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.

finally i can buy it in states
lol roflmao @kratos
$54.99 + tax that's a brand new game !!! I don't know about this one. I'll take the wait and see approach.
$54, why wait thats the price for them now on e-bay.
Umm what about europe?
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
yeah when will it ship in europe? my dad wants one to play gt5 prolouge with ;)
[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.
psn id: gingo.... so does that mean europe will get it in march alongside the european release of gran turismo, i sure hope so
oh nooo. 5 bucks more than the regular sixaxis =_=. I'm gettin one :D!!
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.
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.
Awesome..
Sweet!! Hope I can get a white 1!!
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.
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....
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...
55 aint steep thats really not bad when your getting blutooth motion sensing rumble and a rechargeable battery
$54.99 USD , i'll wait till this price drops. that like buying a game.
so that means europe will get it fall2008
@ people questioning if it will come bundled, DS3 will come with an 80GB MGS pack in I think June.
i'll wait to see the prices on ebay after it comes out
can't wait! must save money i wanna experience it on MGS4!
Yet again Europe gets screwed over. I'm glad I imported mine months ago because I couldn't stand waiting this long.
sweet thats on my b-day!!!!!!!!!1111
FINALLY!!!!!! i was gonna buy it on ebay, but yes!!!! finally!!! took you long enough japan!!
ok
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.
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.
Well its going to be a good while before I am getting this, gotta save up for them games first.
Looks like I will be picking up two new controllers in April.
it will come down when sixaxis is gone cause people would never buy sixaxis for the smae price as daulshock 3
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.
---
I thought GT5P was releasing April 17. PSU says it's April 17th as well.
haha i have 2 already
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.
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!
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
Got the white one, just need more games with "shock" features!!!
about fing time. Even april seems like a ways off. I may import the a white one for the fun of it.
ITS ALREADY APRIL 28 AN NO DAMM CONTROL...u F***ers r LYERS