http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/ Engadget Comments for Controller showdown: PlayStation 3 vs Wii http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Wii is more like a multiplayer/party/fun console, and it's mainly boring to play alone
The PS3 is mainly a single player + online gaming console, it has multiplayer games, too, but it's also fun playing single player games on it.
I'm neutral and I think you shouldn't compare Sony and Nintendo, they both rock.]]>Apr 7th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
Sony's gyroscope is nothing but a useless gimmick added on to the already aging Dual-shock controller.]]>May 13th 2006 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
PS3 controller: cheap, too light, unoriginal, no rumble
Wii controller: Gimicky, good weight, solid build, rumble, microphone, actual motion sensing.

I guess Wii wins.]]>May 13th 2006 11:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Nov 10th 2006 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://gonintendo.com/?p=2545 Watch it copy Nintendo again =)]]>May 13th 2006 11:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
One note I would like to express is that I see the ability to sell third-party controllers for the PS3 and X-Box that would uilize this technology if it infact takes hold. I for one hope that it gets picked up throughout all the consoles. I don't, however, see the classic controler fading. Expect to buy the classic controler for the Wii shortly after buying the system.

I would like the Wii controler for certain fun family games, but I'd stick by the classic for any serious tong-term gaming.]]>May 13th 2006 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/I'll buy Nintendo's if they change the name back to Revolution.]]>May 13th 2006 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Sep 26th 2006 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Jan 3rd 2007 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 13th 2006 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/but the wii is admitably good, i have also noticed the wii generally is owned by the younger people, when people begin to learn more about systems (older people) they get more sophisticated consoles like PS3... ]]>Nov 4th 2007 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
I love my PS3 but PLEASE stop making the rest of look all stupid and crazy. You CANNOT run Vista on it first off it lacks the ram to do so (vista requiring atleast 512megs of ram and the PS3 only having 256!). Someone got XP up and going through emulation via Linux but it took something like 27 mins to load just the OS (can't natively load any windows on the PS3 so it HAS to be done through emulation on a linux install). The PS3 is powerful don't get me wrong but spreading lies isn't going to help things... AND YES WII's CONTROLLERS ARE BETTER Kash, that doesn't mean the PS3 isn't good in its own right!]]>Jan 8th 2008 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/708/708558p1.html

PS3 is going down... in overall, not only the controller..

But I still think PS3 will sell a lot due to its previous popularity however this time Nintendo will be catching up rapidly. Interesting.
I hope third party developers see Wii as a dominant console and put famous games on it such as MGS (Snake is already in Smash), Devil may cry, etc so the hardcore gamers can stop saying 'Nintendo is for kiddies'.]]>May 14th 2006 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
however, having two of the big three gaming companies having motion sensitive controllers, public acceptance of it will go way up. now not only are the nintendo fanboys spouting off about the benefits of motion control, the sony fanboys are agreeing. sony has basically validated nintendo's assertion that motion is good for gaming, where they probably could have convinced the public that it was useless.

it also helps nintendo that sony's controller seems more limited]]>May 14th 2006 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Oct 25th 2006 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Dec 8th 2008 6:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=31681

just look at that and wonder
hum...is it really just the controller?
or is the whole thing

even tho both system are in beta stage
this shows sony is WAY behind nintendo]]>May 14th 2006 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/not exactly
sonys focusing on "supah powahs!" (really fast, multitask)
and nintendos focusing on "hai-ya!" (interactive)]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/multitasking superpowered interactive music-and-video-playing game machine
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thats faster than 5 computers combined
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and is small
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but not too small
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and long distance wifi
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ok... thats too many dots]]>Nov 15th 2006 11:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/but hey its feel that matters

...something tells me hard-core gamers will still buy the wii
i mean who can forget super smash bros, zelda, metroid, etc
i still play nes/ super nes/ n64/ other systems
but hey thats just my opinion
]]>May 14th 2006 12:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
http://v3.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=JP11099284&F=0&QPN=JP11099284]]>May 14th 2006 12:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 12:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
I never got into the PS controller, and it has all seemed like more graphics piled onto the same first-person shooter and racing games since the PS came out-- PS, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360 are all the same to me.

What I'm hearing about the Wii makes me want to play video games again.

Part of it is a Nintendo bias on my part-- I remember 1980 like it was yesterday, and my parents appreciated the non-killing aspect of the Nintendo gaming mindset. The NES was a huge leap forward from the Atari 2600, and they've been in the lead since.

Haven't the always been the most innovative video game company?]]>May 14th 2006 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 12:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Basically:
Wii Controller: Mainly based on Motion Sensitivity
PS3 Controller: Multi functional
Xbox 360 controller: Multi Functional
Its not which has better Motion Sensitivity or whatever, but how it feels in hand. The Xbox 360's control is some what big compare to other controller but it feels great in hand, and its basically the same design as the Xbox but no one complained about that. ]]>May 14th 2006 12:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
Totally useless for any game requiring rapid change in motion.. Unless Sony has added an acceleration sensor to compensate for rapid tilt I think we will see the same in the end product..

Go watch demos of teh Wii where they show the player and video at the same time.. The reaction to control is smooth and almost instant.. The Wii has, tilt, acceleration and IR distance tracking, making it new and very accurate.]]>May 14th 2006 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707831p1.html

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/708/708558p1.html

EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO THAT ARE SO SONY FANBOY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY THE $600 BANDWAGON FEE.

Between what people are bloging and the actual reporters from ign to gamespot to g4tv. Everyones completely turned agianst Sony for copying and just well....... posing. And for the small amount people out there saying it's still stupid waving some wand around. First off your not a REAL gamer. Your just some poser who's more concerned about what thier wearing and how cool they look over just enjoying the experience, probably the same type that boubght a PSP, why? Because it's sexy....mostly Sony posers! Second if you'd been listen swinging the control is just exgerated show everyone at home gets the idea.

But It's clear all over the net by blogs and actually professinal web reporters, and from all at E3...Sony fell today. In order to stay #1 you have to keep putting out new things....TRUELY NEW... NOT JUST IMPROVED!
]]>May 14th 2006 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Remember: Even portable systems have a means for multiplayer. No modern console has just one controller port. Even pong had room for one more. This enmity must stop, it's poison for the community and on an individual level it's just petty.]]>May 14th 2006 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
I took 10 minutes out of my life to write this and ill say it from the beginning, I am a Sony fan boy. But that doesn?t overpower the facts.

Ok Ill start from the begging.
Sony did not steal the idea from Nintendo. They have held a patent for it for years. I lost the link, and the one in this page someone posted is dead. In fact I faintly remember Microsoft using the same idea Sony is using in there ?PC Series of controllers the ?SIDEWINDERS? This was YEARS ago. Another fun fact, motion sensing has been around for years in arcades. I even played a sword game at a local movie THEATHRE, where u use a sword and a motion bar to slash your enemies. Konami was even going to release a game called ?Police 911 ? http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/police911/story.html?sid=2762376 ? for the Ps2 that INCLUDED a sensor bar like the one the Wii has, but never did. I played that game at an Arcade years ago and it was awesome. Those are a few fun facts about the Wii components.

W/E if u want to get technical, the two controllers are not the same technology at all. The Wii requires a external sensor, where as the ps3 controller is about its 6 axis tilt system. I hope Nintendo realizes everything that?s going to go wrong, and has tested there crap in a million real world situations. You know not everyone likes to jump around for hours playing Zelda, its going to get old real quick. OK onto the ps3, This has been said a million times. But most retards will bash Sony right away and say they copied them. I for one think the Wii is going to flop, just like the game cube did. Just look back at the E3 before the cube launched. They were just as excited about the launch of the cube as they are now about the Wii. I say good bye Nintendo, there?s no way there going to survive this flop. They have put to much money in to this investment. Nintendo forgets that the times are changing and gamers alike. Kiddie stuff like the Wii is just that, for kids, and the real money is in real gaming, not duck hunt. So Nintendo I salute you for the Nintendo, Super Nintendo, and your game boys'. After the N64, that?s where it ended for them. There just gasping for air, and its running out quick.

And what # 19 said, the rumble feature is gone because of that

"As in, it had nothing at all to do with them losing the case against Immersion Corp. and refusing to pay the license fee for their rumble patent???"

I?m more that sure it will never return. I personally never liked it anyway.

So there?s 5 months and change for the ps3 launch, things can change. This gives Sony plenty of time to finish everything up. They will get there shit together. Just look at the look back at pre e3, how everyone was saying ?Ps3 wont even show at all?. It was all hate. We shall see in the coming months. The next stop is the TOKYO GAME SHOW September 22nd; this is where Sony will strut its stuff for real. Also, Just as the ps2 true power wasn?t blooming at launch, but did a year or 2 later; the true power of the ps3 will not be exploited anytime soon. I?m predicting 2007 the year of the games. This years games will surely not use the ps3?s full potential. We will just have to wait. The one game that gets me wet is MGS 4.
]]>May 14th 2006 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/To each their own. Let it be fun.
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(I just have to say that even if motion sensing technology is not relatively new, I do admit that Sony is copying Nintendo in the fact that they are placing motion sensing technology in their controllers which is the copy aspect) ]]>May 14th 2006 1:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 1:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
"Nintendo forgets that the times are changing and gamers alike. Kiddie stuff like the Wii is just that, for kids, and the real money is in real gaming, not duck hunt."

I'm twenty-two. I played duckhunt when I was five. Even if it's kiddie games, maybe bringing the kid out of the jaded older me is what I need. My friends feel the same. We're gonna get a wii and push each other out of the way to get to the tv screen. I will have fun and Shigeru will continue to be a rich man. I'm not saying Sony's worse. If you read my previous comments you'd see there is no 'worse' for me. I'm just saying you suck at time telling, friend.]]>May 14th 2006 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/May 14th 2006 1:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/2. You seem to like using the term "fanboy". That comment shows that YOU are indeed, the true fanboy. Not to mention a hater.
3. Microsoft is worried about people going, "Hmmm... For $100 more I'm getting much better of a deal with the PS3 then the 360". OFCOURSE they're going to side with Nintendo.
4. What you Nintendo fanboys don't understand is that people DON'T buy games/systems for graphics. For the last few YEARS, you people assume they do (just because the PS3 does indeed, have the better hardware). Very ignorant.
5. Nintendo is using DVDs for the Wii. They're copying Sony. doWn w1th teh c0ppy3rs!!1!1!1!!one

Sony has had the patent for that controller since 1999, buddy.
6. The PSP does look sexy, but also is an excellent portable system. It has a slur of good games and some truly cool features. Homebrew also is awesome.
7. So every previous system was crap? After all, they just improved on the system before them. Nothing "truely" new.
8. Don't forget that the PS3 has shown impressive titles too. MGS4, DMC, Tekken, GT, Heavenly Sword, the list goes on.

I might want to consider where the "Bandwagon" really lies, if I were you.

Flaws in the Wii:

1. I love the Wii and will buy it. But to what extent can you really use it? To do a spin attack in Zelda you must (hardly) jerk the controller left to right. I like the innovation there, that doesn't sound like it'll get annoying at all.
2. I have a small room. I play games while sitting on the bottom bunk. Playing on the Wii really is going to suck at times. I can just imagine how much times I will bang my hand on the metal rods.
3. Lots of people tend to put there systems in cluttered spaces (ex. under the television). For people like that, lag will happen. Lots. The fact that you have to put it in an ideal area really sucks.
4. I understand that Nintendo isn't going for hardware. But something that tends to happen is when people play the PS2, it's HARD to play the PS1 due to the graphics. This may just happen with the Wii...
5. A HELL LOT of gamers think the Wii is stupid and even laugh at the idea. Remember, the majority of console owners are "offline gamers".]]>May 14th 2006 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Sony!!! 24584 (25%)
Nintendo!!! 42196 (43%)
Microsoft!!! 30911 (31%)

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@gamespot voting polls look at it yourself.

I think this is just hard on all Sony fanboys, because never before has Sony taken an ass whup'n like that and it's kinda funny, because as long as Sony was in the driver seat it was cool for all Sony fanboys to talk about Nintendo and anyone else. Now that the dust has cleared and the next-gen has started tey've taken a back seat to not only Microsoft, but dun, dun,dun....Nintendo not just my words as any Sony fanboy who's been watching G4tv, or gamespot, ign or just cruz'n the net knows Sony got owned. And with all that talk about power cell this blu that and than do a watered down version of Wii's controller and try to pass it off...hell they deserve it!



http://revolution.ign.com/articles/707/707831p1.html

http://revolution.ign.com/articles/708/708558p1.html

And for $600 dollars all ye faithfull fanboys still defending




]]>May 14th 2006 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/what people still don't get is sony didn't take out the rumble because they wanted to but because they were forced to take it out by the courts for the loss of the law suit . Now let me ask you guys this who amongst you have and still use sony official controllers. i think wireless 3rd party controllers has pretty much taken over the primary controllers of the ps2, and other systems am i wrong on this! so wait till the 3rd party new controllers hit the market you will be surprised to see some of them reintroduce the rumble with wireless sensors as they have signed up contracts with immersion . Give it time controllers will change.
As for the $600 i agree it is hefty but if you compare machines (xbox to ps3) fully loaded comes out to about the same and the xbox will be more expensive actually with the addition of the hdvd external drive.
As for the motion sensor well it was introduced to the pcs back in the late 90?s nothing new about it it was actually very crapy for games I am glad sony and Nintendo both have introduced it on the new consoles and as the technologies grow they will try to make it better. Competition is healthy.
so people grow up! ps3 will be bought , xbox will be bought, Wii will be bought (hate that name sounds too childish/perverted) , most of you that are bitching about it any of them will end up owning one anyways
So chill and enjoy the gaming
Let them compete its good for us consumers!


]]>May 14th 2006 1:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/
You remember a few years ago, when there wasn't even a thought of the XBOX2 in the press, but PS3 was getting hype? Sony had said then that they would most likely release two versions, a basic, and a buffed up version.

Get your facts straight before posting. kthxbai]]>May 14th 2006 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/http://www.engadget.com/2006/05/13/controller-showdown-playstation-3-vs-wii/Look at Neo-Geo... Now, look at those 1000 games in one keychains. Someone was entertained by both. The number of those people is an abstract idea that we've come to compare a system's worth to, when in truth, it's about how YOU like it. So quit yer bitchin, these people make games, so play them.

...And MMagic, that's the right state of mind.]]>May 14th 2006 2:11AM