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DualShock 3 dated for North American release

Posted on February 26th, 2008 at 13:51 EDT

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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posted 1:57pm EST - February 26th, 2008
1

finally i can buy it in states

posted 1:59pm EST - February 26th, 2008
2

lol roflmao @kratos

posted 2:01pm EST - 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.

posted 2:01pm EST - February 26th, 2008
4

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

posted 2:04pm EST - February 26th, 2008
5

Umm what about europe?

posted 2:05pm EST - 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

posted 2:07pm EST - February 26th, 2008
7

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

posted 2:14pm EST - 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.

posted 2:24pm EST - 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

posted 2:34pm EST - February 26th, 2008
10
thank you lord...
posted 2:35pm EST - 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.
posted 2:36pm EST - February 26th, 2008
12

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

posted 3:01pm EST - 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.

posted 3:03pm EST - 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.

posted 3:08pm EST - February 26th, 2008
15

Awesome..

posted 3:17pm EST - 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.
posted 3:30pm EST - February 26th, 2008
17

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

posted 3:33pm EST - 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.

posted 3:35pm EST - 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....

posted 3:44pm EST - 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...

posted 4:01pm EST - February 26th, 2008
21

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

posted 4:17pm EST - February 26th, 2008
22
its about time d_mmit
posted 4:34pm EST - February 26th, 2008
23

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

posted 4:57pm EST - February 26th, 2008
24

so that means europe will get it fall2008

posted 4:59pm EST - February 26th, 2008
25

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

posted 5:05pm EST - February 26th, 2008
26

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

posted 5:05pm EST - February 26th, 2008
27
Thank you much. Now lets see what colors we get. I'll import another if we only get Black controllers.
posted 5:10pm EST - February 26th, 2008
28
I already have bought my DualShock 3
posted 5:18pm EST - February 26th, 2008
29
awesome news thanks PSU
posted 5:32pm EST - 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.
posted 5:37pm EST - February 26th, 2008
31

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

posted 5:49pm EST - 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.

posted 6:04pm EST - 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?
posted 6:28pm EST - February 26th, 2008
34

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

 

posted 6:40pm EST - February 26th, 2008
35
Yes
posted 6:50pm EST - 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
posted 7:01pm EST - February 26th, 2008
37
don't b so emo, I thought games cost $60. "guess it's not worth it" rotflol
posted 7:20pm EST - February 26th, 2008
38

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

posted 7:21pm EST - February 26th, 2008
39

ok

 

posted 7:22pm EST - 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.

posted 7:34pm EST - 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.

posted 7:58pm EST - February 26th, 2008
42

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

posted 8:06pm EST - February 26th, 2008
43

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

posted 8:30pm EST - 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

posted 10:32pm EST - February 26th, 2008
45
hfty price, is this thing already out in EU?
posted 11:01pm EST - 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 !!
posted 11:47pm EST - 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.

posted 12:50am EST - February 27th, 2008
48

haha i have 2 already

posted 12:51am EST - 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.

posted 4:51am EST - 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!

posted 5:12am EST - February 27th, 2008
51

I think Europe will be getting it at the same time. And i hope that due to the extra demand the dual shock motors will put on the battery Sony have upgraded that too. Im sure i will be getting 2 so that when mates come round we can have 4 player split screen battles yey

posted 7:09am EST - February 27th, 2008
52

Got the white one, just need more games with "shock" features!!!

posted 8:56am EST - February 27th, 2008
53

about fing time. Even april seems like a ways off. I may import the a white one for the fun of it.

posted 11:22am EDT - April 28th, 2008
54

ITS ALREADY APRIL 28 AN NO DAMM CONTROL...u F***ers r LYERS

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