We don't have to wait until 2008 for rumble, sort of

by Nick Doerr { Sep 29th 2007 at 11:00AM }

It's something that happened at TGS we were all a little concerned over. Sure, the DualShock 3 officially exists, but for some reason or other, it's not getting a release outside of Japan until spring of '08. Curious as to why this is the case, 1UP did a little bit of research and contacted Sony for a reason. Sony responded: "Given our production/manufacturing timeline we plan to introduce the new controller in Japan first and then release it in NA/Europe." It's vague, but we don't need to cry out in pain and reach for our pitchforks.

The DualShock 3 will work on our systems if we import them. Sony says there's no reason for them not to work, although some of the games that will require retroactive patches (Resistance, Warhawk) probably won't get those patches until the controller officially releases in our respective territories. But newer games and old PS2 games can get the rumble as soon as you import. As Captain Planet would say, "The power is yours!" A bonus cookie to anyone who recites the Captain Planet theme song.

Tags: dual-shock-3, dualshock-3

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Haiddasalami @ Sep 29th 2007 11:06AM

"EARTH!"
"FIRE!"
"WIND!"
"WATER!"
"HEART!"

"Go Planet!"

"By your powers combined, I am Captain Planet!"

Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero

He's our powers magnified
And he's fighting on the planet's side

Captain Planet, he's our hero
Gonna take pollution down to zero

Gonna help him put asunder
Bad guys who like to loot and plunder

"You'll pay for this Captain Planet!"

We're the Planeteers
You can be one too
'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do!

Looting and polluting is not the way
Hear what Captain Planet has to say!

"The Power is Yours!"

YAY!!! bonus cookie!!!

BurnZ @ Sep 29th 2007 11:08AM

bruce @ Sep 29th 2007 11:21AM

Dave @ Sep 29th 2007 11:42AM

Anyone know if the imported controllers will have the "Start","Select", and "DualShock 3" text in japanese? That's be cool and not cool at the same time... I'm still gunna import!

shekki @ Sep 29th 2007 11:49AM

the name sony is still written in english...

phattie @ Sep 29th 2007 11:51AM

No deal for me.. im fine with the old skool sixaxis and will take 2x the battery life over rumble.

Haiddasalami @ Sep 29th 2007 12:18PM

did we all take the song from the same place or did u guys just steal my lyrics...

dancingtosirens @ Sep 29th 2007 12:50PM

haha thats what I though haiddasalami.
Either you all took lyrics from the same place, or you all have an impeccable sense of text layout

John @ Sep 29th 2007 1:27PM

awww... and here I thought those folk were quoting from their natural brains...

I'm kindof suck about the rumble "delay". I wanted rumble before xmas, I have to buy another controller because this one is gimpy, with analog left north and south. I'm not going to buy a new controller, without rumble, just to fix this one.

I would love a Japanese controller with rumble, with Japanese start/select etc. as a friend said...

Guess it's time to officially setup that paypal account and import me some controller!

ymmv @ Sep 29th 2007 2:55PM

"But newer games and old PS2 games can get the rumble as soon as you import."

Too bad Sony has made it difficult for Europeans to import Playstation products from Asia and the US. After Sony's lawyers pounded Lik-Sang into the ground, there are very few import options from the far eas open. Play-Asia is a great shop but they won't ship PS3 products to Europe any more ...

mccomber @ Sep 29th 2007 4:03PM

The big question is what will it cost to import one, and where can I buy them in bulk to put on ebay... ;)

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Sep 29th 2007 4:07PM

Captain Planet = THE GREATEST SHOW EVER

Leo @ Sep 29th 2007 5:25PM

@12,

Oh yeah, totally.. ^_^

Popfrogs @ Sep 29th 2007 7:35PM

I don't see why all the major games (resistance, motorstorm, warhawk) don't offer patches before the controllers get released. Obviously devs have them in their hands already. It'd be nicer to have a pre-release patch than wait until 6 months after the controller is for sale in NA.