Sony: No Rumble 'Announcement' For PlayStation 3
Apparently it is sooo last-gen then.
Jeez - even these old pink ones could Rrrrumble!!
Rumble for PS3 controllers? It's like a story about a stripper's knickers: on again / off again / on again / off again. Today's news is that Rumble is not going to be announced soon.
In the usual coded Corporo-speak that we've all learnt to navigate, Dave Karraker, Sony's director of corporate communications has told GamePro, "We have not added rumble [to PS3], and have no announcements regarding this feature."
We we're all aware that Rumble hadn't been added. We're now aware that there are no announcements regarding it that are going to be made. This of course is akin to saying, "We have no announcements regarding the name of the day after Saturday, it doesn't mean that it's not going to be called 'Sunday', it just means that there are no announcements about it - coming up".
So, not at the Leipzig game convention this month. Looks as if we'll all have to wait for the Tokyo Game Show in September.
Karraker did, however, confirm the fact that new PS3 controllers had been sent out to developers - as reported last week. "From time to time, we make minor enhancements to the controllers for our platforms. We recently sent out to the development community some new prototypes that have a slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and the motion sensing within the Sixaxis controller. This is not a new controller, but is part of the normal development and evolution of controllers."
So, not new - simply more sensitive.
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135500-pg,1/article.html
In the usual coded Corporo-speak that we've all learnt to navigate, Dave Karraker, Sony's director of corporate communications has told GamePro, "We have not added rumble [to PS3], and have no announcements regarding this feature."
We we're all aware that Rumble hadn't been added. We're now aware that there are no announcements regarding it that are going to be made. This of course is akin to saying, "We have no announcements regarding the name of the day after Saturday, it doesn't mean that it's not going to be called 'Sunday', it just means that there are no announcements about it - coming up".
So, not at the Leipzig game convention this month. Looks as if we'll all have to wait for the Tokyo Game Show in September.
Karraker did, however, confirm the fact that new PS3 controllers had been sent out to developers - as reported last week. "From time to time, we make minor enhancements to the controllers for our platforms. We recently sent out to the development community some new prototypes that have a slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and the motion sensing within the Sixaxis controller. This is not a new controller, but is part of the normal development and evolution of controllers."
So, not new - simply more sensitive.
Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,135500-pg,1/article.html
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Bentley 6 Aug 2007 11:11
1/7
It's about time they sorted this out once and for all. It's the only thing that puts me off forking out for a PS3- in the fear that if I buy one, they'll just say "well, you've got one now, so you obviously are not that bothered about the rumble so we won't bother making it". Even the lack of games doesn't bother me as much as this... I know the games will come, and they will be great. But the new Killzone without rumble will be a real damp squib.
Pull your finger out Sony, and replace it with a nice, new, vibrating controller.
Pull your finger out Sony, and replace it with a nice, new, vibrating controller.
JPV711 6 Aug 2007 11:44
2/7
Remember, this is Sony. They don't do things just cos Nintendo and Microsoft do. They're SONY! SONY!!
Remember reading somewhere it was to do with a power supply problem. They couldn't figure out a way to include a rumble pack and a battery pack.
The Wii Remote uses to AA batteries. As does the 360 controller. SIXAXIS could, too, couldn't it?
Put the AAs in one of the handles or something.
*All hail Wii60*
Remember reading somewhere it was to do with a power supply problem. They couldn't figure out a way to include a rumble pack and a battery pack.
The Wii Remote uses to AA batteries. As does the 360 controller. SIXAXIS could, too, couldn't it?
Put the AAs in one of the handles or something.
*All hail Wii60*
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deleted 6 Aug 2007 12:19
3/7
I remember reading somewhere that sony is currently full of unthought out bullshit answers and solutions to every question problem the consumer has...
i would have too agree in majority,
who can forget the first time they played MGS and being asked to watch your controller pyschically moved across your living room floor! Screw you sony
i would have too agree in majority,
who can forget the first time they played MGS and being asked to watch your controller pyschically moved across your living room floor! Screw you sony
Bentley 6 Aug 2007 17:49
4/7
There is no way I'd want to keep having to replace AA batteries. I don't even want the option. I want it rechargeable. My 360 owning chum (who is too tight to fork out for a recharger pack) spends a stupid fortune on batteries.
And the rumble would surely have to be in the handles, there's not much room for a battery in there unless they use a concept I had a while ago (see below).
Having stripped apart a PS3 controller a few weeks ago, there's loads of space in there for the old rumble packs. You can even see this if you hold it up to the light. They just need to make the battery more powerful. So rather than trying to just squeeze blocks of spinning metal in there, why not make each rumble-part double as a battery? Then if they use that idea perhaps I can join the queue to sue them.
There are many, many possible solutions. Most likely they don't want to dissuade punters from shelling out for controllers that will be superseded. Although personally, I'd be more inclined to buy a PS3 if I KNEW that decent controllers were on the way.
Ah well, at least Sony's console seems fairly reliable and seems pretty future-proofed, as opposed to an expensive paperweight handicapped by an undersized and outdated disc drive and controllers that seem to be designed by Fisher Price.
And the rumble would surely have to be in the handles, there's not much room for a battery in there unless they use a concept I had a while ago (see below).
Having stripped apart a PS3 controller a few weeks ago, there's loads of space in there for the old rumble packs. You can even see this if you hold it up to the light. They just need to make the battery more powerful. So rather than trying to just squeeze blocks of spinning metal in there, why not make each rumble-part double as a battery? Then if they use that idea perhaps I can join the queue to sue them.
There are many, many possible solutions. Most likely they don't want to dissuade punters from shelling out for controllers that will be superseded. Although personally, I'd be more inclined to buy a PS3 if I KNEW that decent controllers were on the way.
Ah well, at least Sony's console seems fairly reliable and seems pretty future-proofed, as opposed to an expensive paperweight handicapped by an undersized and outdated disc drive and controllers that seem to be designed by Fisher Price.
realvictory 6 Aug 2007 21:44
5/7
I don't agree with mocking other controllers - PS3 controllers are the worst ones of this generation - the XBox 360 controllers are actually an improvement, at least, if minor - whereas the PS3 ones are arguably no better than the PS2's - well, yes, they are wireless, I suppose. But I don't like the triggers, and everything else is the same (except tilt - which is semi-negligible).
I'll let Microsoft off for sticking to the basics, for being amateurs, but the PS3 is kind of the third time where the controller is based on exactly the same design (generations old). It's not really representative of the PS3 trying to seem like the most powerful living room computer ever, when it's all controlled by a PS2 controller with one extra button.
I'll let Microsoft off for sticking to the basics, for being amateurs, but the PS3 is kind of the third time where the controller is based on exactly the same design (generations old). It's not really representative of the PS3 trying to seem like the most powerful living room computer ever, when it's all controlled by a PS2 controller with one extra button.
deleted 7 Aug 2007 06:09
6/7
well i took the plunge last night won £450.00 in hmv vouchers at work, so i purchased myself a PS3 meaning i have all the next/curretn gen consoles so ill make an informed decision about rumble, but basically it should be there, i want to feel every bump inthe road on GTA4 so looks like unless sony annnounce something by april 2008 ill be playing 360 version, which i prob will anyway coz of the downloadables, but we will see.
JPV711 7 Aug 2007 18:59
7/7
I didn't know people replyed to comments on articles.
I get what you mean with AA batteries. Buy them in bulk and they'll last for a while. I bought a bulk pack of AAs in December for my Wii Remotes and I'm still using the same bulk pack. I play my Wii at least once a day.
"Ah well, at least Sony's console seems fairly reliable and seems pretty future-proofed, as opposed to an expensive paperweight handicapped by an undersized and outdated disc drive and controllers that seem to be designed by Fisher Price." <-- Still, maybe Microsoft will drop the price on the HD-DVD drive and allow developers to develop games on HD-DVD. Don't like the D-Pad on the 360's controller, either. That round feel is horrible. Love the Wii Remote's D-Pad. You can feel your way around without thinking, just like a SNES or DS D-Pad.
Sony could've done a bit more in terms of design on the SIXAXIS. Same design for the last three generations, come on. Personally, I can't stand the handles. Too small for my hands. And the sticks are in an awkward position.
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I get what you mean with AA batteries. Buy them in bulk and they'll last for a while. I bought a bulk pack of AAs in December for my Wii Remotes and I'm still using the same bulk pack. I play my Wii at least once a day.
"Ah well, at least Sony's console seems fairly reliable and seems pretty future-proofed, as opposed to an expensive paperweight handicapped by an undersized and outdated disc drive and controllers that seem to be designed by Fisher Price." <-- Still, maybe Microsoft will drop the price on the HD-DVD drive and allow developers to develop games on HD-DVD. Don't like the D-Pad on the 360's controller, either. That round feel is horrible. Love the Wii Remote's D-Pad. You can feel your way around without thinking, just like a SNES or DS D-Pad.
Sony could've done a bit more in terms of design on the SIXAXIS. Same design for the last three generations, come on. Personally, I can't stand the handles. Too small for my hands. And the sticks are in an awkward position.
Posting anonymous since the site won't let me sign in.