Star Wars Website Reveals New SIXAXIS?
- Scribbled on July 13th, 2007 by Devin Grimes
- Filed in Hardware Mods, Hardware Peripherals, Rumor Mill, Sony PlayStation 3
Kotaku picked up on a very peculiar image located on the official website for Lucasart’s upcoming Star Wars: The Force Unleashed game for the Xbox 360 and PS3 depicting what looks to be either some PhotoShop trickery or an accidental leak of the new version of the SIXAXIS controller.
They took a card out of Nintendo’s bag of tricks with motion sensing, so why not rip off Microsoft’s design of their ergonomically friendly pad? The version of the SIXAXIS depicted swaps out the d-pad and left analog stick with one another, altering the proven formula that Sony has established in the past 10+ years.
Perhaps it’s an emphasis to make the PS3 appeal to the shooter-friendly fan base of the 360. Personally, playing through Resistance: Fall of Man seems more like a chore than it needs to be. To me, the stick placement just doesn’t feel quite as comfortable as the Xbox’s, leaving the left and right analog sticks feeling too close together.
But I’m just speculating. What do you guys think? Nifty PhotoShop job, honest mistake, or outright leak?
July 13th, 2007 at 10:54 pm
I hope that’s a terrible photoshop. God I hope so…
July 14th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Ergonomically-friendly is NOT having 4 seperate buttons on the D-pad. Blecch.
July 14th, 2007 at 9:57 am
I doubt thats real.
I also don’t see how re-positioning the stick makes it ergonomically friendly. If it is, then is your left hand in good shape while your right hand is getting screwed up?
Not that it matters, but did Microsoft copy Sony when they put the black and white buttons on the shoulders where they belong?
July 15th, 2007 at 10:08 am
No, they just did what Logitech did a long time ago with PC gamepads.