whoa, this sounds like some serious s**t!
but could it actually come to all their playstation hardware being withdrawn ?

micro$oft seem to have made the smart move, AND they end up with a stake in the company.
maybe they're pushing get the hardware ban, lol.

It wouldn't surprise me. Microsoft have done some pretty nasy stuff in their time.

Anyone remember poor old Sendo? Microsoft tried to run off with all their IP.

I don't think the whole thing has effected Nintendo because the rumble feature became standard on the N64. N64 came out in 96'- 97 so they probably have no case for so far back.

Sony then made Dual Shock for PSone in reaction to this. Sony benefiting from Nintendo innovations once more. Xbox has also benefited but that's all history now these machines are on their way out soon.

A bad pad day for Sony pockets indeed.

Actually the Immersion patents in question are extensions of a patent filed in 1995 and hence are able to use that filing date. The N64 rumble pack was brought to market after the filing of the relevant patent.

However, there have been stories about the reasons why Ninty weren't hit with a suit. The rumble pack wasn't built in, Ninty proved concurrent development, Ninty licensed the tech from Immersion on the quiet. Whichever you believe, it is strange that no references to the N64 rumble pack or the GameCube controller have been made at all.

It's probably just because the PS2 controllers are way louder when they rumble, so Immersion heard it.