Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku wrote,
"The Xbox 360 DualShock? The PS3 Xbox 360 Controller? Over at Xbox-Scene Forums, moderator RDC has modded an Xbox 360 controller into a PS3 controller, writing: "The D-pad, Select, PS, Start, Square, Triangle, Circle, Cross, L1/R1 and L3/R3 buttons are all wired up right now and working, as are the LEDs for showing which controller it is." So, yes, this Frankencontroller will work with a PS3. And if that wasn't enough, RDC did the same in reverse by modding a DualShock 3 into an Xbox 360 controller. Take a look after the jump."
In this article Jon Ireson of RealGamerNewz takes up the discussion of DualShock 3 support for the PlayStation 4 and goes over the many technical as well as logical reasons why it is not necessary and if anything, would only hold innovation back for the gamer.
I agree! I welcome a new controller. The dualshock has been around since Playstation 1. I think it is time for Sony to try something new.
Oh the smell of butthurt fan in the morning lol... It was announced like TWO months ago that the DS3 wasn't gunna work on the PS4, I don't know why everyone seems so surprised now...
for a while I was interested in the PS system because you could use it to play older games... but I agree now that newer systems will have updated/ altered functions so backwards compatability is not always going to be viable...if the new controller is going to have more options on it then using an older one does not make sense to me... as the article stated if you buy the newer system it does not mean you have to discard the older one if I had access to a working PS1 I would still use it today even if I had the newer systems too.
It would be useless for DS3 support since PS4 was built with the new controller features in mind
With only five days left until the (almost certain) announcement of the Playstation 4, this photo appeared and made the rounds of Destructoid, Kotaku and everywhere else.
Business at the front. Party at the back? A list of observations and questions regarding this prototype. From the front here it looks quite “normal” but the more you think about it the stranger it gets - could there be some unique features we're missing?
As the DualShock has been the consistent PlayStation icon for many fans, the question that seems to be raised is ‘what will happen to it with each new generation?’ As rumors have once again sparked about a different DualShock 4, the Daily Reaction crew of Seb and Dan address the potential for changing the DS for the PS4.
Please no, I'm used to the DS3. Biometrics could be cool, but no touch stuff.
They just have to update it, sort some things out here and there to make it even better and they'll be good to go
perfect controller in my opinion.. nice button layout (though I guess, its just because I am soooooo used to it.), nice form factor.
only change I would request to be had would be that they modify the part of housing that holds the analogue sticks wherein I wish it would be like whats in the vita(encased in a piece of metal to avoid chipping)
Yeah, I don't know about these. I saw the pictures and thought the story was too funny to pass up.
I guess it might be nice, though, for the 360 guys making the jump to the PS3 and vice-versa.
The PS3 Pad with the letters x,b,y,a insted of the legendery Square,Triangle,Circle and X
Think about it the PS3 would now be the laughing stock of the console world
The PS3 would be blowing up all over the place
The PS3 would have the last gen hardware and the crappy DVD 9
The PS3 would have the worst set of Cheecky smacktalkin inbred hillbillie sh1tkicking kids in the world purchase thier product
PSN would not be free
But it aint like that
And you know what it was always meant to be like that
From the very begining
It's all in the Pad
X B Y A
XBOX will BLOW up on YOUR ASS
B Y A X
BEND YOUR ASS over XBOT
Y A B X
YOUR A BRAINWASHED XBOT
B Y A X
BLOW it out YOUR ASS XBOT
I would love to have a 360 pad with a dpad that did not suck, and a PS3 controller with softer edges and a bit "longer" grips. Sort of a combination of all of the qualities that do not suck from both pads.
Isn't this just a case of attaching the other controllers button faces onto the original controller? What wiring is needed for that?
I would like to have the 360's controler for my PS3 please. If that mod is retail quality and it works with rumble, I wouldn't mind buying it.