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PS3 Guitar Hero III flashes its dongle at us
Dale North10.05.2007 11:49 (336 day(s) ago) 21 comments

PS3 Guitar Hero III flashes its dongle at us screenshot

Wired's Game|Life has managed to snap a candid shot of Activision's upcoming Guitar Hero III "letting it all hang out" on the PS3.

It turns out that the PS3 version of Guitar Hero III's wireless guitars require a USB dongle for proper wireless communication with the console. We all know that dongles are usually ugly, but at least these are somewhat clever, as they're styled to look like fat guitar picks. They feature a sync button and the GH3 logo.

They're still ugly, and it's a real shame that they couldn't get things working with the PS3's Bluetooth capabilities.

[thanks, JV]

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DeusPayne's Avatar
DeusPayne at 10/05/2007 11:50

Ahhh... PS3... hide your shame. We're in public here.
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar
deiga-the-semivaliant at 10/05/2007 11:55

Maybe it's more cost effective to do this than release blue-tooth compatible guitars.

Still man. That's a little weak.
BS3 Owner's Avatar
BS3 Owner at 10/05/2007 12:02

Maybe now the BS3 will attract more women gamers.

Just food for thought?
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 10/05/2007 12:03

deiga- never thought of that - good point.
B-Radicate's Avatar
B-Radicate at 10/05/2007 12:04

While I agree initially, deiga, I'm pretty damn sure they don't need a worry about recouping costs on ANY title with Guitar Hero in it. They made bank on the last two iterations and not sucking up the cost for something so simple is just lazy and greedy. Shame on them.

Plus, I thought I had heard reports the 360 version would be packed with a wired controller and wireless would come later. Or was that Rock Band? Either way, why would one game not have wireless if the other did? I'm confused by MS's wireless controller bs. Oh well.
RskimB's Avatar
RskimB at 10/05/2007 12:18

I feel so violated
Edarios's Avatar
Edarios at 10/05/2007 12:22

ps3 sucks, amirite?
NinjaGaijin's Avatar
NinjaGaijin at 10/05/2007 12:23

Hopefully it stays connected, unlike the damn PS3 controllers with the original 60 GB PS3, which randomly lose sync on me =<
linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 10/05/2007 12:37

are these phalli?
king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 10/05/2007 12:38

Dale, I love the signature at the bottom. Hilarious!
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/05/2007 13:05

jock strap included?
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/05/2007 13:14

Why do they need to be that big? The receivers for the PS2 wireless controllers fit right in to the controller slot and stuck out as far as a memory card. This is just sloppy and inefficient.
Mxyzptlk's Avatar
Mxyzptlk at 10/05/2007 14:00

I feel so violated now.
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 10/05/2007 14:03

mmmm, dongles.
MechaMonkey's Avatar
MechaMonkey at 10/05/2007 14:13

How come when I flash my dongle, I get arrested?
DrXym's Avatar
DrXym at 10/05/2007 14:31

The PS3 comes with bluetooth, an industry standard for wireless devices. So what do cheapass peripheral makers do? Ship their kit with 2.5ghz dongles. Pretty stupid really.
JamesSorensen's Avatar
JamesSorensen at 10/05/2007 14:38

nothing like cheap ways to cut manufacturing cost.... BT couldn't be that much more... all about profit first, quality of game second
Samit Sarkar's Avatar
Samit Sarkar at 10/05/2007 17:42

Those are hideous.
Burnt Meatloaf's Avatar
Burnt Meatloaf at 10/06/2007 03:19

As if the PS3 wasn't big enough, now it has a colostomy bag?

1st rule of what to do after making money: make more money.

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