Rediscovering The Unknown Joystick Feature On Sony's PS3 Console: An Unexpected Surprise For Players

The early controller designs of the PlayStation 3 have a quite cool function that reveals itself in the console in the dashboard. A YouTuber now presents them in a video, and it turns out that many gamers have actually never ever discovered this feature

• PS3 controller hides interesting function.
• with DualShock 3 the motion control passes away
• YouTube celebrates the PS3 secret

PS3 controller hides interesting function.

PlayStation 3 saw the light of day in Europe in 2007 and brought a top-class video game line-up for lots of players. The console has been around for 15 years now, even more astonishing is the discovery of a player who provides a rather unidentified function of the PS3 controller in a video on YouTube. In it, he manages the particles in the Home screen of the PlayStation 3 only with the movement of his game pad. Simply take a look at it yourself: This might be due to your existing controller model if you missed this cool gimmick in the wonderful days at the time.

with DualShock 3 the motion control passes away

Before the Dual hock 3 2008 became the basic controller for the PS3, Sony delivered it with the so-called six axis controller.

This can barely be identified from DualShock 3, but does not require the widely known vibrating function. To do this, he offered a built-in sensing unit that registered the movements of the controller throughout all axes and transferred it to the console as a tax data. This makes it possible for the motion control displayed in the video. This feature not only supplied the cool trick on the house screen, however was also utilized to utilize video game designers for control. A prominent however not always successful example is the video game Lair, in which you ride many of the time on a kite and manages it with the aid of the integrated sensor. This innovative control ensured a rather mixed ranking by the press and players (source: Metacritic).

YouTube celebrates the PS3 secret

In the remarks on the shorts video, it ends up being clear that lots of gamers did not know the small function, although they spent a great deal of time with their PlayStation 3. Some had actually simply forgotten it and a few joking that they specified in front of their good friends at the time. A few of the gamers want this movement for the PS5-besides the individual background theme.

The PS3 triggers genuine nostalgia for numerous players. Not least since they matured with the video games of the console. This shows this photo series: