E3: Joystiq gets hands-on with the PS3 controller
Published May 9th, 2006 in Gaming, Noteworthy, Technology, Wireless
And what did they make of it? Well at first they thought that being the good old dual shock controller that it will be really nice to hold and use, but that isn’t true. At first hand the controller seemed light, too light, so it made it feel quite cheap, like the 3rd party ones that you’d buy for $15. But the lightness would be a lot easier to control and hold while using the motion technology inside the controller. They said that the good old controller is fine, but it would have been good to see an improvement of something (like MS did with the 360 controller) as it isn’t perfect. The analogue sticks seemed hard to find and they were constantly trying to find a good position for it, they ended up just leaving it in the air!
What about the motion sensing technology? It was far too sensitive and it felt “tacked on to this Warhawk demo“. However between now and November, they thought that this would be ironed out for easier gameplay. They concluded saying that the idea was cool, but how would it help in non-flying or car games. They said that this was Sony’s last chance to beat Nintendo in the console race, and it seemed quite rushed and thrown together at the last minute.













