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America in wanting DualShock 3 non-shock

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DualShock 3 has gone to second place in the Amazon.com charts prior to is release on April 15. There's still no date for the rumbling controller in Europe, and there's unlikely to be one particularly soon considering the upcoming GT5: Prologue bundle - dated March 28 - comes with a Sixaxis. So, logic dictates, if you had half a brain you'd probably wait for the new controller and something like MGS4 to launch in Europe before shelling out £300 or whatever it is on a games console that comes with a controller that's going to be superseded before you can say "£50" because that's what it'll probably cost even though the Americans get them for $50, especially when you already have some many games things you have to put them in the loft. That given, it's unlikely SCEE's silly enough to announce a date for it just yet. Just thinking, like.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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