PlayStation 3 controller loses vibration

By James Orry - 09/05/2006 - 2:17am GMT

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 3 controller has lost its vibration functionality because it interfered with its sensors.

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Posted at 09:44 on 09 May 2006
AGONYTUESDAY	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post this is the reason that the wavebird controllers suck. what is the point of wireless if you have to give up the force feedback. they better release either two different versions of the dualshockless 3, one with rumble and without the motion sensors and one without rumble but with motion sensors, or an adapter for the dualshock 2, which was perfect except for that minor patent issue. there is no way that every single game for the ps3 uses that tilt function, so why give up the rumble for those few? i sure am not going to buy any monkeyball game, kirby tilt and tumble or kiddie games like that. maybe if they make a loco roco game on the ps3, i can see how that would work, but you could put that on a cell phone and you wouldnt need a graphic change. you cant improve on perfection, so why go and do a stipid thing like copy NINTENDO? actually, even the Wii controller has rumble. who cares about graphics (xbox 'tards, thats who)? some of the best games ever made are from the snes. (ff3, doom, LOZ: a link to the past) even if you arent looking at the screen, you are always using a controller, so the controller maters more than anything else besides gameplay. by the way, Killzone was much better than halo could ever be. halo was just one of the few fps games that was exclusive to xbox, so xboxers milked it for all it was worth. its still on pc, which will always be better than xbox (1 or 360). why not better than ps3? cell processor. thats why. Reply

Posted at 10:49 on 09 May 2006
Anonymous	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post "who cares about graphics (xbox 'tards, thats who)?" & "why not better than ps3? cell processor. thats why." Sounds like you contradicted yourself there. If its not about the graphics then I can sure as hell tell you that any processor out there will do fine. Just for a little more clarification, at least from what I understand, is the 360 actually has a better GRAPHICS processor or vid card also the 360 does a better job of handling data inputs/outputs, kinda like an AMD compared against an Intel machine. People are not happy with the PS3's price tag and the controller is just one more strike against the PS3 with really nothing besides blu-ray being different than the 360 or Wii. Sad thing is that blu-ray might end up going the same route as sonys beta max, down hill into nothing. If Wii gets released at or before the PS3's launch date, then I can almost certainly say the PS3 is doomed, especially if MS offers the HD-DVD player at $100 at or before the PS3's launch date. Sony needs to take a big loss, for the rootkits, stealing ideas from other game devolopers, and lying to it's customers! Reply

Posted at 10:49 on 09 May 2006
vandy	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post It would seem logical that there might be a PS3 controller that supports force feedback and not the tilt functions. That we haven't heard about it is probably because Sony have yet to think about it yet. From all reports this tilt feature is only a very recent addition, developers were only told about it in the last two or so weeks. I don't think Sony have really thought through their strategy on this properly. They decided they needed something as a sort of reply to Nintendo and this is what they come up with. Not a bad idea, although not original in any sense. Surely with some thought they could have found a workaround? Perhaps turning off rumble when using the tilt functions? On the other hand removing 'rumble' maybe a balance and weight issue as well? I dont' know, but the whole move smacks of a knee-jerk reaction from Sony.Last edited on Tue 9 May 2006 by vandy Report Reply

Posted at 12:08 on 09 May 2006
BOB	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post XBOX 360 craps all over PS3 Reply

Posted at 12:43 on 09 May 2006
Anonymous	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post does it **** Reply

Posted at 12:50 on 09 May 2006
NutcaseBoy	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post If I had the choice right now, I would still buy an Xbox 360. At least until resident evil comes out for the ps3... Reply

Posted at 12:51 on 09 May 2006
TomO	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post Resident Evil is also due for the Xbox 360. I'm sure the PlayStation 3 will still be popular and have some great games, but their showing this morning was poor. Report Reply

Posted at 13:05 on 09 May 2006
wilson	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post but the popularity (sp) of the ps is immense and it will not be toppled wii will do great and **** xbox 360 Reply

Posted at 13:07 on 09 May 2006
Anonymous	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post Sony will not change this so i think we have to welcome chang3 Reply

Posted at 13:29 on 09 May 2006
wilson	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post in the long run they will win the console war an it will go down in price like the PSP if u dont know it is now £150 and could this be the final PLAYSTATION. Im just being optimistic. Reply

Posted at 14:13 on 09 May 2006
Judge	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post Feedback was a sensation candy, when eye candy couldn't obtained. It's a useless feature, that is actually very annoying and lacks and use in games. Developers need to realize that controllers are getting to bulky, multiple buttoned pieces of crap! instead of adding feedback, lights or missiles launchers - be innovate like Nintendo. Think outside the box and get the player into the game. For all the 360 lovers - how does it feel to be Gate's love monkey? Reply

Posted at 14:40 on 09 May 2006
Mike	0 0 In response to Judge's post Feedback was a sensation candy, when eye candy couldn't obtained. It's a useless feature, that is actually very annoying and lacks and use in games. Developers need to realize that controllers are getting to bulky, multiple buttoned pieces of crap! instead of adding feedback, lights or missiles launchers - be innovate like Nintendo. Think outside the box and get the player into the game. For all the 360 lovers - how does it feel to be Gate's love monkey? » Go to Judge's original post LoL, I would rather give gates more money than support sony with their root kit and lying to customers. Reply

Posted at 14:54 on 09 May 2006
ByteCrawler	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post Lets bite off of Nintendo a little more Sony. Motion Sensors? Seems someone got worried of the big N. Reply

Posted at 14:57 on 09 May 2006
WindSeer	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post sony is forcing this console to much and they are acting desprate ( Basicallly Stealing The Wii Controller Idea) so i think by the end of this gen they will be in second if not third .... oh and i'm sure if they tryed they could figure out to add vibration Reply

Posted at 15:04 on 09 May 2006
asdf	0 0 In response to Jakeadiah's post thats a crock, it got dropped because of the whole immersion lawsuit. killzone won't be as satisfying without a bit of feedback, but it was going to happen anywayse. » Go to Jakeadiah's original post the loss of the vibrate feature isn't that big of a deal, a loss. but the 6 sense feature should make up for the loss. the price is the only thing anyone should bitch about. Reply

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