PS3 controller used to rumble in 1999

flaagan

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2006/06/24/revolutionary-ps3-controller-used-to-rumble-in-1999/

ElysiumGX

pwned

KDR_11k

Everyone knows they removed the rumble because of patents. Nintendo added rumble to their controller and that thing requires slightly higher precision (cue the rumbling, motion-sensitive, onehanded rod controller jokes...).

Thegodzero

I thought i had seen a controler like that a few years back, just didnt know it was that long back... I just hope all the ps3 titles get ported to the 360 or rev.

TomDunne

Methinks lardass there should shelve that dimestore wit of his and spend a few months of rumbling and tilting on a DDR pad...

TGZ, I wouldn't count on that. The main Final Fantasy and Metal Gear series are Sony exclusive, aren't they?

Joseph Silverman

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TGZ, I wouldn't count on that. The main Final Fantasy and Metal Gear series are Sony exclusive, aren't they?

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MGS isn't, quite. It's currently only announced for PS3, but I think MGS3 is the only Metal Gear Solid game that's ever truly been a sony exclusive.

Ac!d, of course, is exclusive to their portable.

TomDunne

Ahh, right, I just now remembered that Solid 2: Substance. I' thinking there must be others, though. How about Namco's games not in the Soul Blade/Calibur series? Are they Sony only?

ElysiumGX

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Methinks lardass there should shelve that...

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don't change the subject!!!

Joseph Silverman

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Ahh, right, I just now remembered that Solid 2: Substance.

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Yeah, also MGS1 on PC and TTS being a Nintendo exclusive.

Sony does have some other definite exclusives; Killzone, if anyone's still interested, for example.

hawken

not to mention that snake is appearing in the new smash bros

malcolm

How about this, back in the day of atari 2600 I had this bmx handle grip that had one button on top, you tilted the stick the way you wanted the character to move. Nintendo wiiiiiii has just reinvented this awesome technology from the 80's.

http://www.classicgaming.com/gamingmuseum/le_stik.jpg

http://www.gamespot.com/e3/e3blog.html?topic_id=24600407

ebagg

Heh, definitely makes you wonder why such tech is just now getting to be a big deal. I remember reading one of the original designs for the NES had wireless gamepads. Is it to keep costs down?

flaagan

It's only a big deal now cause there's the interweb to point out that it was already a big deal a decade ago.

SHEPEIRO

i remember the acuraccy on the MS sindwinder being kak thats why i thought that didnt catch on, also PC gamers are unfit gits :-)

ElysiumGX

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Nintendo wiiiiiii has just reinvented this awesome technology from the 80's.

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Yeah, except for that whole 3D thing we have these days. And depth of sound.

More important that who did is first, is that it works. Nintendo's tech seems to be solid.

malcolm

It worked on the atari 2600 but that doesn't mean it made the games any better.

KDR_11k

That's because true 3d control doesn't make sense on a system that can barely display 2d.