17th March 2006, 2:56 PM
that's what i'm saying, by showing a noticeably different controller they avoided the possibility of having to change the dual shock mid-stream before officially unveiling the system. Obviously if it is an actual controller in development then it would be using a different force feedback system. what i was saying is that the design they're currently using for the boomerang is based off a PS1 third party controller that probably doesn't even have rumble features.
Right now sony's in a world of hurt, and they didnt want any of that to reflect on the PS3, so they plopped a boomerang next to it and pretended everything was fine while we scratched our heads. It's very possible that the new dual shock will look exactly like the old one, but internally as some of you know controller shells are built to house specific boards and mounts, to change the innards to a different design would mean changinging the boards and mounts as well, why not release a totally new shape and style then and dubb it the Dual Shock 3? Sony wanted us to recognize the boomerang for some reason, allowing press to take pictures of the controller from multiple angles, etc, so it's going to be used for something, whether its the new dual shock for PS2 or the alpha controller for PS3 (or a controller for all 3 systems, which i can see happening too).
Right now sony's in a world of hurt, and they didnt want any of that to reflect on the PS3, so they plopped a boomerang next to it and pretended everything was fine while we scratched our heads. It's very possible that the new dual shock will look exactly like the old one, but internally as some of you know controller shells are built to house specific boards and mounts, to change the innards to a different design would mean changinging the boards and mounts as well, why not release a totally new shape and style then and dubb it the Dual Shock 3? Sony wanted us to recognize the boomerang for some reason, allowing press to take pictures of the controller from multiple angles, etc, so it's going to be used for something, whether its the new dual shock for PS2 or the alpha controller for PS3 (or a controller for all 3 systems, which i can see happening too).