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For any avid PlayStation 3 users, this could be a good deal. Buy a PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller at Amazon.com for $43 and get a Frontman Wireless Guitar Free. Just add both the items to your cart and you will get the Frontman Wireless Guitar as a gift. The amount for the Frontman Wireless Guitar will be taken out at checkout. Not the best deal if you are look at the price of PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller but you will get a Frontman Guitar free of cost.

Here are a few PlayStation 3 Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller Specs:

• Pressure-sensitive buttons so that you can feel the controller vibrate with each hit, crash or explosion
• SIXAXIS™ highly sensitive motion technology. With this technology, the sensors read when a player angles, tilts, thrusts, or pulls the controller and applies those actions to the game. This technology is available in both the SisAxis wireless controller and the DualShock 3 wireless controller.
• Bluetooth technology allows the players to use the controller wirelessly
• Connects upto seven controllers multiplayer gaming.

While you are at it, why not get RealTriggers . $5 for a piece of plastic is a bit much but it will improve your gaming experience. Definitely worth it. As you can see on the image, the RealTriggers is placed on the R2 and L2 buttons for better grip. RealTriggers comes with free shipping if you use Amazon prime.

Here is a nice gadget for PlayStation 3 owners. Instead of using a game controller to use all the PlayStation 3 features like you can now do the job with a remote controller specially made for PlayStation 3. This will really make your PlayStation 3 home entertainment system more usable as instead of a games controller, you will be able to watch movies, browse pictures, surf the web by using a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control. PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is a Nyko manufactured infrared remote controller. Usually, PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control costs $20 but right now PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control is available for half the price.

GameStop is selling PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control for just $10. Shipping is free if you choose in-store pickup. If you want it delivered to you, the shipping cost is just $3. You can also get free shipping if you buy in total of $25 and use this code “SAVER “. It is real easy to use a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Control, just plug the infrared receiver to any open USB ports and you can operate the remote controller from upto 25 feet away from the console. You can control a DVD or CD’s easily and navigate through the PlayStation 3 menus and even skip chapters, play, pause, stop etc on a movie. Here are some of the features available on a PlayStation 3 BluWave Remote Controller.

• Control playback of Blu-Ray movies, DVDs and CDs
• IR technology allows for control up to 25 feet away
• Easily navigate movie and system menus
• Compact USB dongle, no set up or pairing needed
• Powered by 2 AAA batteries (included)

Here is a Sony PlayStation 3 online blog contest, courtesy of BlogOhBlog. BlogOhBlog is a blog that provides valuable information on SEO and also provide free and premium Wordpress themes. One of the best places to be if you are looking for some wordpress templates or some help for newbie webmasters. BlogOhBlog are holding a contest which will be drawn on 21st of May 2008 and a lucky winner will get a PlayStation 3 and a Game of Your Choice. It is very easy to enter in this contest, the only requirement is you need to have a blog. Just write a post (at least 200 words) including a link to their contest post, subscribe to their RSS feed and leave a comment including the link to your contest post on theirs.

PlayStation 3 is a state of the art console game anyone can buy on the market. There are three different specification available for a PlayStation 3 and the specification for PlayStation 3 (PlayStation 3 40GB System) from the contest is:

• Internal 2.5″ SATA 40GB Hard Disk Drive
• Built-in Blu-ray/DVD/CD player
• Cell Broadband Engine advanced microprocessor
• SIXAXIS wireless controller
• Screen sizes supported : 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p
• HDMI out - (x1 / HDMI), Analog: AV MULTI OUT x 1, Digital audio: DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) x 1
• Memory : 256MB XDR Main RAM, 256MB GDDR3 VRAM
• Two USB 2.0 Ports

A PlayStation 3 with the above features costs $400 at Amazon.com . This is actually the lowest specification PlayStation 3 console available. There are other two PlayStation 3 consoles available (PlayStation 3 60GB System and PlayStation 3 80GB System). Sony has been a leader in console gaming but with the release of Xbox Console, it has declined a bit and PlayStation 3 is the answer to Xbox. PlayStation is a big expensive than an Xbox or Nintendo Wii but the hardware on it superior than both of them. Sony was on top with their first PlayStation and then again with PlayStation 2. They were the sole superpower in console gaming. PlayStation 3 is designed to last so don’t expect a newer version (PlayStation 4??) at least for the next five years.

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What more can you ask for if you are a racing games fan. Gran Turismo is the best racing game ever made and how about playing this amazing new release of Gran Turismo Racing games series Gran Turismo 5 Prologue with a Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Both of these items just costs $100. If you buy it separately, it would cost a lot more. Just a Gran Turismo 5 Prologue costs $37. This is the lowest price I found for the Brand New Gran Turismo game.

At Logitech’s official site, Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel costs $130 so in total, if you buy both these products separately, it would cost you $167. At Walmart, you can get both Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for $100. A must see deal for Driving simulation games fan’s. One bad thing about this is the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue racing simulation game only works with PlayStation 3. Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel works with both PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. Here is what you will get with the box of Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel.

• Logitech Driving Force Pro (Force Feedback) Steering Wheel
• Gas and brake pedals
• Power supply
• A 1 year limited warranty

Here are the list of all the games compatible with Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Almost all of the racing games work with Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel. Well, if you are a driving simulation enthusiasts, you should more than likely know about Gran Turismo Driving Simulation game. If you don’t know, Gran Turismo is the best driving simulation game till today. The graphics are just stunning and the vehicle controls are as close at it can get on a console or a computer. Well, to the main reason of this post, visit the Walmart link I posted above in the second paragraph and buy both Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue for $100. Shipping is free if you Ship-to-Store method but why do that when you can get it delivered right on your doorsteps for just an extra $1. Get it before it is out of stock at Walmart.