Comments on: PS3 keypad delayed to December

By: Esha

Esha — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:27:06 +0000

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.

By: Truk

Truk — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:35:14 +0000

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.

By: oblomov

oblomov — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:10:05 +0000

@ Syrok : looks more like it’s meant for thumbs…

reminds me of those qwerty nokias – cute but completely useless

By: Syrok

Syrok — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:33:02 +0000

I suppose you hold the controller with one hand and type with the other one.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:30:21 +0000

Somebody at Sony must have weird shaped hands.

By: mortiferus

mortiferus — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:21:58 +0000

Thing is fugly… looks like the mutated offspring of one of those old Atari 2600 keypad/paddle thingies.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:18:35 +0000

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.

By: Roybott

Roybott — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:10:05 +0000

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… )

By: Alpha Male Stu

Alpha Male Stu — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:09:34 +0000

Agreed, and it’s in an awful position as well.

By: Hunam

Hunam — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:02:13 +0000

Do they realise that it looks dire?