PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 Controller Coming Next Week

Let's get ready to rumble!!!!!

Ok, I couldn't resist.

The DualShock 3 with rumble controller will hit the streets as early as April 14th for the PS3, and there's rumored support for existing games. Let's hope that there will be good games that come out that will be worth the $54.99 for the new controller.

$55 bucks for a controller?

WTF?

[Crunchgear]

UPDATE: This shouldn't come as much of a ... shock, but Sony is discontinuing the Sixaxis in light of the DualShock 3's arrival, according to MTV. A Sony rep says that you can likely expect them to all be gone by summertime.The practical upshot is that if your hands have become so atrophied from a lack of physical activity that you can no longer support the DualShock's heft, you may want to stock up on featherweight Sixaxises (Sixaxi?). Good night, sweet, almost comically light prince. And flights of angels (controllable with aftertouch) sing thee to thy rest.

[Joystiq]

Dual Shock 3 Due Out April 15

Finally, the reason why I didn't pick up the extra controller for the PS3 will hit the streets on April 15th. The Dual Shock 3 with rumble will be available on tax day, and should have been since day one. But due to an earlier lawsuit, Sony wasn't able to add this feature to the SIXAXIS controller that launched with the console. Now that Sony has made nice with the company (with a fat check), the rumble is back.

Now all we need is a good game to play.

Sony?

DualShock 3 Dated For US [Kotaku via Crunchgear]

Rumble Confirmed On The New PS3 Controllers

Well would you look at that!

Soon after Sony's release of the PS3, questions were asked why there wasn't any rumble on the PS3's sixaxis controller. There response was that the rumble on the controllers was 'so last gen', and that the motion control was where it's at.

Well it looks like Sony has done an about face with that attitude, with the confirmation of the new sixaxis controller WITH rumble. IGN had a chance to play with the new controller at the Tokyo Game Show, and says that it's on the level of the PS2's controller. No official announcement will be made until tomorrow, but I'm sure that this will come as a welcome change.

TGS 2007: Rumble Confirmed [IGN via Crunchgear]