Question about PS3 Sixaxis controller - Blu-ray Forum

jaymzbo · 05-23-2007, 11:02 PM

Before I updated to version 1.7, I was able to flawlessly use the sixaxis ps3 controller with my ps2 games (I only have 2: GTA: Vice city stories and Scarface); When I was done playing the game I would hit the ps button to exit the game and return to the system menu, just like you would in a PS3 game.

Now things have changed. I can still use the sixaxis controller to play the ps2 games but can't seem to exit by pressing the ps button. In fact when I do that, game freezes. Now both of these games have rumble feature and I know 1.7 enabled rumble support on ps3. So I assume the two are related. I guess I will now buy a ps2 controller and usb adapter and try that route.

My question is how come I was able to use the sixaxis controller on those ps2 games w/o problem until I updated to 1.7? Don't get me wrong, buying a ps2 controller and usb adapter is no big deal; it's just I was perfectly happy before without this rumble feature and am somewhat irritated that I might need to buy a last-gen controller when I never owned a ps2.

Otherwise, my ps3 experience has been great. Absolutely loving blu ray and own the following games: Rfom, obvlivion, F.E.A.R. Oh and if anyone can suggest a good ps3 game I am itching to buy another.

Thanks so much

Shin-Ra · 05-23-2007, 11:07 PM

I've not seen anyone else with this problem, I'd see how it is after tomorrow's 1.8 update.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma's out quite soon, I'd look into that, download the demo if you can!

haiku_aubade · 05-23-2007, 11:19 PM

i've never heard of a case like this either, my ps2 games work with no problems and i can exit to the main menu when pressing the ps button. i hope v1.8 fixes this problem for you.

best wishes

AxL_the_Red · 05-24-2007, 12:14 AM

I've been playing Kingdom Hearts II from start to finish last week and I never encountered this problem. I don't really know what could be the problem.

jaymzbo · 05-24-2007, 02:09 AM

Thanks for the quick responses everyone. I'm not sure what's goin' on either. Hopefully, the 1.8 update will be at midnight and maybe that will fix things as you suggested. I'll post back and let you know after I update.

I could not hold out any longer; I bought Fight Night round 3; Been playing for about an hour and it seems like a lot of fun. GREAT graphics.

jaymzbo · 05-24-2007, 05:16 AM

Just got done DLing 1.8 on ps3 and am most happy to report that I can once again exit my 2 ps2 games using the ps button like I did before 1.7.

Now I don't have to worry abouyt buying that ps2 controller or usb adapter.

I still wonder what happened in the first place. Can only assume I ran into a bump in the road during the 1.7 update. Oh well. Hopefully that will be my one and only ps3 glitch!

Thanks again to all who responded

Shin-Ra · 05-24-2007, 08:20 AM

Great news indeed!

Casey · 05-24-2007, 01:35 PM

motorstorm is my fav ps3 game so far

dk3dknight · 05-24-2007, 02:56 PM

I also own Scarface and never never ran into this problem you
described with 1.7.

I had the game freeze on me once and that was after I loaded
a save game.

jaymzbo · 05-24-2007, 05:12 PM

Yeah, it seems to have been a isolated incident. I had asked about this on other forums and no one knew anything about this ever happening. I may have had the distinct honor of being the only ps3 owner worldwide that this has happened to. But it is not a problem anymore. After I downloaded 1.8, I was able to fully exit scarface and gta:vcs with sixaxis withouth any difficulty.

Still not sure what happened. Maybe a power surge when I DLed 1.7? Guess I'll never know for sure. Like I said, the issue is moot as everything is now working correctly. The Ps3 is truly an amazing piece of technology. I'll have to test it out some more to be sure, but I think the ps3 is now doing a better job of upscaling my standard dvds than does my oppo upconverting player!! Wow!! Thanks Sony for 1.8!!

jaymzbo · 06-12-2007, 10:50 PM

damn it!!!

It did it again today! Froze when I tried to exit GTA:VCS which I've been playing flawlessly all week.

For some reason, I decided to remove my other sixaxis controller from the controller station and soon as I did, it went back to the menu screen. So I repeated the process and again the game froze on "Please Wait" when I tried to exit the game. Then I removed the 2nd sixaxis from the charging station and, voila, it went back to the menu screen.

So now I have removed the charging station from the equation. So far, no probelms. It is an Intec controller charging station that was bought at CC.

Could it be that a thrid party accessory is reponsible for this nuisance? I have googled intec to see if there are any reports of ps3 incompatiblity issues and have found none. But if it is the charging station, why did it work before?

I don't know what to think. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions???

BorrowedTime · 06-12-2007, 11:15 PM

Interesting problem... I have no answer for you, though. However it should be noted, through all 3 (4 if you count PSP) of Playstation console ownership, The only 3rd party peripherals I've owned are 1 Memory Card (PS1), Naki Hockey Pad Analog Controller that came free with the Purchase of NHL2005? 06? (PS2), Logitech Headset packaged with SOCOM 1 (PS2), and a Logitech Keyboard (PS2). Of these, only the Headset and Keyboard work reliably. Logitech, I believe, has Sony's endorsment to make certain 3rd party products (like the headsets and keyboards), which might explain their reliability and longevity. The memory card was crap, and game saves got corrupted all the time, and the controller is the biggest piece of garbage ever (there's a reason it was free). Also of note, SanDisk memory sticks for PSP and PS3 are cheaper than the Sony ones, but just as good, as SanDisk and Sony developed those sticks together.

Moral of this story? Unless specifically endorsed by Sony, stay away from 3rd party products.

jaymzbo · 06-13-2007, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BorrowedTime

Moral of this story? Unless specifically endorsed by Sony, stay away from 3rd party products.

I hear you.

Hopefully this will the end of this problem for me. I really do not know what I should do if it happens again with the charging station out of the equation.

I mean, what else could it be? ANYBODY?????

jaymzbo · 06-13-2007, 05:43 PM

Sigh

It's still doing it. This time I had one controller pluuged into port 2 and charging. The controller that I was using was not connected but the usb cord was still connected to port one.

So I then disconnected controller 2 , and it then exited properly. Not sure what to think.

At least I now know I am not alone. I found some people with same issue on playstation forum. No real solutions as of yet that I could see.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/play..._id=ps3&page=1

Some had this fixed after update as early as 1.54. Me on the other hand, I never noticed this until 1.7. I was thinking that I might be missing a step with pressing the ps button when ps2 game loads but I don't think this is it. Oh well, more research for me.

I am still perusing this board for info but wanted to share what I did find. And maybe let people (including myself) that I'm not crazy

05-23-2007, 11:02 PM	#1
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	Question about PS3 Sixaxis controller Before I updated to version 1.7, I was able to flawlessly use the sixaxis ps3 controller with my ps2 games (I only have 2: GTA: Vice city stories and Scarface); When I was done playing the game I would hit the ps button to exit the game and return to the system menu, just like you would in a PS3 game. Now things have changed. I can still use the sixaxis controller to play the ps2 games but can't seem to exit by pressing the ps button. In fact when I do that, game freezes. Now both of these games have rumble feature and I know 1.7 enabled rumble support on ps3. So I assume the two are related. I guess I will now buy a ps2 controller and usb adapter and try that route. My question is how come I was able to use the sixaxis controller on those ps2 games w/o problem until I updated to 1.7? Don't get me wrong, buying a ps2 controller and usb adapter is no big deal; it's just I was perfectly happy before without this rumble feature and am somewhat irritated that I might need to buy a last-gen controller when I never owned a ps2. Otherwise, my ps3 experience has been great. Absolutely loving blu ray and own the following games: Rfom, obvlivion, F.E.A.R. Oh and if anyone can suggest a good ps3 game I am itching to buy another. Thanks so much

05-24-2007, 05:16 AM	#6
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	1.8 solved this problem Just got done DLing 1.8 on ps3 and am most happy to report that I can once again exit my 2 ps2 games using the ps button like I did before 1.7. Now I don't have to worry abouyt buying that ps2 controller or usb adapter. I still wonder what happened in the first place. Can only assume I ran into a bump in the road during the 1.7 update. Oh well. Hopefully that will be my one and only ps3 glitch! Thanks again to all who responded

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05-23-2007, 11:07 PM	#2
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	I've not seen anyone else with this problem, I'd see how it is after tomorrow's 1.8 update. Ninja Gaiden Sigma's out quite soon, I'd look into that, download the demo if you can!

05-23-2007, 11:19 PM	#3
haiku_aubade Active Member Member since:May 2007 Location:alpha centauri	i've never heard of a case like this either, my ps2 games work with no problems and i can exit to the main menu when pressing the ps button. i hope v1.8 fixes this problem for you. best wishes

05-24-2007, 12:14 AM	#4
AxL_the_Red Active Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Qc, Canada Blu-ray reviews:3	I've been playing Kingdom Hearts II from start to finish last week and I never encountered this problem. I don't really know what could be the problem.

05-24-2007, 02:09 AM	#5
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	Thanks for the quick responses everyone. I'm not sure what's goin' on either. Hopefully, the 1.8 update will be at midnight and maybe that will fix things as you suggested. I'll post back and let you know after I update. I could not hold out any longer; I bought Fight Night round 3; Been playing for about an hour and it seems like a lot of fun. GREAT graphics.

05-24-2007, 08:20 AM	#7
Shin-Ra Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:5 Trading Score:1	Great news indeed!

05-24-2007, 01:35 PM	#8
Casey Special Member Top contributor Member since:Oct 2006 Location:St. Louis, MO 4K collection:144 Blu-ray collection:493 DVD collection:11 Digital collection:269 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:113	motorstorm is my fav ps3 game so far

05-24-2007, 02:56 PM	#9
dk3dknight Blu-ray Ninja Member since:May 2007 Location:Arlington, Texas PSNetwork: dk3dknight PostCount: 0001 Blu-ray collection:44 Blu-ray reviews: 2	I also own Scarface and never never ran into this problem you described with 1.7. I had the game freeze on me once and that was after I loaded a save game.

05-24-2007, 05:12 PM	#10
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	Yeah, it seems to have been a isolated incident. I had asked about this on other forums and no one knew anything about this ever happening. I may have had the distinct honor of being the only ps3 owner worldwide that this has happened to. But it is not a problem anymore. After I downloaded 1.8, I was able to fully exit scarface and gta:vcs with sixaxis withouth any difficulty. Still not sure what happened. Maybe a power surge when I DLed 1.7? Guess I'll never know for sure. Like I said, the issue is moot as everything is now working correctly. The Ps3 is truly an amazing piece of technology. I'll have to test it out some more to be sure, but I think the ps3 is now doing a better job of upscaling my standard dvds than does my oppo upconverting player!! Wow!! Thanks Sony for 1.8!!

06-12-2007, 10:50 PM	#11
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	damn it!!! It did it again today! Froze when I tried to exit GTA:VCS which I've been playing flawlessly all week. For some reason, I decided to remove my other sixaxis controller from the controller station and soon as I did, it went back to the menu screen. So I repeated the process and again the game froze on "Please Wait" when I tried to exit the game. Then I removed the 2nd sixaxis from the charging station and, voila, it went back to the menu screen. So now I have removed the charging station from the equation. So far, no probelms. It is an Intec controller charging station that was bought at CC. Could it be that a thrid party accessory is reponsible for this nuisance? I have googled intec to see if there are any reports of ps3 incompatiblity issues and have found none. But if it is the charging station, why did it work before? I don't know what to think. Any thoughts, comments, suggestions???

06-12-2007, 11:15 PM	#12
BorrowedTime Senior Member Member since:May 2007 Location:Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Interesting problem... I have no answer for you, though. However it should be noted, through all 3 (4 if you count PSP) of Playstation console ownership, The only 3rd party peripherals I've owned are 1 Memory Card (PS1), Naki Hockey Pad Analog Controller that came free with the Purchase of NHL2005? 06? (PS2), Logitech Headset packaged with SOCOM 1 (PS2), and a Logitech Keyboard (PS2). Of these, only the Headset and Keyboard work reliably. Logitech, I believe, has Sony's endorsment to make certain 3rd party products (like the headsets and keyboards), which might explain their reliability and longevity. The memory card was crap, and game saves got corrupted all the time, and the controller is the biggest piece of garbage ever (there's a reason it was free). Also of note, SanDisk memory sticks for PSP and PS3 are cheaper than the Sony ones, but just as good, as SanDisk and Sony developed those sticks together. Moral of this story? Unless specifically endorsed by Sony, stay away from 3rd party products.

06-13-2007, 05:43 PM	#14
jaymzbo Expert Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:NW FL Blu-ray collection:311 Trading Score:1	Sigh It's still doing it. This time I had one controller pluuged into port 2 and charging. The controller that I was using was not connected but the usb cord was still connected to port one. So I then disconnected controller 2 , and it then exited properly. Not sure what to think. At least I now know I am not alone. I found some people with same issue on playstation forum. No real solutions as of yet that I could see. http://boardsus.playstation.com/play..._id=ps3&page=1 Some had this fixed after update as early as 1.54. Me on the other hand, I never noticed this until 1.7. I was thinking that I might be missing a step with pressing the ps button when ps2 game loads but I don't think this is it. Oh well, more research for me. I am still perusing this board for info but wanted to share what I did find. And maybe let people (including myself) that I'm not crazy

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