DualShock 3 dated for North American release

  • Posted February 26th, 2008 at 13:51 EDT by
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The DualShock 3 has finally been given a release date for its North American followers of the Sony brand.  The controller is set to release at the steep price of $54.99 USD on April 15.  The release of the controller will be side-by-side with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Obviously this is a date that many PlayStation 3 owners have been waiting for.  The days of having to import the rumble packed controller are slowly dwindlng.  No announcement has been made in regards to if the ceramic white version will be made available in North America, but we'll do what we can to find out. Stay tuned with us for more information.

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  1. Mondax | Mondax

    • 1:57pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 1

    finally i can buy it in states

  2. liquidghost | LiquidGhost

    • 1:59pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 2

    lol roflmao @kratos

  3. TheBlackMamba | tofast4ya

    • 2:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 3

    $54.99 + tax that's a brand new game !!!  I don't know about this one.  I'll take the wait and see approach.

  4. DnA19

    • 2:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 4

    $54, why wait thats the price for them now on e-bay.

  5. Official Blue | OfficialBlue

    • 2:04pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 5

    Umm what about europe?

  6. jamisonsalamande

    • 2:05pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 6

    That's good, but it's retarded if they don't put the white one out here. Once I get money I'm getting a white one. Definitely white, it looks so much better

  7. n0na90 | nona90

    • 2:07pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 7

    yeah when will it ship in europe? my dad wants one to play gt5 prolouge with ;)

  8. se7enthsign | Se7enthSign

    • 2:14pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 8

    [quote]$54.99 + tax that's a brand new game !!! I don't know about this one. I'll take the wait and see approach. [/quote]

    Well, it's only 5 dollars more than the standard SIXAXIS so I don't think it's that big of a deal. I'm sure that once the SIXAXIS is phased out, the price for the Dualshock 3 will come down.

  9. gingo | gingo

    • 2:24pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 9

    psn id: gingo.... so does that mean europe will get it in march alongside the european release of gran turismo, i sure hope so

  10. GreyFox666 | GreyFox666

    • 2:34pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 10

    thank you lord...

  11. vipergts2207 | D-Smitty

    • 2:35pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 11

    Oh my gosh! SO much in April. GT5P, GTA4, rock band guitars, a new logitech wheel and now DS3. April will be the best and worst (for my wallet) month of the year for me for PS3.

  12. Alti | Alti

    • 2:36pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 12

    oh nooo. 5 bucks more than the regular sixaxis =_=. I'm gettin one :D!!

  13. Xelios | Xelios

    • 3:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 13

    Awesome! I was thinking about importing one, but I decided I wanted to get one from ColorwarePC. The only thing I could do was wait till it arrived here. Its really good news that its coming now though.

  14. bnolan56 | snowy311

    • 3:03pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 14

    Honestly its cool but I could careless about rumble. I have two controllers and I'm happy with them so I don't really need another one even if it has rumble.

  15. thegame97338 | G_PIG79

    • 3:08pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 15

    Awesome..

  16. Deusthousand | Deusthousand

    • 3:17pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 16

    Thats still 2 mos away! Id rather pay $10 extra and have it next week. My boy got 1 and it is killin 3fixme's rumble. Im orderin 2.

  17. solid79 | solid79

    • 3:30pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 17

    Sweet!! Hope I can get a white 1!!

  18. Stickemup

    • 3:33pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 18

    A small reason why my friend is waiting to get a PS3 is because he's waiting for the ShockAxis control to come included. Does anyone know if it is going to? I told him I doubt it will until the standard becomes the ShockAxis.

  19. RagingStorm | RagingStormX

    • 3:35pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 19

    Good news for the ones who don't have it already....luckily enough my co-worker went to Japan in January, and I bought 4 of them for $45 USD a piece. I kept a white one for myself and sold the rest for $80 each. Oh how sweet it is....

  20. Alpha2

    • 3:44pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 20

    Same price I imported it for. Hmmm so now I wonder how long it'll be before this is a Pack-in with the new 80gb SKU...

  21. edward_moffet | edd

    • 4:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 21

    55 aint steep thats really not bad when your getting blutooth motion sensing rumble and a rechargeable battery

  22. VEGAZ5

    • 4:17pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 22

    its about time d_mmit

  23. TekkenLord | HitMan00

    • 4:34pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 23

    $54.99 USD , i'll wait till this price drops. that like buying a game.

  24. PSN-pauls

    • 4:57pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 24

    so that means europe will get it fall2008

  25. vipergts2207 | D-Smitty

    • 4:59pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 25

    @ people questioning if it will come bundled, DS3 will come with an 80GB MGS pack in I think June.

  26. Gero | Gregero

    • 5:05pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 26

    i'll wait to see the prices on ebay after it comes out

  27. RedDragon7 | Pheonix7

    • 5:05pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 27

    Thank you much. Now lets see what colors we get. I'll import another if we only get Black controllers.

  28. Sevket_Erhat

    • 5:10pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 28

    I already have bought my DualShock 3

  29. mustang750r | MUSTANG750R

    • 5:18pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 29

    awesome news thanks PSU

  30. D3seeker

    • 5:32pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 30

    This will be great. I have on this like a vulture. Pluse its one less thing I have to order import.

  31. Kenshin93 | FredFredBurger3

    • 5:37pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 31

    can't wait! must save money i wanna experience it on MGS4!

  32. TwiSta | TwiSta

    • 5:49pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 32

    Yet again Europe gets screwed over. I'm glad I imported mine months ago because I couldn't stand waiting this long.

  33. SamTheSkater

    • 6:04pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 33

    guess it'll be a little heavyer yes. but i think i've also heard that it'll be a little bigger too. that sounds stupid. is it true?

  34. luis123 | espinlh

    • 6:28pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 34

    sweet thats on my b-day!!!!!!!!!1111

     

  35. stennex | stennex

    • 6:40pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 35

    Yes

  36. Farseye | Farseye

    • 6:50pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 36

    wow 5 bucks more than sixaxis is great price! but im sure we wont get white... we never get color T_T

  37. Fingal_D | Fingal_D

    • 7:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 37

    don't b so emo, I thought games cost $60. "guess it's not worth it" rotflol

  38. Alakratt | Alakratt

    • 7:20pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 38

    FINALLY!!!!!! i was gonna buy it on ebay, but yes!!!! finally!!! took you long enough japan!!

  39. cowman285 | cowman285

    • 7:21pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 39

    ok

     

  40. Alakratt | Alakratt

    • 7:22pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 40

    oh yeah, but pleaseeee, apply some sort of auto-off feature since the batteries on these ones aren't gonna last that long because of the vibration.

  41. nevertell | nevertell

    • 7:34pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 41

    I think rumble is cool, but not necessary.  I already have two controllers so I think I'll just be playing with them for a while.

  42. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 7:58pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 42

    Well its going to be a good while before I am getting this, gotta save up for them games first.

  43. Redrider | Warhawk1

    • 8:06pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 43

    Looks like I will be picking up two new controllers in April.

  44. mikehunt92

    • 8:30pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 44

    it will come down when sixaxis is gone cause people would never buy sixaxis for the smae price as daulshock 3

  45. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 10:32pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 45

    hfty price, is this thing already out in EU?

  46. Deldwen | Deldwen1

    • 11:01pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 46

    haha you liars said you didnt need rumble wen 6axis was anounced lol its coool i think we all can say we missed it... NOW GAMES WILL FEEL AS GOOD AS THEY LOOOOOOOK YAY cant wait !!

  47. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 11:47pm GMT - February 26th, 2008
    • 47

    Weird how the controllers took so long to get here since all controllers are region free.  At least I can get a black version now.  Good thing I didn't buy any extra Sixaxis controllers.

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    I thought GT5P was releasing April 17.  PSU says it's April 17th as well.

  48. G.I. SnakeEyes

    • 12:50am GMT - February 27th, 2008
    • 48

    haha i have 2 already

  49. stovich | TasteLikeBurning

    • 12:51am GMT - February 27th, 2008
    • 49

    Was holding off on buying another controller until this came out. Good news. Now I can finally utilize that second little controller stand. And usually, peripherals don't come down in price unless they're being phased out, so don't anyone hold their breath. You still can't find a new DS2 under $25 retail.

  50. jicaley | UKMF-Jay

    • 4:51am GMT - February 27th, 2008
    • 50

    I thought I would really miss the lack of rumble but to honest I hardly/never notice its not there. I wont be splashing out cash for a pad when I can buy a game!

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