By Troy Petersen // Global Product Marketing Manager, Gaming on March 20, 2009
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Hello, I’m Troy Petersen. I’m a product marketing manager for gaming products, based in Logitech’s Fremont, Calif. office. I’m a huge sports nut and former sports journalist, and love playing golf (badly) and softball — though my new “hobby” of being a dad is my most rewarding activity. I’ve been with Logitech for more than six years and involved in tech for a decade.
I love my PLAYSTATION®3, especially the fantastic HD experience when watching Blu-ray movies. I’m also a huge fan of our Harmony remotes.
Yesterday, an Engadget reporter did some digging on an FCC Web site and uncovered our plans to manufacture an adapter that allows our Harmony remotes to control the PS3. We can’t give you all the details just yet, but we can say that this adapter will, when used with any Harmony remote, allows you to control your movie-watching experience on PS3. It will also turn the PS3 on and off – and allow you to set up your Harmony activities to include the PS3 just as you would any other device. You also won’t need to dedicate any of your valuable USB ports to get that control.
We’ll have more information very soon, including pricing and availability. We hope you can wait just a little bit longer!
Tags: adapter, Harmony, playstation, ps3
(Average: 4.77 out of 5)
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Bram | May 9th, 2009 at 10:18 am
$59.99 would be a ridiculous high price for such a thing!
Hope it will be released very soon for a reasonable price.
Dennis | May 9th, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Ridiculous price or not that is what Best Buy had listed for this adapter.
LenS | May 9th, 2009 at 7:45 pm
$60 would definitely be too much. That would be at least $40 more than a Nyko remote with it’s USB dongle. Having the power off/on capability added isn’t worth that much to me.
Mark | May 10th, 2009 at 1:59 am
Yeh, needs to be around £20 – £25 gbp, otherwise might as well buy the official sony blu ray remote
Dennis | May 10th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
The problem with the Nyko remote (which I already own), is that is does not support all the functions of the Sony PS3 Remote. However, it is a good inexpensive option if you just need/want the basic DVD remote controls and don’t care about the On/Off feature.
Although, I also think $60 is a little high, if you look at some of the other IR-to-Bluetooth adapters for the PS3 they have equivalent or higher costs. For me, I’ll spend the $60 so I can treat my PS3 just like any other component in my system. Although, this all would have been a whole lot simpler if Sony had just included an IR receiver on the PS3 in the first place.
DarkNeo | May 11th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Release date: May 31st
Price: $59.99
http://www.sonyinsider.com/2009/05/11/logitech-harmony-adapter-for-ps3-gets-real-coming-at-end-of-may/
Rohit | May 12th, 2009 at 6:33 am
Its available now !
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Adapter-Playstation-3/dp/B00267S7XW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1242135650&sr=8-1
Rob | May 12th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Its up on amazon for $59.99
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Adapter-Playstation-3/dp/B00267S7XW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1242139307&sr=8-1
Steve | May 12th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Amazon.com has it in stock, ready to ship for $59.99
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00267S7XW/ref=ord_cart_shr?_encoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance
DarkNeo | May 12th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
wow that was fast lol, ordered
Peter Mikkelsen | May 12th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Sucks….. Amazon will not ship it to Denmark
Miguel | May 13th, 2009 at 12:10 am
$59.99 is a bit expensive… but im desperate :S
supertrogro | May 13th, 2009 at 8:45 am
When will it be available in Europe, especially in France?
Rip-off Reporter | May 14th, 2009 at 10:05 am
There’s no way this is worth $60, and certainly costs nothing near that amount to make. Way to rip people off Logitech.
If I ever get tired of having to use the SIXAXIS I’ll just spend 1/3 of the price and get the Sony BT remote instead.
Rip-off.
dgsdfd | May 14th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
what logitech must not realize is that this thing might actually sell if they dropped the price by 20 bucks. i will not pay a cent over 40 for this thing.
JJTB Somhorst | June 25th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
When will this be available in the Netherlands?
dannyvankasteel | July 8th, 2009 at 3:50 am
I’d also like to know when the european release will be, specifically for the Netherlands. Admittedly, the pricetag of around $60 is a tad high, but It’ll be worth it to be able to complete my Harmony One’s “Play Game on PS3″ activity, including power on/off
watch movie stream | September 4th, 2009 at 11:55 am
I had been informed about this from a friend (who pointed me here) so thanks for making it available.
PS3 slim | September 16th, 2009 at 3:23 am
Since i have the new ps3 slim the controler doesnt work.is there any update? my old ps3 works still fine
Stunned! | September 17th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Troy Peterson, you product is way over priced at the $60 price point! That’s 20% the cost of the product it controls. I am a Harmony remote owner and an “early adopter”, but no way would I pay over $20 for this device. Sony’s blue ray remote, which I bought for $20 brand new will do just fine!
To everyone else here, the name of the game for the marketing “geniuses” who set the price point on a new item is not only their cost of R&D, production, etc…but most importanly “what the market will bear”. Even though this item cost very little in terms of R&D and production, they assume some idiots will pay $60 for this using the price and demand curve. So they “test” the waters at this price and rake in the profits. After all the early adopters and other foolish people buy this at $60 and sales drop off the cliff, you will definitely see a substantial price reduction.
I hope Logitech will not ban this posting as it is not violating protocol for message boards.