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White Dualshock 3 spotted in Wal-Mart, Sony denies

Posted May 12, 2009 at 2:01PM EST by Mabie A.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: DualShock, GameStop, Japan, Sony, Wal-Mart

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Here's another one of those things that Sony says does not exist when in fact it does, and with pictures to prove it clear as daylight in the middle of summer -- or in this case, as white as the fleece on Mary's lamb. Or as white as a white DualShock 3 controller can get. Enough with with the similes. A white DualShock 3 controller has been spotted -- nay, bought at a Wal-Mart branch in Florida, and was subsequently denied by Sony.

Sony: So not real. That's just photoshop, y'all.

What the fudge, right? The white controller has been painting the towns -- er -- white in Japan for a while now, and if you'll remember, GameStop has just confirmed that it will be the official retailer for the Silver one.

But what of the white one? Why the denial? A Sony rep told Joystiq that, "We have no plans to release a White Dualshock 3." ORLY.

The pictured box above is described by the buyer to be the only one left in the store when he picked it up, and even has a bilingual English/ French on both the front and back sides.

I reckon this was supposed to have its coming-out party at the E3, but somebody probably missed the memo, or is color blind and stacked the white one out in the store shelves instead of the regular black one.

Either way, if you spot one on your local retail shop by some magical twist of fate, do take a snapshot and send it in.

Via Joystiq

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You see, It's not like it says "White Controller" on it because in FL we have a Gorilla Games (If its not straight imported off internet) and they sell things like White Dualshocks and Pandora Batteries and even Old school games of yesteryear so it's not limited to the strictly official as in Imported items ( White DS3's like the one I bought ).

Slap a reciept from a regular Duelshock from Walmart next to it and boom PS internet community goes crazy......nice try though.

I personally don't think its real at least from Walmart anyway....

# well — PS2GT 2009-05-12 15:50

the last time i saw that packaging was when i bought my wireless keypad. to call that persons bluff JUST CALL THAT WALMART.

# Another possibility... — Vipre77 2009-05-12 15:52

The bi-lingual packaging makes me believe that this particular controller was not intended for sale in the US. If it was, in fact, sold from a Wal-Mart store, it was probably shipped to them by mistake and the guys on the receiving dock at that particular store didn't catch it for whatever reason. If the bar code on it is the same as for the black models, I could see where this could scan into their inventory management just like any old DS3.

Still, I think what Xis said is more likely. Somebody wants some attention, methinks, and decided to fake it.

# yeah.. — rebel101152 2009-05-12 16:06

your right.i live in pennsylvania and got mine here and we still have the packaging. it has several languages and the controller has english on it.it also works just fine with my american ps3 even though i bought it online (it was a while ago so i dont remember). just get em online you guys.cheaper and faster.

# rofl @ Sony — Freya 2009-05-12 16:32

Sony: We have no plans whatsoever to sell the DS3 at Walmart.

Media: But we have proof a few have already been shipping and bought at various places.....here's a picture.

Sony: Wtf.....

# Similes? — Charlybob 2009-05-12 23:33

Those are metaphors.

# Psst... — FreePlay 2009-05-13 00:07

PS logo button. Controller number indicator lights. USB port.

Not a "regular dualshock".

# ... No — FreePlay 2009-05-13 00:09

Simile (n) a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')

"clear *as* daylight in the middle of summer"

"as white *as* the fleece on Mary's lamb"

"as white *as* a white DualShock 3 controller can get"

# Hoax — Alien18 2009-05-13 07:11

Proven hoax...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/13/the-mysterious-case-of-the-non-existant-white-dualshock-3-contro/

# Nicee... — 1ofamillion 2009-05-13 12:07

nice cover-up sony....

# oh, — xXxZEROxXx 2009-05-13 15:59

Who cares? its a different colored controller, I'm sure your friends Online won't notice a difference.

"Hey guys, I just got a white controller for my PS3"

"So you must be the one causing this lag"

"uhh, no.. Its always like this"

# control — tylerfix 2011-01-22 17:26

it dont show u a pic

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