Sony Dumping Sixaxis
- Scribbled on April 2nd, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Hardware Peripherals, Sony PlayStation 3, WTF
In a blow for “next-gen” technology, Sony is dumping phasing out Sixaxis (or SIXAXIS!) motion control in their controllers.
This shouldn’t come as much of a … shock, but Sony is discontinuing the Sixaxis in light of the DualShock 3’s arrival, according to MTV. A Sony rep says that you can likely expect them to all be gone by summertime.
This may come as a great shock to Sony execs two years ago who dismissed rumble as “last-gen” technology - especially since the DualShock 3 will feature DualShock 2 rumble from the PS2.
(Thanks, Joystiq.)
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Hrm. I might be reading your post wrong but it sounds like you’re saying they’re removing motion control. That isn’t the case. The DualShock 3 will still have motion control as well as “last-gen” rumble. =)
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:02 pm
They’re phasing it out. Which means, they won’t be making games for motion control, and eventually, none of the controllers will have Sixaxis inside it.
April 10th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
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