Dual Shock 3

On the very first day of the Tokyo Game Show in the early morning, Kazuo Hirai President and Chief Operating Officer of Sony Computer Entertainment, announced that Dual Shock 3 controllers will be coming to the market for Playstation 3. Also there will be a new PSP feature to turn off and on the PS3.

The rumble in PS3 controllers is making a comeback to the Playstation franchise and it's going to be called Dual Shock 3. The new controller is expected to be released in Japan in November as a separately sold accessory, and will be introduced to the North American and European markets in early 2008.

During Hirai's speech at TGS he mentioned that the vibration was the most popular request from Playstation 3 users. He didn't mention the legal position that the company had with Immersion, however he did say that Sony has found a way to combine the vibration with the SIXAXIS motion control.

The Dual Shock 3 controller will the a dub from the black SIXAXIS, the only difference you will notice is the weight of the controller and on top of the controller where it will normally have written "SIXAXIS", has been replaced with "DUAL SHOCK 3".

On the floor at the TGS, they had several games playable that would already feature the vibration feeling. They were Devil May Cry 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Ratchet & Clank Future, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, echochrome + many other. Hirai also announced in his speech that some of the current PS3 titles that are on the market are compatible to have the rumble feature, and that all they'll need is just a software update.


Assassin's Creed, Devil May Cry 4, MotorStorm
Here is a list of titles that will be compatible with the Dual Shock 3...

List of Playstation 3 Titles compatible with Dualshock 3 in North America and Europe (Actual titles to be released may vary among countries and regions.) As of September 20th, 2007
Assassin's Creed Beowulf Biohazard 5 Blacksite: Area 51 Blast Factor * Burnout Paradise Condemned 2 Cops (codename, title name TBD) Dark Sector Destroy All Humans 3 Devil May Cry 4 Dynasty Warriors 6 Echochrome Elefunk Enemy Territory: Quake Wars Fatal Inertia FIFA franchise (title name TBD) Folklore * Formula One Championship Edition * GirpShift Go! Sports Ski * Haze Heavenly Sword * Heroes over Europe High Velocity Bowling Highlander Iron Man Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Legendary: The Box Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of The Patriots MLB 08: The Show MotorStorm * NBA 08 *	NBA 2K8 N-Cube Pain Planet One (codename, title name TBD) Prototype Rage Rat Race Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Resistance: Fall of Man * Snakeball SOCOM: Confrontation Soldier of Fortune Stuntman Ignition Super Stardust HD * The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena The Club The Crucible The Darkness The Incredible Hulk TNA Wrestling To End All Wars Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 * Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas * Toy Home Turok Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Unreal Tournament 3 Warbit WarDevil – Unleash the Beast Within Warhawk * Wheelman WipEout HD
* Users will be able to enjoy the rumble feature through software update.

Resistance: Fall of Man, The Darkness, Unreal Tournament 3

List of Playstation 3 Titles compatible with Dualshock 3 in Japan (Actual titles to be released may vary among countries and regions.) As of September 20th, 2007

Biohazard 5 Blast Factor * Bumpy Trot 2 Burnout Paradise Dark Sector Devil May Cry 4 Dynasty Warriors 6 Echochrome Fatal Inertia FIFA franchise (title name TBD) Folklore * Formula One Championship Edition * GI Jockey 4 2007 Go! Sports Ski * Heavenly Sword * Imabikisou Metal Gear Online Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of The Patriots MotorStorm * Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction Resistance: Fall of Man * Super Stardust HD * Toy Home Uncharted: Drake's Fortune Vampire Rain -Altered Species- Warhawk *

* Users will be able to enjoy the rumble feature through software update.

Heavenly Sword, Metal Gear Solid 4, Warhawk
A little while after Hirai announced that the PSP will be able to turn on and off the PlayStation 3 by using the Remote Play feature, and will be released soon in a firmware update. Which will be good idea for those that don't want to leave their PS3 consoles running all day. Also announced for the PSP is that it will be able to act as an additional display for PS3 games, yes this is still via Remote Play.