PlayStation3 SixAxis Controller may rumble afterall
Mar. 02, 2007

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After some five years of adamant denial, Sony has suddenly settled with Immersion Corporation, the haptics technology company that had successful sued Sony for patent infringement in Sony's use of force feedback or "rumble" technology found in Dual Shock Controllers for PSone and PS2. Sony's current controller for the PlayStation3 features no such feedback (which will physically jar or vibrate the controller during in-game incidents like crashing a car or taking a hit for a more tactile game experience), instead embedding tilt-sensitive technology, which Sony maintains would conflict with any rumble functionality, so rumble was discarded altogether.

Many industry-observers suspect the injunction and losing a $91 million lawsuit was more likely the reason for the omission.

In a story first broke by GameDaily Biz (biz.gamedaily.com), the settlement includes a payment of some $22.5 million over the next couple of years in exchange for certain rights to use Immersion technology. Though Sony has not (yet?) stated that a Rumbling SixAxis Contoller will actually be made for the PlayStation3, such a thing seems likely.

"We look forward to exploring with Immersion exciting new ways to bring the largest and best range of gameplay experiences to our customers," said Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. President and Group Chief Operating Officer, Kaz Hirai. "We are very excited about our new partnership with Immersion and the potential for new and innovative products incorporating their technologies."

Many said-same industry observers take that as a "yes, SixAxis Dual Shock is coming."

via Toronto Star

it is comin because one of ur articles said god of war 3 will have rumble and sixaxis

so this answered my question on your other topic.

this may sound wierd but i dont care about rumble. its cool little touch that get u into the game a little but thats it.

anyway thanks for the info nyght

Well rumble is a big feature for a lot of people. My ps2's rumble stopped working like 2 years ago so I havent played with rumble in a long time so it didnt bother me that ps3 didnt have it. I guess if they start incorporating it now, then I'll check it out again.

the rumble broke on my ps2 controller too. but it also didnt bother me

i had not having rumble on controllers espically games like socom i had a bears controller which rumble was like nothing and i had to switch back to my ps2 controller cause of the rumble was better
so im glad they got rumble in now

I'm glad they have rumble back also, When I get a PS3 to play GT HD, I want my Logitech Pro wheel to shake!
And I couldn't imaging playing socom, without rumble. Sometimes that is the only way you could tell someone was sniping your A$%.

I play socom all the time and never played it with rumble. Dont even know what its like and im an avid socom fan.

i have no problems playin socom without rumble. i do it for the psp all the time

honestly rumble just ennoys me sometimes and i had a quick question with the ps3 if your playing a ps2 game can u play that online i know a little off topic but all well u know what ill just make a thingy about this right now

Yeah you can play it online.