Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

[Naruto]

http://www.gamefront.de

Google translation

Sony protects trademark for CONTROLLERs

29.06.06 - Sony let protect the designation P with the Japanese patent office oo S (HP of CONTROLLERs) '. Which it concerns, is unclearly: Perhaps P is oo S a Logo, which is attached on the CONTROLLER. The indication “oo” can stand also symbolically for infinity or infinity.

lol

[DYRE]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

First Nintendo names its console "Wii", now Sony names its controller "PooS". I have officially lost all faith in video game hardware names.

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Well, obviously they couldn't call it the Dual Shock anymore with the lack of ya know Dual Shock but why do they need to name the controller at all? And whether that's two o's or infinity or whatever how are you supposed to pronounce it in the first place?

[DYRE]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Pronounce it Poos, like more than one Poo.

[Nixon]

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They should just call the whole thing the sony POS.

[DYRE]

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Maybe that would be more approriate.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Puce.

[Red Dragon]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Does the Wii controller have a name?
I know people call it Wiimote, but that's not the actual name.
Same with 360, it's the X-box 360 controller.

[John Mora]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Sony's always done that with the iterations of its original controller. First it was the Dual Analog, then the Dual Shock, then Dual Shock 2.

[Kefka Jr.]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Oh, I get it.

Dual Analog
Dual Shock
Dual Shock 2
POOS

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Well, Nintendo called their wireless controller the Wavebird, so the controller-naming trend isn't completely Sony-exclusive. But still, the Play InfinityStation?

[H2SO4]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

The indication “oo” can stand also symbolically for infinity or infinity.

Grammatical mistake?

And yeah, I think Sony is really trying to copy Nintendo.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Not in this case. Sony was the first to give their controllers special names. Unless you count specialized "controllers" like arcade sticks, light guns, and third-party controllers.

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

What about the original PS1 controller, before they added the analog sticks. Did that one have a name?

I just don't see any need for controllers to have a name.

[Maijo]

Re: Sony names it's PS3 controller P oo S?

Well it's not that it has a name. It's the name it has.

PooS? That's not even a word.