Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Model: 98050
• Released on: 2008-04-04
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Dimensions: 3.70" h x 5.70" w x 8.50" l, 3.00 pounds

Features

• Pressure sensors that rumble with each action making every impact feel like you're right in the game
• Sixaxis highly sensitive motion technology senses your every move
• Features Bluetooth technology for wireless game play
• The PlayStation 3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time
• Can be charged at any time through the PlayStation 3 system using the controller's USB cable

Amazon.com
The Dualshock 3 wireless controller for the PlayStation 3 system provides the most intuitive game play experience with pressure sensors in each action button and the inclusion of the highly sensitive SIXAXIS™ motion sensing technology. Each hit, crash and explosion is more realistic when the user feels the rumble right in the palm of their hand. It can even detect natural movements for real-time and high precision interactive play, acting as a natural extension of the user’s body. Dualshock 3 wireless controller utilizes Bluetooth technology for wireless game play and the controller’s USB cable to seamlessly and automatically charge the controller through the PlayStation 3 system at anytime.

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Key Features:

• Pressure sensors that rumble with each action making every impact feel like you’re right in the game.
• SIXAXIS™ highly sensitive motion control system senses your every move
• Features Bluetooth technology for wireless game play; the PlayStation 3 system can support up to seven wireless controllers at one time.
• Can be charged at any time through the PlayStation 3 system using the controller’s USB cable

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Customer Reviews

Great Addition
This product does a fine job of helping to enhance many gaming experiences on the playstation 3. It functions just as well as the standard controller with a little added weight and also a vibration function. This feature varies depending on the game it's working with. Battery life seems to be about the same as the standard as well. If you would like to not just see and hear but also to feel your gaming experience in your hands then this is the product for you.

IT'S BACK!
I'm so glad that I got the Dual Shock 3 controllers!!! This is the way PlayStation games should be played. If you play Madden and are not using these controllers, you're cheating yourself. They only weigh a few ounces more, which is expected, and they work great!!! I got 'em in 3 days, thanks Amazon.com!

It wasn't broken, but now it's a bit dated
The saying 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' would have been a fair response when deciding what to do with the next gen Playstation controller, and Sony seems to have agreed for the most part. The PS2 Dual Shock controller was easily the best design of any of its competitors. Unfortunately, Microsoft's mild tweaks to the Xbox controller were brilliant, and Sony's few additions were useless except for the wireless capability, and it even took them a while to get around to bringing back the rumble feature.

Microsoft smartly resisted overhauling their controller and recognized how to perfect the basic design by downsizing, rounding off some hard edges, and moving the black and white buttons as well-sized, nimbly responsive shoulder buttons. The PS3 controller is still a fine controller, and the best one for the Playstation, but Microsoft stepped out of character and actually made a brilliantly improved product (along with the Xbox itself) that now has, to my mind, taken the throne as best designed controller.

This controller coupled with a nice rubbery silicon covering for it makes it the perfect controller for the PS3, just avoid the Six-axis use whenver you can -- more gimmick than benefit.