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Warhawk and The Dualshake Controller
You may recall Warhawk from the Sony conference demo, their flagship 'dualshake' controller product. A few of the news sites have gotten their hands on the game, and have impressions of what it's like to use the PS3 controller with the game. From the Gamespy article: "I was initially very skeptical of how this feature (which looked hastily tacked on to a regular joypad without a rumble) would work, but after a lengthy playtest of WarHawk's 30 percent complete single demo stage, I can safely attest to the excellent maneuverable quality possible from the very first moment you pick up and play. The slight delay at the Sony press conference between Phil Harrison's pivoting, and the on-screen tilting of his rendered joypad meant I was expecting the same problems during my WarHawk piloting. Not so. This works flawlessly, and immediately, and allayed any fears I had that this was a last-minute gimmick designed to tear interest away from the Wii."
Maybe they unofficially got word 10 months ago and started development then
Is that when Nintendo unveiled the Revolution controller? If so, you're probably right.
For those who love to rag on Sony, note that the gyro controller isn't a new idea. Did Pelican see what Nintendo was going to do with the Wii in '06 and come up with this? http://www.bakersman.com/projects/demo_reel/TiltPa ck_Lo.html
I'll admit that the Wii controller helped Sony along, but geez people. Go hump a GameCube or something!