I'm planning to get a PS3 soon, along with a DualShock 3 Sixaxis controller, so I want to know: is it possible to enable both rumble and motion-sensory functions to be used at the same time? If so, which games support both rumble and motion-sensory?
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I'm planning to get a PS3 soon, along with a DualShock 3 Sixaxis controller, so I want to know: is it possible to enable both rumble and motion-sensory functions to be used at the same time? If so, which games support both rumble and motion-sensory?
Is that your final answer?
Both can work at the same time. Many games support both in various ways. Rumble is more common though since the Sixaxis controls aren't really useful for many situations other than just shaking it.
What Shoeberto said.
If you're asking about rumble and sixaxis at the same time, hmmm.... i'm not so sure about that.
The recent trend is only first-party games really use sixaxis and they reserve it to small parts so as not to repeat the Lair mistake. Killzone 2 has you use it for turning valves, planting charges, and steadying your Sniper Scope, you can even use it to move your target site ever so slightly, which is actually pretty cool when you pull it off!
inFAMOUS only uses it for the last superpower you get.
Not sure if you're into FPS or open-Action/Adventure but those 2 are among the cream of the crop and they're only on PS3.
The original controller was called the Sixaxis which didn’t include rumble. Sony said it would interfere with the motion sensor; the real story is they were in a lawsuit over the tech with the people who created and patent the rumble. Later on they released the Duelshock 3 with has both.
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MGS4 uses motion sensing for aiming grenades, and that's about all I can remember from it.
It does a couple of pretty surprising things with the rumble though, if you play your cards right. (One early example: if you beat the first boss without killing it, when Snake checks its pulse you can feel it in the controller. If you do kill it: no pulse.)
As far as I know both work at the same time. In Saint's Row 2 you can use the motion sensing to drive boats & pilot helicopters & planes & the rumble works while your doing it. Although I turned this feature off as it was an extreme pain in the arse when the novelty wears off.
Oh, good, thanks everyone. And like the original Sixaxis, it is a wireless controller, but has a slot for a detachable wire that you can use for playing and charging simultaneously, right?
Is that your final answer?
Yep thats right! But be warned if you buy another PS3 controller (aside from the one included when you buy the console obviously) you don't get another charge cable you gotta buy it separate! Greedy Sony another PS3 is like €60Originally Posted by SuperMillionaire
I've got three controllers and the one cable has never been a problem for me. I usually just rotate between my controllers when they need charging.Yep thats right! But be warned if you buy another PS3 controller (aside from the one included when you buy the console obviously) you don't get another charge cable you gotta buy it separate! Greedy Sony another PS3 is like €60
It's a pretty standard Mini-B USB cable as well. I got a different one myself because the original one was too short.
You can get one for pretty cheap.
I'm not saying its a huge problem but for the price of a new controller it wouldn't financially cripple them to include another usb cable!I've got three controllers and the one cable has never been a problem for me. I usually just rotate between my controllers when they need charging.Yep thats right! But be warned if you buy another PS3 controller (aside from the one included when you buy the console obviously) you don't get another charge cable you gotta buy it separate! Greedy Sony another PS3 is like €60
Putting out PS3s has been 'financially crippling' since Day 1. Why do you think they keep takin' stuff out of it? :P
Heck, I have a Sony camera, and when I went to the Sony Store to buy a replacement USB cable for it, they said they don't even sell that. Sony ain't in the cable business!
Apparently, if I get a second DS36A, I'm gonna have to get a second USB cable. And I think they also have an AC adapter-charger for controllers too...
Is that your final answer?
You don't necessarily need two charge cables imo. I've never had both of my controllers die at the exact same moment.
This. With local multiplayer being pretty uncommon on the PS3, as long as you rotate between your controllers so one is charging while you use another, the only way they could both die at the same time is if you used both at once from a full charge for 30+ hours. Basically that'll just never happen.
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