As for mouses, I recently bought me a Creative HD7600 with 2400dpi resolution and an excellent fit to my right hand. I’ve tested about 40 other models, the G7 included, but said hand wasn’t happy with them. Finding the right mouse for your hand can be a real chore, but it pays dividends and makes you a very deadly gamer “in the field”. I know wireless mouses are getting better, but at the moment I still go with the wired ones - during online games, every frame counts. Oh, and I do like some weight to a mouse as it helps preventing a nervous (thus shaky) hand from moving the mouse in an undesired direction during critical gaming moment.

But that’s enough digression, thanks again, both of you.

Thanks for the comment and yes, you’re right, I was a little fixated on my wireless problem. Apologies for that. But I’m sure anyone out there who has suffered the pains of wireless dropouts and signal strength issues will sympathise with where I was coming from last night when I was writing the article.

I’m actually a little surprised that the Playstation 3 doesn’t come with an external antenna port, just in the event that one might have wanted to attach a higher gain antenna. I have a large 35cm +9db antenna spare which I’m sure would give me a much better signal, but sadly no-where to attach it!

Still, as I mentioned in my update, it seems to like it’s new location, and even though it is only reporting a 45% signal strength, it’s coping well.

I’ve had a mate over for the day today and we played Motorstorm and Resistance all day to put the machine through it’s paces. The PS3 certainly didn’t let me down.

I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship, my PS3 and I…

With regards to your question on the sixaxis controller, there is no system-level adjustment for it’s sensitivity, but the launch titles don’t really make much use of it, I think we’ll find that happens more over time.

You can switch on tilt control in the game “Motorstorm” to do the steering, and it certainly responds ok although it takes some getting used to.

As far as I know, tilt sensitivity in future titles is likely to be in-game managed.

Also, as far as I know, I remember reading an article from a developer who stated that the debug data that the sixaxis sends to the console is quite intricate and precise, so it’s up to the game developer how best to utilise the information being fed by the controllers.

If you’re looking for a launch title to showcase the sixaxis, you’re out of luck, but I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.

Incidentally, with regard to your comment on gaming mice and that you’re a “wires only” kinda guy, I can thoroughly recommend the Logitech G7. It is a mouse I have and love to pieces. It is very accurate (up to 2000dpi laser sensor) and responsive, as well as lightweight, comfortable and smooth-moving. The power cells swap out in a second so you’re never short on power. I would never return to a wired mouse again, even if it was a bit pricey at the time.

VMerken: I thinkthe sixaxis is great. The speed of the controls seem fine to me, which I must say surprises me, as all other Bluetooth things I’ve used are dead slow! And of course it’s much nicer to lean back on the sofa with a wireless controller. I’m shocked it’s taken this long to become the standard.

Anyway, since you brought up the issue of “wireless”, I’d like to ask you a question: how responsive is the wireless sixaxis controller and, is there a tool inside the PS3 menu to test/calibrate it?

This because I prefer controls being fast and responsive and wireless devices so far leave me wanting when compared to their wired counterparts. There’s a reason why specialised gamer mouses are wired, even though it’s perfectly possible (and of course a lot slicker to look at) to make them cordless.