IntensaFIRE click-on mod bringing programmable / rapid fire modes to PS3 controller
By Darren Murph 
posted May 16th 2010 10:17PM
posted May 16th 2010 10:17PM
Xbox 360 gamers may have had a solid year head start, but PlayStation 3 loyalists will soon be able to join the programmable / rapid fire party, too. BGRMods has announced that its much-hyped IntensaFIRE controller mod is finally coming to Sony's latest console, bringing with it fewer installation steps and an equal amount of tinkering possibilities. This new board requires no glue and no solder; users simply "click" it into place and enjoy the spoils of having rapid-fire potential at their fingertips. Purportedly, the mod is useful in "all PlayStation games," and it'll begin shipping out on May 21st for those who just can't game without a macro. We're told that the $69.95 device will also be making its public debut at E3, so you can bet your bottom dollar we'll be hitting the show floor in hopes of snagging a bit of hands-on time come June.[Thanks, Kristofer B]
Cheaters gotta cheat.
@01 It would be nice to see Sony banning these assclowns. I don't think MS banned rapid fire jerks.
@01 turbo controllers ARNT cheating
@01 They must. A friend and I buy these $15 kits off ebay and put them in Xbox controllers for $45. Xbox tards buy them like hotcakes!
@01 There's one fix for these sorts of people...snipers. Snipe those rapid firing cun+s.
@01 I've noticed anyone pointing out that this isn't necessarily cheating gets downvoted, I guess for being politically incorrect.
I'm sorry you guys are playing whatever sorry ass game permits rapid fire in online matches. It's not hard to code that out, and it's not hard to use mods to deal with it.
I like many games that benefit from rapid fire in single player mode. I realize some people like griefing and they should be banned from online play, but the idea that enti4re product lines with innocent uses should be condemned because of a handfull of clowns? That's a worse cure than the disease.
It's probably high time we had some kind of review system in place on Live and PSN. If enough people whine about a certain player, that's flagged for an IP address ban once someone has a chance to examine the player's conduct. Just have 10 employees watching the 10 worst IPs that haven't been checked, ranked by # of whines.
You're never going to run out of ways to cheat, though.
@benjgvps The xbox tard comment makes you a PS3 fanboy. PS3 fanboys never make intelligent comments.
Yeah, now I can play blu-rays then pause them extremely quickly, causing a strobe effect.
So... looks like Josh is waiting to break the Jobs/blogger email exchange until early tomorrow for impact.
@Floppy
quoi ?
@Bud92 Check Gawker and Macrumors.
@Bud92 some ass clown at Giz had a heated email discussion with King as clown Jobs... both sides look like childish/arrogant morons, its a lot of fun to read. Makes me hate Steve Jobs and Gizmodo that much more. altho its nice to see the apple nut hugging on Gizmodo may slowly be going away
totally off topic by the way
@SteveyAyo
Cool dude.
It was Gawker fyi.
@Floppy either way... same ass-clowny organization really, i read it on Giz
"We feel that having controllers to play video games opens up too many vulnerabilities. Thus, we are removing this feature in the latest patch. We feel this the best choice for our consumers."
-Sony
@Niazac Funny...but its MS that is removing the controllers. :P
@kspraydad doing a pretty good job of it too... but obviously controllers will never die
@kspraydad
Now that Other OS has been removed due to a vulnerability, controllers will soon follow because of this mod.
Well, it's only a matter of time...
@Niazac
what vulnerability was being poked and prodded by ps2 games?
Ive had PS3 controllers with turbo for ages guys
Why pay $70 for this when you can buy Datel's Turbo controller for $40? I only bought the controller cause it was cheap and very durable. I tend to break controllers.
http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=76898
@Jason B
Don't worry, you're not alone. Everyone has broken a controller before.
there are more cheaters on ps3 than 360... the jerks who do that on live gets banned like asap.... how hard is it to get online when you dont have to pay for it? so whats a ban?
@big nazty A jerk is a jerk, whether they have money or not. Besides, if they're not willing to pay for Xbox Live, then why would they be willing to buy this thing? You could buy 2 years of Live Gold for the price of one of these PS3 mods.
@big nazty
I've actually noticed that PSN games are much more mature and have far less cheating than XBL games, though it's getting a lot worse as the PS3 has become very popular in the past year. Now, you hear kids squeal that you're gay almost half as often as if you were playing Halo.
I don't think the free model is worse here, I think they could ban by machine or IP very easily.
What is this supposed new devilry?! We've had that on the PC for aaages. Just go in to control panel / keyboard settings, set character repeat speed to max :thumbsup: all hail the mighty inglot C64! Action Replay ftw.
Oh brother, they should a find a way to keep this from working with online games.
I'm not understanding how this kind of glitch/bug/whatever-you-want-to-call-it is so easy to do in these "modern" games. You'd think that a developer somewhere would think about this and prevent this from working. Maybe something likes this: if buttonspressedpersecond > normalrate then ban_this_sucker()
@SirSpam
And what programming language is that last line in BTW?
I wish computers could read english.
@Adolf Hitler
That, my friend, errr scratch that we're not friends, would be pseudocode. It just gives a basic idea of how the code would work, then a programmer implements it using his or her language of choice.
GG NO RE THX 4 XP
@SirSpam on the original MGS you would fail the torture if using a Turbo controller. Made me so sad when I was 15.
@SirSpam I Wouldnt suggest it be based on the number of taps per second but rather the difference in speed of the taps. If taps happen at very fast regular intervals with no deviation in regularity of taps, that is turbo mode. Of course manufacturers of these devices could always slightly alter the regularity of these taps just enough
@Adolf Hitler "And what programming language is that last line in BTW?"
Well Visual Basic has that exact same syntax
My god. Ridiculous. My main reason for staying on ps3 and avoiding xbox was because of the ridiculous amount of cheaters and modders on xbox. This is just a stepping stone for bigger things on ps3. What about all us gamers who go legit the whole time? Fucking ridiculous, excuse my french.
When will they ever let us select buttons to functions ourselves in games instead of only giving us a limited selection of preconfigured settings. That's one of the most annoying things I hate about console-gaming, the PC versions of the same games do have full configuration, so why not also the console versions..