I’ll let this speak for itself:

He then holds up the final PS3 controller. It’s a silver DualShock with a little black button in the middle with the classic PlayStation logo. He asks Harrison to demonstrate what the controller can do. A demo trailer shows a crate, hopping around of its own accord. It breaks open and the PS3 controller is inside. He lifts the controller up, and the controller on the screen lifts up. With no external sensor required, he can move the controller in six degrees of movement.

6:36: Harrison notes that the Bluetooth-capable, wireless controller will be lighter than the PS2’s normal controller, and calls it “a fantastic innovation.” Harrison says Incognito’s Warhawk will make use of the motion-sensing capabilities, then asks Incognito’s Dylan Jobe to demonstrate. He controls the game’s fighter using the PS3 controller as a proxy, tilting the controller to gain altitude, bank, perform barrel rolls and other actions.

Gee, wonder where they got that idea? Needless to say, I was pleased to hear many Digg users shunning the system, especially noting the similarities to the Wii controller. And with a launch price at $499 or $599, I can’t blame people for thinking they just might pass on PS3. At least the boomerang controller was a little different. Microsoft at least reconfigured the controller for 360, but what did Sony do? Slap an extra button on there and add some tilt sensors. I’m sorry, Sony, that’s just sad.

Update: Apparently Sony also removed the vibration feature of the new controller, probably to avoid getting sued again.

Update 2: The cheaper version won’t support memory sticks, HDMI, or wireless. Wow.

Update 3: Awesome.

Update 4: Gotta love whoever put up this PS3 entry on Wikipedia. This probably won’t last long, so I’ll include the quote.

Well, let’s see. They stole a bunch of crap from Nintendo, and they act like they came up with it. That’s about all you need to know.