movie controller will also be in the accessory mix, selling for 3600 yen ($31)."
Re:Six axes? (Score:5, Funny)
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Bingo! (Score:3, Funny)
Great (Score:5, Funny)
SE2 through 12: Brilliant!
Everyone else on Earth: Poos?! Sony is retarded.
SE1: PooS didn't test well. We'll need a new name.
SE2: I still want the batman-style controller...
SE1: Shut up. Names, people.
SE7: Dual Shark?
SE4: Uhhh, "Weemote"?
SE9: Sticktwiddler.
SE10: Thumbtron!
SE12: iStick.
SE11: Guys....Sixaxis
SE1: Done!
Everyone else on Earth: Six asses?! Sony is retarded.
Re:Six axes? (Score:4, Funny)
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Re:Six? (Score:3, Funny)
Are the six axes not orthogonal or has Sony come up with some practical use for string theory? (If the latter, I can see why it's on the expensive side...)
The PS3 will now support the Time Cube. [wikipedia.org] Your PS3 will be able to play four, er, six simultaneous games in one revolution of the BluRay disc.
Re:Two birds with one poorly lobbed stone dept. (Score:4, Funny)
They also saw the buzz that Nintendo was creating with their accelerometer based revolution. So a quick implementation of this into their current controller designs gives them a new tout-able feature (ooh... the Sixaxis) and a lame excuse about why they can't implement vibration. Sorry, we had to remove vibration from the controller because it interferes with the motion sensor despite the fact that the Wii-mote will have both. Actually the Wii remote [wikipedia.org] can rumble both sides giving it two vibration motors as opposed to just one in the Gamecube; maybe they should call it a "DualShockWiiMote"
Anyway, I'm glad that Sony was able to quickly implement accelerometers to make the Sixaxis controller. I would've hated to hear the alternatives coming from Sony's marketing department...
"Bundled with the Playstation 3 is the exclusive DodecaClick3 controller. It has a whopping twelve buttons which is much more than at least one of our competitors. Imagine the games that can be created tot take advantage of this."
Although now I kind of do like the idea of kids yelling "Mommy! Mommy! I want a DodecaClick!" Hold on a sec while I trademark that...
NATURE'S HARMONIC SIMULTANEOUS 6-DAY SIXAXIS (Score:3, Funny)
Sixaxis Creation Power,
then you are android dumb,
educated singularity stupid
and unworthy of existence -
with your death as positive.
Killing you is not immoral -
only unlawful by WiiMen.
(Yes, this is a Time Cube parody...)
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Re:Is it just me? (Score:4, Funny)
My Xbox slept with my wife, stole my credit cards, and drove my Camaro to Vegas.
It's a palindr... (Score:2, Funny)
a puh... puhh...
pff, they spelled it backwards.
Re:Great (Score:4, Funny)