World's first PS3 Joystick announced
- Posted November 16th, 2007 at 04:29 EDT by
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Thrustmaster has announced the world’s first-ever joystick for the PS3. The T. Flight Stick X allows PS3 owners to take their games to the next level while they control their aircrafts in games such as Blazing Angels 2.
Thrustmaster has been developing joysticks since 1991 and with 16 years of experience, they are now launching a joystick that is designed especially for console gamers. With most joysticks, there is a long and boring button configuration, but the new T. Flight Stick X offers instant pleasure with Plug and Play capabilities. As of now, the joystick is compatible with all flight games for the PS3.
The T. Flight Stick X features:
- Weighted base for stability particularly when carrying out sharp maneuvers
- Large hand rest for comfort
- Rapid-fire trigger for optimal performance
- Throttle to control fuel flow
- Multi-directional hat-switch
- Mapping to adapt the 12 buttons and 4 axes to suit user’s preferences
- Presets to instantly switch from one programming to another
- Internal memory to save the latest configuration
- 100% PS3 and PC compatible
The T. Flight Stick X will be available in early December with an MSRP of USD 29.99.
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trionghost |
trionghost- 4:40am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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And now we need only... flight simulator.
(Blazing Angels 2 is a simple arcade, sixaxis/ds3 is far enough for it)
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 5:03am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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Looks sick(in a good way),i might pick one of these up.
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chilledbreeze7
- 5:27am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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I think it looks pretty cool myself, although I doubt I would get one, I have no games I could use it for, and even then the Sixaxis does a perfectly good job anyway. I haven't used a Joystick since I used to play games on my old Commodore 64 ...the good old days of gaming :)
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 7:06am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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It's nice, but I'm fairly certain it will be of no use to most people. The trouble with huge sticks like that - or even steering wheels - is where the heck do you put them?
Most people will have the console in a living room or bedroom, which will usually mean that you don't have a suitable surface to put them on... rendering them useless. Whereas with a PC, it's usually on a desk, which also provides somewhere to put the stick/wheel. I had a wheel for my old PS1, and I hardly ever used it for that very reason. Ended up giving it away.
Can't see it selling many, if I'm honest... and Thrustmaster will probably make an equally sudden withdrawal from the console market.
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SolsticeZero |
SolsticeZero- 9:39am GMT - November 16th, 2007
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While it may look dumb to some people, this is a great add on. Some people love flight sticks, and this could help devs to program so really cool flight sims. Plus, the PS3 is so open that anyone can make an accessory. For the 360, you have to get it "licensed by microsoft", which means you have pay them to make it. Go PS3!
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Blackdog22
- 5:18pm GMT - November 16th, 2007
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Wait, this could be really cool. It depends though. Can I say use my Sixaxes or FragFx for ground, then just grab the joystick if I wanna use the plane? Kinda like you can do in BF2 for the PC. If thats the case its fricin cool.
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