Sales of the video game control with which the Titan submarine was operated skyrocket

A few days ago a piece of news went around the world. It was about the disappearance of Titan, a high-speed submersible technology who made tourist and research trips to the ruins of the Titanic.

Five people were traveling inside the submersible, who remain missing after the United States Coast Guard confirmed that the submersible imploded.

Since his disappearance, various details have been revealed about how did titan operate and something that surprised the netizens was that this was handled with a videogames control.

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According to a video shared by BBC News via TikTok, the chief executive of Ocean Gate (owner of the Titan submersible)who explains that the this was controlled through a control compatible with the PlayStation video game consolespecifically the Logitech F710.

OceanGate director Stockton Rush, who was also one of the passengers on the submersible, explains that everything is handled with the video game controller, “if you want to advance, you press advance; if you want to go back, you press that button; if you want to turn left, you move the joystick to the left”Rush explained to the BBC.

@bbcnews In 2022, the BBC filmed inside the OceanGate Titanic submersible that has gone missing during a dive to see the wreck. #Titanic #Submersible #Submarine #TitanicWreck #TouristSub #AtlanticOcean #BBCNews ♬ original sound – BBC News

Such was the impact that this news generated among Internet users that many of they decided to acquire the control of video gameswhich is already sold out in the United States.

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Video game controller is out of stock on Amazon

He videogames control with which Titan was commanded was the Logitech F710 wireless gamepadwhich is already sold out on Amazon in the United States.

After the events that occurred with the submersible, the device was on sale during the week, dropping its price from $49.99 USD to $29.99 USD, according to an image shared by @videogamedeals, an account specializing in video game deals.

This and the news about the submersible caused that the controller would run out in no time. As of this writing, the game controller is no longer available on Amazon US.

At the moment, no details have been given on whether this control was the one with which Titan was still commanded and no details have been revealed on the causes that caused the submersible to be lost.

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Source: Elcomercio

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