Sony's DualShock 3 is finally official: PS3 gets rumble

Kaz Hirai has come to the Tokyo Game Show bearing good news indeed: Sony's finally putting out a SIXAXIS with rumble, the DualShock 3. The controller will look exactly like the SIXAXIS, and is going to be hitting Japan this November, and North America and Europe in spring 2008. A few games in development have the function already, including Metal Gear Solid 4, and existing games can be updated with rumble over the PlayStation Network. Of course, the beans were spilled by EA earlier today, and Kaz says Sony let developers know about the controller as soon as it was decided upon, which would explain all the other leaks over the year. What Sony has constantly described as a technical difficulty stemming from the motion sensitivity of the controller has apparently been overcome, but it's still hard not to pin it all on that Immersion lawsuit no matter how much spin Sony puts on things. There's no word on price for the DualShock 3; official list of games that will use the DualShock 3 or get a software update to use it follows after the break.

LIST OF PS3 TITLES COMPATIBLE WITH DUALSHOCK 3 IN JAPAN
As of September 20th, 2007 (in alphabetical order of company name)

Vampire Rain -Altered Species-
BIOHAZARD 5
Devil May Cry 4
Dark Sector
Burnout Paradise
FIFA franchise (title name TBD, by EA K.K.)
BUMPY TROT2
Dynasty Warriors 6
Fatal InertiaKOEI Co., Ltd.
GI JOCKEY 4 2007
METAL GEAR ONLINE
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
IMABIKISOU
Blast Factor
echochrome
Folklore
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
Go! Sports Ski
Heavenly Sword
MotorStorm
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Resistance: Fall of Men
Super Stardust HD
TOY HOME
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk

LIST OF PS3 TITLES COMPATIBLE WITH DUALSHOCK 3 IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE
As of September 20th, 2007 (in alphabetical order of company name)

The Darkness
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
Soldier of Fortune
BIOHAZARD 5
Devil May Cry 4
N-Cube
Warbit
Dark Sector
Turok
Highlander
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men
Burnout Paradise
FIFA franchise (title name TBD, by EA)
Legendary: The Box Gamecock
To End All Wars Ghostlight
RAGE id Software
WarDevil - Unleash the Beast
Within
Dynasty Warriors 6
Fatal Inertia
METAL GEAR SOLID 4 GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
Blacksite: Area 51
TNA Wrestling
Unreal Tournament 3
Wheelman
Cops (codename, title name TBD)
Planet One (codename, title name TBD)
Heroes over Europe
Condemned 2
Iron Man
The Club
The Crucible
The Incredible Hulk
Blast Factor
echochrome
Elefunk
Folklore
FORMULA ONE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITION
Go! Sports Ski
Heavenly Sword
High Velocity Bowling
MLB 08: The Show
MotorStorm
NBA 08
PAIN
Rat Race
Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
Resistance: Fall of Man
Snakeball
SOCOM: Confrontation
Super Stardust HD
TOY HOME
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Warhawk
WipEout HD
GirpShift Sony Online Entertainment
NBA 2K8 Take Two Sports
Destroy All Humans 3
Stuntman Ignition
Assassin's Creed
BEOWULF
HAZE
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced
Warfighter 2
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
Prototype
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena

[Willen Posted Sep 19th 2007 11:46PM]

I'm looking forward to the DualShock 3 for use with PS1 and PS2 games and future games like Gran Turismo 5 that support the rumble feature.

I wonder how the addition of rumble will affect battery life of the controllers.

[Garst Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:11AM]

Sony's next innovation, "Wireless PS2 controllers with rumble!"

Too bad, third-party developers have already came up with it to steal Sony's thunder.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:17AM]

...but can you play doom with it?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:30AM]

Nate Wrote: @ Sep 19th 2007 10:36PM
I love how this generation were freakin out about controllers.

That's because SONY SCE completely dropped the ball this generation and let Microsoft take their thunder by having the games that gamers want to play.

What is available to play on the PS3 other than striped down versions of Xbox 360 titles?

It's nice to see that all the lying, cocky bastards at Sony like Kaz Hirai / Jack Tretton and that prick Phil Harrison knocked off their asses down to reality.

The best thing that happened is that gamers by not buying the PS3 consoles and the numbers are showing just that. Sony is in some deep shit financially now.

Just goes to show you Sony - don't forget who made you what you are today.

We can make you and we can break you!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:50AM]

Hey mikey boy, chill out dude, its a rumble feature for gods sake. You know, theres an explosion somewhere and the thing vibrates....if you think this is a feature that can make or break any console out there you're either 12 years old or you're way overestimating its popularity or importance. Half the people on this very blog have said they dont give a crap about it....

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 12:54AM]

For many folks this means that car games can be serious now, because without a wheel, it's kind of lame and without force feedback the wheels suck. I can't wait to play dirt and Gran Tourismo with a steering wheel.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 1:08AM]

i can haz rumblez?

[Pal Posted Sep 20th 2007 2:24AM]

Hmm, Mainichi Issho: Toro Station's not on the list...

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 2:44AM]

So what do I do with the two none rumbling sixaxis controllers I bought 6 months ago now they're more or less obselete? I'm sure it won't be long before games start using rumbling as an integral part of the game... I'm looking at MGS for a start. Sony really needs to start treating its customers like customers and not sales figures.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 4:22AM]

"We have no plans to do so in the standard controller that ships with PlayStation 3. I believe that the Sixaxis controller offers game designers and developers far more opportunity for future innovation than rumble ever did. Now, rumble I think was the last generation feature; it's not the next-generation feature. I think motion sensitivity is. And we don't see the need to do that." - Phil Harrison, Sony, February 2007.

How can anyone trust a product from a company like this?

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 8:15AM]

A rumble update for Formula 1: Championship Edition? Sweet!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 24th 2007 9:49PM]

I'll stick to my custom joystick, xbox, and SF3... unless i feel like whipping out the old Zapper and killing some ducks on my mint condition original NES :p

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 20th 2007 9:06PM]

@Willen - That was my question as well... I think many people (myself included) would prefer long battery life over a rumble feature. Hopefully they will continue to sell the "old" SIXAXIS' after Spring '08.

@Ransom - I dunno about Doom... but I bet it'll blend!

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 22nd 2007 2:52PM]

good news, i guess

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 23rd 2007 5:15AM]

Hey....

as i recall Sony said it was last gen wasn't it?

aaaah f*ck i can't wait for DS3 8)

I own a PS3 only and have always been waiting for this 8)

I think im gonna import it from US/Japan i mean they are still the same arent they?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 10th 2007 1:27PM]

They'll release it first in Japan just like when they released the
PS3 for the first time.

Check out Games Asia they have em.
http://www.games-asia.com/playstation3-c-82.html

Since I got my PS3 I have spent quite a fair few dollars...aaarr i guess that's why we work...so we can do what we like!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 7th 2007 1:00AM]

Damn Sony why the hell does it have to be in the SPRING!!? Sh*t now I have to wait for like 4 months. Man why the f*ck Sony didn't release the Dualshock 3 at least one year after launch, they just had to think of it 2 years after. THANKS A LOT SONY.

P.S. you dumb*sses stop talking about futurama, personally I like Futurama but you just getting annoying. Man I'll just buy it off amazon or something.