Customer Reviews
Duel Shock released soon - By: S. Pritchard, 21 Apr 2008 
This control pad will soon be redundant & soon Sony will stop making them, if they havent already.
The pad feels light & flimsy. The controller does it job like every other playstation pad before it which isnt a bad thing. Yes its more refined but thats to be expected from the next gen.
The motion technology is also quite nice but i've recently imported a duel shock pad...
it doesnt feel light, has a nice weight to it & i'm just now remembering just how immersive rumble is.
An thats enough of a reason to wait till duel shock's released.
Sticky X button - By: Mr. W. Tiernan, 31 Mar 2008 I bought my PS3 system about a year ago, I already have 2 Six-Axis controllers with sticking X buttons Grrrrr!! Good controller but made the quality of a Kinder Egg Toy inside. Yeah, i decided to take one apart to see what was going on inside!! I hope the system itself is more durable.
Yet another triumph for Sony - By: L. Green, 30 Mar 2008 
Barcode: 0711719606581
Following on from the classic design used in previous Playstation controllers, the new Sixaxis version is a slick upgrade & i'm so glad they didn't completely overhaul the design. The original controllers had very little wrong with them & the designers have been wise in only making a few minor changes. Everything is slick, modern & the wireless just makes things so much easier, eliminating the vast tangle of wires around your Playstation.
Everything is streamlined, from the new materials used to the new L2 & R2 buttons. Yes, rumble is gone but after a while of playing you barely notice the difference & the wireless capabilities more than make up for it. Thankfully, there's no messing around with batteries involved like the power-drainging Wii controllers & the Sixaxis can be quickly recharged with the USB cable supplied with the PS3. I've found the battery lasts a fair while too.
While it seems online seems to be becoming the new dominant force for the PS3's multiplayer functions, a few games out at the moment provide split screen capabilities & having more than one controller makes for great fun playing against friends & family.
Like it was bolted on - By: Gordon Smith, 27 Mar 2008 
I dont like digging into things like controllers but in this case it is different.
the ps1 & ps2 controllers were good hard reliable pieces of kit & i reallly rated them as such but the sixaxis is different. I dont enjoy it, it is like it wants to fight what i want to (including smashing it).
the cause is the sixaxis - it still feels bolted on, that it was not meant to be in it in the first place
The Good The Bad and The Lies - By: Richard O'reilly, 22 Mar 2008 
when the ps3 was first released i thought id get 1... i did then find that the controller died far to quickly due to a short life span... although every one is posting the motion sensor was stolen from the wii in actuality sony had developed motion sensitivity before nintendo... does anyone know of the resident evil 4 chainsaw controller... if not you should check it out it had motion sensitivity... the sixaxis controller in my eyes is a piece of c*@% after a long period of usage swapping between two sixaxis controllers BOTH the right analogue sticks became stiff & harder to use... i think this is because of poor assembly & cheep parts... the ps3 is an awesome machine far better than the 360 but i just wish that the controllers were more stable & didn't feel like you could crush them with one hand... id recommend buying a ps3 to anyone but if i wer you id wait till the dualshock 3 comes out.
