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 03:41 on 12 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 u dont really haf to use the new controller jus get a dualshock or dualshock 2 controller and connect it Reply

Posted at 09:00 on 13 May 2006
nathan	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 erm no u wont coz its wireless this time round and the playshit 3 prob wont have the imputs Reply

Posted at 00:42 on 17 May 2006
Trout1022	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 "PS3 motion/rumble TOGETHER could happen!" "The head of the company currently suing Sony for PS2 vibration patent infringement (Victor Viegas of Immersion) had this to say Monday: "Viegas said that if Sony wants to discuss the problem, he's sure his company could eliminate any technical conflict between having both the motion sensitivity and the vibration effect in a PS3 controller and that Immersion also is ready to provide a "next-generation" level of force feedback for the console." from: http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/mik...cci/index.html Report Reply

Posted at 07:44 on 23 May 2006
chemikills	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 I think the new controller sounds alrite but i mean who can judge it until they actually use it Reply

Posted at 22:24 on 24 May 2006
Drinel	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 You guys really need a life if you get this hyped up over a controller not having a vibration function... The only thing that should be worrying you is the 500 & 600 dollar price tags. So what if Sony "stole" Nintendo's design? Art/Design is mostly stealing from others anyways. You take ideas from others and incorporate it into your own design. Look at ANY artist's work and you'll find another's ideas as part of the whole. Reply

Posted at 04:34 on 30 May 2006
marcbrooklyn	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 done really screwed up now! no vibration functions on the controllers?? what da heck are they thinking!! apparently, sony is so bull-headed that they refuse to bow out of a war they can't win against Immersion. as a result, we the gamers have to have our gaming experience reduced?!! F- Sony!! pay the dang Immersion what u owe 'em and include the vibration functionality back into this 'freak of technology' you call a controller!! I can see the popularity for the console facing opposition already- by both the gamers and the competition all because a few 'big wigs' refused to pay the lil' guy what they owed him. Shame on you Sony!! Reply

Posted at 04:38 on 30 May 2006
marc	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 done really screwed up now! no vibration functions on the controllers?? what da heck are they thinking!! apparently, sony is so bull-headed that they refuse to bow out of a war they can't win against Immersion. as a result, we the gamers have to have our gaming experience reduced?!! F- Sony!! pay the dang Immersion what u owe 'em and include the vibration functionality back into this 'freak of technology' you call a controller!! I can see the popularity for the console facing opposition already- by both the gamers and the competition all because a few 'big wigs' refused to pay the lil' guy what they owed him. Shame on you Sony!! Reply

Posted at 17:04 on 01 June 2006
TECHNOLOGICAL	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 YOU LOT ARE JUST HATERS SONY ARE THE BEST WEN IT COMES TO COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICAL EQUIPMENT FAIR ENUFF NO VIBRATION BUT WHO NEEDS IT REMMEMBER SONY IS THE DADDY. IT CAN COPY WHO IT WANTS, AND NINTENDO WAS THE VICTIM MAYBE NEXT TIME NINTENDO WILL NOT DO THE SAME THING. MOTION SENCEING HAS BEEN AROUND FOR YEARS ANYWAY. NINTENDO IS FOR LITTLE KIDS XBOX I CALL IT THE CRAP BOXS. SONY WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED, THE COMPUTER CONSOLE INDUSTRIE IS A BIG THING IN JAPAN SO IS SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT SOON AS PLAYSTATION 3 IS RELEASE PEOPLE WILL GO CRAZY MARK MY WORDS I THINK THE JAPANIES PREFER A JAPANIES MACHINE THEN AN AMERICAN MACHINE OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE DONT BE BLIND AS FOR BILL GATES HIS WASTING HIS MONEY AND SHOULD STICK TO WINDOWS EVEN THATS CRAP SO U XBOX FANS ARE GONNA BE LET DOWN JUST LIKE SEGA DREAMCAST SONY IS GONA RIP THERE ARSE IVE PLAYED XBOX 360 WAS NOT IMPRESSED SONY HAS SOMETHING THAT NO OTHER SYSTEM CAN OFFER WHY BE ANGRY AT THAT . SORRY TO LET THE XBOX AND NINTENDO FANS DOWN BUT THE TRUTH HURTS Reply

Posted at 19:33 on 01 June 2006
Nova Rift	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 Okay I was reading through, first of all nintendo did produce the whole rumble feature, N64 anyone? second ds out sold psp by millions, third the fan base for the wii is multiplied by 2 compared to ps3. sony has taken a while on this thing, it better be good for the price and the wait. (also i have every console and i hate every one of them, consoles suck anyways just a few good games on them) blueray would be sweet but just imagine the unreliabilty it holds, and the price of it. 360 well lets not start there, the only thing good about 360 is xbox live marketplace. and sony's switching to the old controller style was a good move because the boomerang controller would have flopped. and what sony needs to do is make a umd player (like the gameboy player for gamecube) so you can play psp games or umd movies on the ps3. (which is an open patent unliek the rumble feature.) anyways liek i said i hate consoles they suck, only a few good games out, final fantasy, halo, legend of zelda, genji, dynasty warriors, and metroid prime are the only reason i play consoles. Reply

Posted at 01:21 on 02 June 2006
FEC4	0 0 In response to Article » Go to 's original post No vibration....... that might make think of buying a ps3, even though might seem light no big deal, well it is and if anyone from the SONY company is reading this you guys are not cool......... I mean the vibration of course Report Reply

Posted at 21:41 on 02 June 2006
base	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 daaaaaaaaamn!! :o( vibration makes the controller for what it is, oh well i'll just use my tv remote controller ooPS MENT Wii controlller its rubbish!! ps3 for life, xbox only for halo and wii?? never maybe for zelda thats it :o) Reply

Posted at 21:45 on 02 June 2006
BASE	0 0 In response to marc's post sony done really screwed up now! no vibration functions on the controllers?? what da heck are they thinking!! apparently, sony is so bull-headed that they refuse to bow out of a war they can't win against Immersion. as a result, we the gamers have to have our gaming experience reduced?!! F- Sony!! pay the dang Immersion what u owe 'em and include the vibration functionality back into this 'freak of technology' you call a controller!! I can see the popularity for the console facing opposition already- by both the gamers and the competition all because a few 'big wigs' refused to pay the lil' guy what they owed him. Shame on you Sony!! » Go to marc's original post TECHNOLOGICAL <<< I AGree with you all tha way dude, but the vibration of the controller it's buzzing man!! forget tha sensor shyte, microsoft? please go back to ur operating system forget tha game industry plus xbox is not a game console more like a pc jeeez pity them fools!! halo just makes xbox look good thats it. Reply

Posted at 19:49 on 12 June 2006
mr_sniffles	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 Darkeagle said: "Maybe once it comes out someone could hack the controllers to use Dualshock 2's on the PS3. Just a thought." Highly unlikely. The game has to be coded to send a certain signal to the controller when it is time for a little tiny vibration, so the developers wont be including this in the code at all. I think you are out of luck. I personally don't see what this tiny vibration is good for, unless u r sticking it under ur mums Kushinada Princess or.... wait, I'm getting sidetracked... Seems to me the "6 axis circle-jerk" system (a.k.a. the WannaWii system) was a hastily constructed and horribly misconstrued afterthought - poorly implemented of course - much like everything we see from Sony. Sony likes to act like they've been working on this for some time now. How is it then that they had to kill the "dual shock", when the Wiimote has no trouble using both, plus an onboard speaker... all while having MUCH more intense motion capabilities (not a 6 axis circle-jerk like the PS3)? Also, how is it that developers are just now learning of this system - and I've yet to hear of any launch titles instantiating this at all, much less as the primary means of interaction? Sony is dropping the ball. Reply

Posted at 19:58 on 12 June 2006
JasonJ Dogg	0 0 In response to marc's post sony done really screwed up now! no vibration functions on the controllers?? what da heck are they thinking!! apparently, sony is so bull-headed that they refuse to bow out of a war they can't win against Immersion. as a result, we the gamers have to have our gaming experience reduced?!! F- Sony!! pay the dang Immersion what u owe 'em and include the vibration functionality back into this 'freak of technology' you call a controller!! I can see the popularity for the console facing opposition already- by both the gamers and the competition all because a few 'big wigs' refused to pay the lil' guy what they owed him. Shame on you Sony!! » Go to marc's original post konsoul r teh suxk. Just buy a nice PC with a good graphics card. FPS? Keyboard/mouse pwns 411!! Anything else? Buy a USB controller. (lamer) Xbox is a cheap computer with awful input devices (I'm talking about the gimp-troller) PS3 is a shoddy tossed together mess with a gimptroller as well (PC outperforms it HUGELY) Wii (PC OBVIOUSLY outperforms this, but at least it is worth buying from the standpoint of it not having a shoddy gimp-troller and actually trying to put you in the game a bit). Virtual Console will rock also. Basically PC easily replaces xbox and gaystation, but not the Wii... hmmm.. Want Xbox Live? It's called cable internet. gaystation fan(g?)boys want your dual shock back? Stick a vibrating dildo under ur computer chair, viola! "...on it like a house on fire - smoked ya'..." Reply

Posted at 23:55 on 20 July 2006
yo	0 0 In response to marc's post sony done really screwed up now! no vibration functions on the controllers?? what da heck are they thinking!! apparently, sony is so bull-headed that they refuse to bow out of a war they can't win against Immersion. as a result, we the gamers have to have our gaming experience reduced?!! F- Sony!! pay the dang Immersion what u owe 'em and include the vibration functionality back into this 'freak of technology' you call a controller!! I can see the popularity for the console facing opposition already- by both the gamers and the competition all because a few 'big wigs' refused to pay the lil' guy what they owed him. Shame on you Sony!! » Go to marc's original post I think its Great to have a controller with a sensor - who needs it to vibrate anyway? - plus, sony can make a shock controller too and have to kinds of controllers - that would make everyone happy. Reply

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