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^^^ that pic is awesome

also, the PS3 controller is wireless, but it can be hooked up through a USB port...but it is still basically a PS2 controller
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That is a good one.

I swear, every time I get an email from Nintendo, the header includes a warning reminding me to always use the wrist strap, and to make sure it's secure.
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I only use the wrist strap on games where I'll be swinging hard (EX: Wii Sports) On games like Elebits (Eledees for Europeans) Since its like a FPS I don't.
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Originally posted by: sean wookie
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/5930/1165976553465tr5.jpg

I like this pic.


LOL!!

That pic is great.
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I GOT A WII!

Finally.

Not online yet, I'll try that later this week.

The PS3 controller looks just like a Dual Shock 2 with a Playstation Logo button in the center (like the X-Box 360 Controller has the X-Box logo button)...

My local Wal-Mart has a PS3 display with the Sixaxis secured just like a wired controller would be.


And let's not forget the loss of vibration as well. That was a trade-off for tilt implementation, but I have a sneaky suspicion that it may also be because they're the only ones not willing to pay for the patent post-lawsuit (you know, the same one that both Microsoft and Nintendo paid for...).
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"they're the only ones not willing to pay for the patent post-lawsuit (you know, the same one that both Microsoft and Nintendo paid for...)"

I had not heard about the whole lawsuit thing. Who owns the patent for the vibrating controller idea? The first I remember seeing it was when Nintendo released the rumblepack with Star Fox 64, then Sony started puting it in their dual shock controllers, then it seemed like it became pretty standard.

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Eh, rumble is overrated anyway. I could take it or leave it in most games.

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Originally posted by: C3PX
"they're the only ones not willing to pay for the patent post-lawsuit (you know, the same one that both Microsoft and Nintendo paid for...)"

I had not heard about the whole lawsuit thing. Who owns the patent for the vibrating controller idea? The first I remember seeing it was when Nintendo released the rumblepack with Star Fox 64, then Sony started puting it in their dual shock controllers, then it seemed like it became pretty standard.

It was a third-party, I believe. If you scan the archives at IGN, you may be able to find a few articles on the lawsuit. I have a funny feeling that while Nintendo patented their own rumble devices, Sony ripped the Dual Shock device from a third party (Immersion Corporation) only to be sued years later. If I remember correctly, Microsoft went to this third party later and paid for use of the patent. Sony had to pay said third party a princely sum.

EDIT: Found an article, here it is...

Sony's struggle with Immersion dates back to 2002, when Immersion came after Sony and its DualShock vibration feedback system for controllers. Immersion also pursued Microsoft and its controllers, but Microsoft settled with the company and entered into a licensing agreement, leaving Sony to fend for itself. In September of 2004, Sony lost a jury trial and was ordered to pay US$82 million in damages for infringing on Immersion's patents. Half a year later in March of 2005, Sony lost an appeal and damages were revised to nearly $91 million.
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They put a PS3 in my workplace as stress relief. It's fun, but right now there's nothing for it. It doesn't seem that much differnet than the PS2. I think it's still waiting for its killer-app that'll blow everything else out of the water. As long as developers keep making one game and porting it to as many systems as possible, the games are never going to look much better than on the PS2 or X360
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I would imagine if they put a 360 chick in that video, she wouldn't be as fat as the PS3 chick, but not has anorexic (or annoying) as the Wii chick. I mean, she had no body at all to me.
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I dunno, the 360 does have a vaguely hour-glass like figure.

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