Finally, this weekend, my wife and I were able to get enough together to acquire our long-awaited DualShock3 controllers for our PS3. Since she’s a bit of a gamer, too, she was just as excited about this as I was.

I was able to put up with, but have never really liked, the Six-Axis controller. Playing a game with it was like trying to breathe wearing too tight a corset. Motion-sensitivity is a nice gimmick, but sacrificing force feedback was not worth the cost. I wish Sony would have patched things up with Immersion long ago, but at least it’s done now and finally here.

The first game I used it on was Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. I’m not much of a racing fan, but I’ve always loved the Gran Turismo series, and this installment is one of the first games to have full DualShock3 support built in.

I noticed that with its return, the force feedback feature is now a bit more sedate and subtle. But that’s fine with me. It’s just good to have my controller shake when it ought to once again.