PS3 Controller Slots

[flexby]

The actual reason why it's 7 is because bluetooth allows up to 7 devices.

[Mebus]

I played FIFA 10 with my friends and 7 Controllers. It was pure chaos and one of the best childhood memories I have.

[coolest]

I guess it makes sense that the max is 7, since the lights were numbered, but they could’ve done it in binary and allowed 15 controllers!

[Deado]

"Unless you were really into Hamster Ball" I FEEL SO CALLED OUT RN but thank you for the hit of nostalgia lmao

[CommandoTM]

thought it was 8, due to older games having a max of 8 players and that dual port adapter might be stackable...???

[Cedalus]

It's also because Bluetooth by default is only able to address 8 devices, 0-7, with 0 being the master device and 1-7 being the slaves. Newer Bluetooth protocols still limit it to 7 by default to maintain backwards compatibility, but also because while current hardware can easily handle more slaves the bandwidth can only be stretched so thin. Beyond 7 slaves you may start to see overhead and performance drops

[EndBy]

Wow i did not expect that Hamsterball one of my childhood video game to appear after years of not playing it

[cassiuscartland]

fun fact: the switch can also support 8 players, but ONLY while playing Smash Bros Ultimate

[gorpazorp]

There was this old colosseum style fighting game with tanks that could have up to 8 players I think, it was awesome

[FoxatronSteamWheel]

"Well, 15 if you know binary. Pretty underrated counting system if you ask me."
- Dr. S.W.

[tylern]

that sure was a clever way to get around the 4 light limit

[rattiom]

It was also useful for PS2 backcompat games that used the mutli-tap

[cammaster]

Hamsterball was literally my jam as a kid! I would have loved to use 7 controllers if I knew I could

[ahmetadam-fevm]

This is nostalgic, i wish i still had my ps3😢

[Gabriel]

I think it impressive that one of the first consoles that allowed you to connect 8 controllers and play was the Super Nintendo

[rahmankhan]

Well you can get to 9 if they thought the would use three lights and 10 if they use four, and 15 if they used binary

[NAVIBRAVE]

Makes me remember that Little big planet 1. During its development, they tried to originally have more than 4 players in one pod. Man imagine the possibilities if up to 7 (maybe 8 if u could make it happen) in one pod, online or offline couch play.

[GXA]

Huh. I thought it was 6 this whole time. You learn something every day.

[SandrA-hrzk]

We used to play a ton of party games with our friends with 7 players. Joust was really fun, it was like playing old school tag with the move controllers. Bomberman and Worms were another.

[gustavocoimbra]

I remember playing X-Men the Arcade Game with 6 people back in the day. Good times, sweet nostalgia.