Thumbs on the ready: PS3 Wireless Keypad set for early December release

Back when the PS3 Wireless Keypad was announced back in LGC 08, everyone expected it to arrive sometime this month. Sony wasn’t all too clear about it either, but now, it seems that everyone’s expectations have been waylaid.

At the BMO Capital Makets conference in New York yesterday, Sony has confirmed that the Keypad attachment will be arriving in December instead – the first week of December, specifically.

Back when the PS3 Wireless Keypad was announced back in LGC 08, everyone expected it to arrive sometime this month. Sony wasn’t all too clear about it either, but now, it seems that everyone’s expectations have been waylaid.

At the BMO Capital Makets conference in New York yesterday, Sony has confirmed that the Keypad attachment will be arriving in December instead – the first week of December, specifically.

This probably applies for North America. No specific word for Europe, but last we heard, Japan gets theirs on December 18.

Not that a few weeks’ delay wouldn’t be all that bad either. Other than for LittleBigPlanet text chatting, most of you are probably eying this keypad for PlayStation Home (yeah, good luck waiting for that).

Currently, the price tag for the PS3 Wireless Keypad is clocked anywhere between US$ 40 – 50, depending on which online retailer you check.

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