Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | 18:54 GMT
PS3 keypad delayed to December
According to this Gamespot story, Sony’s pushed the PS3 controller keypad back into December.
The peripheral, first aired at Games Convention in August, was supposed to release in November.
The news comes out of the BMO Capital Markets Interactive Entertainment Conference today, where Sony sales boss Ian Jackson confirmed the slip.
More through there.
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10 comments
#1
Hunam
14/11/08, 7:02 pm
Do they realise that it looks dire?
#2
Alpha Male Stu
14/11/08, 7:09 pm
Agreed, and it’s in an awful position as well.
#3
Roybott
14/11/08, 7:10 pm
Has anyone on here actually held a pad with that on? is it as top heavy as it looks? can you actually play with it attached? and how is it to type on?
(I have only just noticed the keys are that way around, I originally thought you would have to spin the pad around to type and spin it back to play…
)
#4
Psychotext
14/11/08, 7:18 pm
I actually like how it looks and apparently the functionality is pretty good. Really not sure about that positioning though, and the retention mechanism looks cheap.
#5
mortiferus
14/11/08, 7:21 pm
Thing is fugly… looks like the mutated offspring of one of those old Atari 2600 keypad/paddle thingies.
#6
JPickford
14/11/08, 9:30 pm
Somebody at Sony must have weird shaped hands.
#7
Syrok
14/11/08, 9:33 pm
I suppose you hold the controller with one hand and type with the other one.
#8
oblomov
14/11/08, 10:10 pm
@ Syrok : looks more like it’s meant for thumbs…
reminds me of those qwerty nokias – cute but completely useless
#9
Truk
14/11/08, 10:35 pm
It doesn’t *look* very useable, but I’d guess they’ve actually done some testing. As to its aesthetics: I couldn’t give a damn. It’s a keyboard. I won’t be hanging it on my wall.
#10
Esha
15/11/08, 2:27 am
I suppose it’s a matter of self-training, gamers with dexterous thumbs might be able to teach themselves to use this with some level of adequacy.
Still, being a touch typist, I prefer keeping one of those laptop sized mini-keyboards around instead, the keys are just big enough to touch-type with, and it’s small enough that it doesn’t get in the way.