Seems like I remember someone on GAF saying that Resistance Retribution used the second analog stick so maybe some other games have it built in as well?
Resistance was a special case. If I remember right, it was kind of a flagship product for playing via remote play or some shit like that. To the point that there was content you could only access if you had a PS3 to connect it to.
However, I would not at all be surprised if developers had been leaving little hooks in as soon as Sony gave the go ahead that PSP2 would have two sticks and BC.
Resistance was certainly a "special" case. Let me break it down:
what you needed:
-A Playstation 3 (w/controller, etc.)
-A copy of Resistance 2
-A PSP
-A copy of Resistance Retribution
Now, play Resistance 2 and Retribution at the same time. Connect PSP to PS3 via USB. Now leave it plugged in, pick up the dual analog controller, and sit within the usb length and play off of a 4.3 inch screen; it doesn't even send the video to your PS3 or anything. Unfortunately the game is designed with the lock-on system in mind, and on top of that, the analog controls feel like PS1-era Medal of Honor stiff controls without the assists that make analog controls tolerable today.
How did anyone at Sony think "yes, this is a good idea. people want this."?
I may be reading into it a bit much, but that Monster Hunter video seemed like the camera had one speed. My guess is that they just mapped the d-pad to the second stick and it could be a feature of the BC. Something like how Remotejoy handles it.
And yes, the 3DS will have similar games AND Pokemon / Mario etc but -won't- have the top end console equivalent games which seems to be being lauded as a -good- thing for Nintendo by their fans and it's that argument i simply don't get. Hell, they are probably even right and i'm being a grumpy old fuck but it's just amazing to hear - Sony were screwed with the PSP2 either way it seems. Make it less powerful and focus on handheld style games = no point , Nintendo will eat you - Give it more power and open up the system for a wider range of games = I don't want console style games on a handheld. 
$299 - it's happening - fish are hooked in right nao. !>< :>------------=========@===
just pointing out that the 'no console games' thing is just vapid nthing hypocrisy. 3DS is going in the direction of more console games too. I don't think anyone gushing over RE Revelations is bemoaning the fact that there is a real Resident Evil on the handheld. Or all the console ports or whatever else. And I don't think anyone could actually give you a definition of what a 'console game' is without stepping on their own face.
Personally I think what makes great handheld games are console games with much quicker pacing. That's what always sold me since the gameboy. It's why games like MGS Portable Ops and Zelda Spirit Tracks were such failures for me.
and according to gaf's logic, every nintendo portable before the DS was pointless
