PS3 guys

[Toasted1]

how do I know if I have a sixaxis controller or not? My shit does not rumble but it is wireless.?!?!

[tapout]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_3_accessories

The Sixaxis Wireless Controller (SCPH-98040) (trademarked "SIXAXIS") was the official wireless controller for the Sony PlayStation 3, later to be succeeded by the DualShock 3. In Japan, individual Sixaxis controllers were available for purchase simultaneously with the console's launch, without a USB to USB mini cable. The word "Sixaxis" is also used to mean the motion sensitive technology in PlayStation 3 controllers. The word "Sixaxis" (contraction of "six axis" for the directional movements) is a palindrome.


[edit] History
At E3 2005, Sony showcased their "boomerang" design for the PlayStation 3's controller. Accompanied by much criticism, most of which were for its looks, this design was later abandoned. Sony later stated that the original controller "was very clearly designed as a design concept, and was never intended to be the final controller, despite what everybody said about it."[1]

The boomerang design was replaced by an altered, wireless version of the DualShock 2 controller at E3 2006. The Sixaxis controller is currently being phased out, and the DualShock 3 is the new official controller, which in addition to a vibration feature will still include Sixaxis functionality. However Europe will still have the Sixaxis controller during summer as the European Metal Gear Solid 4 PlayStation 3 bundle includes a Sixaxis. [2] The Sixaxis is no longer being produced.


[edit] Feature and design changes
The Sixaxis can operate for up to 30 hours on a full charge. The battery was originally not thought to be replaceable when a Sony spokesperson stated that the Sixaxis should operate for "many years before there's any degradation in terms of battery performance. When and if this happens, then of course Sony will be providing a service to exchange these items".[3] Later, it was revealed that the Sixaxis came with instructions on how to remove the battery and that the battery was fully removable.[4]

A major feature of the controller is the ability to sense both rotational orientation and translational acceleration along all three dimensional axes, providing six degrees of freedom.[5] This became a matter of controversy, as the circumstances of the announcement, made less than eight months after Nintendo revealed motion-sensing capabilities in its new game console controller (see Wii Remote), led to speculation that the addition of motion-sensing was a late-stage decision by Sony to follow Nintendo's move. Further fueling the speculation was the fact that only one game[which?] shown at E3 that year demonstrated the motion-sensing feature.[citation needed] Also, some comments from Incognito Entertainment, the developer behind the motion-sensing PlayStation 3 game, Warhawk, said that it received development controllers with the motion-sensing feature only 10 days or so before E3.[6] Developer Brian Upton from SCE Studios Santa Monica later clarified that the Incognito had been secretly working on the motion-sensing technology "for a while", but did not receive a working controller until "the last few weeks before E3".[7]

The Sixaxis features finer analog sensitivity than the DualShock 2, increased to 10-bit precision from the 8-bit precision of the DualShock 2.[8] The frame around the L2 and R2 buttons has been omitted, resulting in more trigger-like buttons, with an increased range of depression. In the place of the "Analog" mode button switch of previous dual analog models is a jewel-like "PS button" with the PlayStation logo, which can be used to access the home menu, switch controller inputs and turn the console or the controller on or off.

Some Sixaxis are made from translucent plastic, which, when held against light, reveals the inner components of the controller.


[edit] LEDs

The top of a Sixaxis controller, LED lights on the right.A row of four numbered LED port indicators are on the top of the controller, to identify and distinguish multiple wireless controllers. Due to there being only four player LEDs on the controller itself, multiple indicators light up for players 5, 6 and 7 (for example, if the '4' and '1' indicators are illuminated at the same time, the controller is assigned to Player 5). While the PS3 is turned on, pressing the PS button will bring up a menu displaying the battery charge of all synced controllers among other options.


[edit] Partial list of games that support 5-7 players offline
The following games support 7 players offline on a single screen unless otherwise noted. In addition to Sony-made controllers, almost any USB controller will work due to the PS3's plug-and-play capabilities.[citation needed] Due to the Xbox 360 controller requiring driver support, it will not function, but most PC controllers will, in addition to PS2 controllers connected via a PS2-to-USB adapter.

3 on 3 NHL Arcade
All-Pro Football 2K8
Buzz! Quiz TV (requires 2 dongles for 5-8 players)
FIFA 08, FIFA 09
FIFA Street 3
NBA 2K7, NBA 2K8, NBA 2K9
NHL 08, NHL 09
NHL 2K8, NHL 2K9
PixelJunk Racers
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008, WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009, WWE Legends of Wrestlemania (6 players)

[edit] Removal of vibration capability
Sony announced that because of the included motion sensors, the vibration feature of previous PlayStation controllers was removed, stating that the vibration would interfere with motion-sensing.[5] This therefore made the PS3 wireless controller incredibly light, which felt strange to players accustomed to heavier controllers such as the DualShock. Haptics developer Immersion Corporation, which had successfully sued Sony for patent infringement,[9] expressed skepticism of Sony's rationale, with company president Victor Viegas stating in an interview, "I don’t believe it’s a very difficult problem to solve, and Immersion has experts that would be happy to solve that problem for them," under the condition that Sony withdraw its appeal of the patent infringement ruling.[10] Immersion later emphasized compatibility with motion-sensing when introducing its next-generation vibration feedback technology, TouchSense.[11] Subsequent statements from Sony were dismissive of the arguments from Immersion, with Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) Senior VP of Marketing Peter Dille stating, "It seems like the folks at Immersion are looking to sort of negotiate through the press and try to make their case to us … we've talked about how there's a potential for that rumble to interfere with the Sixaxis controller."[12]

However, in a press release made some eight months later, Phil Harrison, Sony's president of worldwide studios, said: "Now, rumble I think was the last generation feature; it's not the next-generation feature. I think motion sensitivity is." He added that rumbling would, in the future, only come from third-party controllers. [13]. That statement was proven false less than a year later, with the announcement of the DualShock 3.


[edit] Partial list of games using Sixaxis motion sensor
It should be noted that some of the demo versions of these games do not allow use of the motion sensor.

Army of Two
Blast Factor
Blazing Angels
Blazing Angels 2
Burnout Paradise
Call of Duty 3
Cars Mater-National
Conan (2007 video game)
Dark Sector
Devil May Cry 4
Enchanted Arms
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Farcry 2
Fifa 09
Fight Night Round 3
flOw
Flower
Folklore
Formula One Championship Edition
Grand Theft Auto IV
Gripshift
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
HAZE
Heavenly Sword
High Velocity Bowling
Killzone 2
Lair
Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga
Linger in Shadows
LittleBigPlanet
LocoRoco Cocoreccho!
Madden NFL 08
Marvel Ultimate Alliance
Medal of Honor: Airborne
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Mirror's Edge
MLB 08: The Show
MotorStorm
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
NBA 08
NBA 2K7
NBA 2K8
NBA Live 08
NASCAR 08
NASCAR 09
NCAA Football 2008
Ninja Gaiden Sigma
Noby Noby Boy
Pain (video game)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Piyotama
Pure
Q*Bert
Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Ratchet & Clank Future: Quest for Booty
Resistance: Fall of Man
Resistance 2
Ridge Racer 7
Saints Row 2
Silent Hill Homecoming
Siren: Blood Curse
Super Rub 'a' Dub
Sega Rally
Skate
Snakeball
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation
Spider-Man 3
Stuntman: Ignition
The Godfather: The Game
TimeShift
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Tony Hawk's Project 8
Tony Hawk's Proving Ground
Toy Home
Transformers The Game
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Unreal Tournament III
Virtua Tennis 3
WALL-E
Warhawk
Wipeout HD
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2008
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009

[tapout]

If it doesnt rumble and is an authentic Sony controller it IS a sixaxis controller.

[Toasted1]

Cool man thanks I guess I should have looked it up on wiki but it sounds like my older ones are sixaxis which it says has better sensitivity I don't really care about the motion thing as it is not really supported much it seems.

[mtlhead]

It will say Dualshock 3 on it as well if it is not the original SIXAXIS controller

[brynm]

Cool man thanks I guess I should have looked it up on wiki but it sounds like my older ones are sixaxis which it says has better sensitivity I don't really care about the motion thing as it is not really supported much it seems.

from tapout's post:

The Sixaxis features finer analog sensitivity than the DualShock 2

New controller is a Dualshock 3

[Toasted1]

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[Toasted1]

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[el_chupo_]

Any reason to get the Dual shock? Just got a PS3 and it has a sixaxis

[crownvic21]

Any reason to get the Dual shock? Just got a PS3 and it has a sixaxis

If you like the ps2 controller rumble then yea probably

[el_chupo_]

If you like the ps2 controller rumble then yea probably

never owned a ps2. previously a computer gamer

[95ZJ]

Then buy a Dual Shock 3.