Playstation 3 neGcon

[Darkdrium777]

BEFORE ANYONE GETS HIS OR HER HOPES UP, THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED BY SONY. Yet.

Would you be interested in a neGcon for the PLAYSTATION 3?

I'm sure you old timers who were born with a neGcon in their hands would wish for a similar controller compatible with the PS3. You've dreamt about it, admit it! :p

Well somebody somewhere drew up a concept of what it could look like, and I've got to say it looks pretty amazing (To say the least and especially to remove any swearing because of hyper duper super excitement)

It's been relayed onto gizmodo from the depths of the interwebz, so I don't think it's official. But it's still pretty damn cool, and if it is official, everyone on this forum and their pet fish would buy one I'm sure. :lol

Anyways, avalanche of pics (In link form, 'cause I don't want an avalanche of Lance)

Pic 1 (http://www.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/207196_aHHRBGD9lmHRbBMUrUbhssRRz.jpg) | Pic 2 (http://www.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/207196_LpCyehUfF7q6ihPfOga2vV5qt.jpg) | Pic 3 (http://www.coroflot.com/user_files/individual_files/207196_pnx_HIzW9j6D7tgY84gBRawH1.jpg)

Now, take a deep breath, and thoughts?

Personally, if this ever comes to fruition, I'm getting it. Twice.

And I'll leave it at that. If it were possible I'd put too many exclamation points everywhere, but I can't.

!!!!!!!!!! (http://i.gizmodo.com/5160805/playstation-dualshock-vortex-concept-is-twisty-and-crazy) <= Source

[yeldar2097]

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg
gimme one of those.
coming from someone who hasn't ever used a neggie.
super sexy. cool name too. great find :+

[Lance]

Looks vewy, vewy interesting.

[IH8YOU]

I'd be all over that like white on rice.

I'd rather some Wipeout DLC (cough cough) - but I'd also drop coin for that!

Let's just hope it's built a tad stronger than the old-school one. ;)

[blackwiggle]

Looks rather fragile compared to a NegCon around the most basic bit ,the place where it twists IMHO
As much as I appreciate the worth of the original NegCon controller and it's ability to put down some REALLY low times in SL & TT events.

Did anybody actually use one for racing?

You would have to adjust the sensitivity of the zero point,and,basically have to learn how to use it to your advantage at that setting.

A preferable situation would be to have preset zero points for each speed class available on call.

I could see that ZONE could be a lot easier with this,[Can you imagine what zones Problem Solver could achieve with one of these ?:eek:eek]

Bring it on regardless,I'll buy one.:lol

[stin]

Interesting!

Do I want one?, hell nnnnnnnnnnn...........yes!:paperbag

stevie:)

[lunar]

Wow what a post Xavier!! Amazing, talk about dreams coming true.... is this definitely not an elaborate fake though? That would be :frown:

[BulletWraith]

I'm not usually so negative but I think that design is utter :turd utter utter :turd
I want a new neGcon as much as anyone else but this aint it, I see far too many designs on Gizmodo and even the odd appearance on Engadget that people think look cool, just because someone knows how to make pretty shapes with a computer doesn't make them a good designer
Grrrrr
*grumble grumble*
rant over

zer:bombshen

[Mad-Ice]

This looks interesting! But are we sure Supersox isn't involved?:lol

[Darkdrium777]

I hope it's not another one of his pranks... >.<

:P

[komatos]

Looks really cool. If they existed, I'd probably buy one or two even before I could afford a PS3, just in case they were a limited edition run. :D

[GreenPhazon]

Don't get me wrong, that's one of the coolest things I've seen since I last played WOHD, but I have to ask, what's the benefit of the twistyness?

[blackwiggle]

Sadly it's just a rendered concept by a guy in Israeli called Tamar Fliesher .

The description of all the buttons and functions raised my suspicions as that is NOT how Sony would describe things,even in concept form.
[That was a PITA trying to read that script]

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/27/dualshock-vortex-concept-controller-brings-the-negcon-out-of-the/

[KIGO1987]

Ive seen an old Negcon for sale at the cash converters down the road. I should buy it. Do a few rounds of Ridge Racer Revolution in it:D

[Asayyeah]

Nooooo ...
It's just a ( fantastic) art design ... no reality :( ...

Again a bad dream :blarg

[JABBERJAW]

that sucks, someone should send this design to sony. The help of the twist, is that you can make slight turns (like in a car), and the game becomes much easier to play, specifically the older games, where pitch was essential. The newer games it would help some, but not by as much.

[blackwiggle]

It would cost a small fortune if it had all the design features that it shows.

Some are not needed,like the 4 different LED's for battery levels/ controller status,another 4 to show how many players online,covers for the USB port.

The designer had obviously put a lot of thought into the design,at least aesthetically,just the actual twisting bit is a bad design choice.

I doubt it would be as rugged as a NegCon,as the actual twist point on a NegCon was the biggest part,the rendered model seems far too narrow to not suffer material fatigue,and break

[Chill]

it depends on how well the strong point capability of the joint is... perhaps over some better thought into physics could a jointed point of a neGcon be this small... perhaps even more than one joint could work... ???

Man are there a lotta haters out there... "pshsh what's this crap??" Some people just need to be fed a gigantic whole pan of humble pie!!

I don't care if it was a concept, that means people other than us have strong thoughts about the neGcon coming back, and I say BRING IT ON!!!

[blackwiggle]

I think you read something into my post that isn't there.

I'm not hating the design or the concept,just pointing out what I though was a probable design problem if it ever made it out into the real world.

Like the Sony headset,looks great,works well,stick one in your ear and tell me it is a good design,hurts like hell wearing it,they should of made it so the ear piece had some flex to it and the edges of it should of been rounded.

As it is, it's like having a dried baby corn shoved in your ear with a 9 volt battery glued to the end.

[sequent_blender]

Ouch, sounds painful....!! :eek

[Chill]

we have the older neGcon to compare to now... hopefully it'll only be better and not worse...

[chri5]

can't see it or something similar ever happening, obviously if it did I'd buy one instantly

[Chill]

Don't throw the hope away! ;) hey you never know...

[IH8YOU]

I'm a bit of a nerd when it comes to electronics and what not - that mock-up of a NeGecon has got me thinking about it.

I think it might actually be possible to retrofit an old-school Neggie to work with the PS3. (tying the motion pitch into the analog-stick X-axis)

I might even try to snag an old one off of Ebay to see if I can combine the two.

Hmmmm.....

[Lion]

has anyone tried using a neggie with a ps2-ps3 controller adapter?
does it work with the old games? or (incredible longshot) with wipeout HD?