Sixaxis
Sign in to saveThe Sixaxis (trademarked SIXAXIS) is a wireless gamepad produced by Sony for their PlayStation 3 video game console. It was introduced alongside the PlayStation 3 in 2006 and remained the console's official controller until 2008.
Key facts
- Information appliance.name
- Sixaxis
- Information appliance.image
- PlayStation3-Sixaxis.jpg
- Information appliance.developer
- Sony Computer Entertainment
- Information appliance.manufacturer
- Sony
- Information appliance.type
- Gamepad
- Information appliance.generation
- Seventh
- Information appliance.release_date
- November 11, 2006
- Information appliance.power
- 3.7 V Li-ion battery, USB host powered
- Information appliance.weight
- 137.1 g4.83 oz
- Information appliance.dimensions
- 157 mm × 95 mm × 55 mm6.18 in × 3.74 in × 2.16 in
- Information appliance.input
- Motion sensing (3 axes, 6 DoF) 2 × Analog sticks (10-bit precision) 2 × Analog triggers(L2, R2) 6 × Pressure-sensitive buttons(11px|Triangle, 11px|Circle, 11px|Cross, 11px|Square, L1, R1) Pressure-sensitive D-pad 5 × Digital buttons("PS", L3, R3, Start, Select)
- Information appliance.connectivity
- USB, Bluetooth (PlayStation 3 and PSP Go)
- Information appliance.predecessor
- DualShock 2
- Information appliance.successor
- DualShock 3
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Features and design
- Lack of vibration capability
- Wireless technology
- Power
- LEDs
- See also
- References
- External links
The Sixaxis (trademarked SIXAXIS) is a wireless gamepad produced by Sony for their PlayStation 3 video game console. It was introduced alongside the PlayStation 3 in 2006 and remained the console's official controller until 2008.
The term "sixaxis" was used to refer to the motion-sensing technology in PlayStation 3 controllers. It is a contraction of "six axis", which refers to the ability to sense motion in all axes of the six degrees of freedom. The name is a misnomer because there are only three axes: X, Y, and Z, which allows six degrees of freedom (rotation about each axis and translation along each axis). The Sixaxis name is also a palindrome, meaning that it can written the same way forwards and backwards.