Top Ten List: Why the DualShock 3 costs so much
Category: Industry, Posted: 02/26/2008 at 06:19PM CST by Frank Ling, Editorial Director
Ok, so we know that the PS3 DualShock 3 rumble controller is coming out in the US. But the price will cause some sticker shock--it's going to cost $54.99. I was thinking this over while looking at my current PS3 non-rumbling controller and wondered, "Just why is the new one going to cost so much?"
So I decided to put together this Top Ten List of why the DualShock 3 costs so much. Of course these reasons come from my active imagination and have no basis in fact...but then again, you never know...
Top 10 Reasons Why the New PS3 DualShock 3 Controller costs so much
10. Kaz Hirai wants a raise and can't think of a better way than to skim the profits.
9. Sony misplaced the decimal point and the price actually is supposed to be $5.49
8 The Sony marketing guys said, "We always have to be the most expensive!"
7. The DualShock 3 is powered by a miniature nuclear power plant.
6. Sony made a mistake and made the controller case out of carbon fiber.
5. The buttons on the controller are actually black diamonds.
4. It costs $5 to make. The other $49 goes to pay for executive perks like Xbox 360 Elites.
3. The PS3 DualShock 3 also can be used as a cool deep-sea fishing lure.
2. The high price offsets the recent price reductions of the PS3 models.
1. Sony said, "Where else can they go buy one? Bwahahahaha!"
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what happened to the wii-more nunchuck combo being the most expensive clocking in at an impressive 60 dollars.
6. Sony made a mistake and made the controller case out of carbon fiber.
Well...yeah, with all that extra weight the controller has from the added solenoids, they had to cut weight somewhere so that familiar light, cheap feel of the controllers could be maintained.
Duh.
After paying for that rumble patent again, Sony thought:
We'll pass the "savings" along to you, dear gamers.
Wait, I know! They are all contain a chip with a carrier tone tunned directly to match Jack Tompson's brain wave patterns to slowly drive him insane. And it seems to be working (see GN's latest article on old jack).