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The videogames media is abuzz with rumors of a new, groundbreaking PS3 controller that will “break apart” into two separate units. Sony hasn’t commented on the news but industry insiders expect an official announcement during this year’s E3. If such a controller does materialize, it would be the third controller for the PS3, the most for any single console. SIXAXIS and Dualshock 3 are the two PS3 controllers currently in use.

Heavily disguised and highly placed sources told GamesIndustryBiz that working units of the new controller have already been sent to certain developers. Rumor has it that the “break apart” controller features motion-sensing capabilities to rival that of the Wii’s and that it can easily be detached into two units with each having an accelerometer for motion-sensing.

The rumored remote seems to be Sony’s answer to the WiiMote and Nunchuk. There have been similar rumors about a motion-sensing Xbox 360 controller being in the works but none has reared its head hitherto. However, we at Gamertell have time and again endorsed such a controller for gamers will like it and it makes perfect business sense too.

Of course, this isn’t the first rumored WiiMote-like controller for a non-Wii game system.

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