Late Night Consoling

Re: Immersion Announces Next-Gen Rumble, Wants Sony Back

Ok I _have_ to rant chaps, it's been a while.

Immersion are being dicks, I want to punch them square in the face, HARD! like REALLY hard!

They patent something as frivolous as rumble!
It's a MOTOR with a spinning end, if you've ever seen the inside of a sex toy it's the same damn thing!

Then they sue Sony AND win I beleive.

Now Sony HAS annoyed me by ditching rumble in the PS3, I'm in the camp that firmly beleives it adds to games.
(naysayers, be quiet, I beleive it subliminally adds to the game - you don't even notice it consciously but it definately adds)

So poor Sony, between a rock and a hardplace don't pony up the cash to Immersion for the PS3, which sucks because we miss out but it's also good to stick it to these clowns.

What REALLY grinds my goat to the core though, these asshat smartass tools are trolling us with "NEW!" ways to make something shake.
They've "beaten" Sony and in some ways, gamers and are now JABBING US WITH A STICK, PRODDING / TROLLING US TRYING TO MAKE US ANGRY. (well, me anyhow)
"We're here to help you guys, we're sorry that Sony won't help you, even though WE sued them we're the good guys,.. we're helping you honest!!"

If you've ever played Rallisport Challenge 2, you'll know just how good rumble can be, it's like they coded the speed of the rumble just right, rocks feel rocky, mud feels lighter and "slidey" the whole thing is just great.

On top of that, you can add rumble AND force feedback to a proper racing wheel, so you've got the wheel fighting you in the corners but you also have the little motors shaking the wheel a little in the grass / dirt.

Either way these people are not here for the gamers (yes, I know Sony aren't entirely either) but they just like rubbing Sony's nose in it "we beat you!"

Finally: yes I know Sony's tilt may be a copy of Nintendo, I'm not debating if it's good, bad, evil or smart, that's a seperate matter.
I _so_ loathe this company, they are the fucking EA or Microsoft of the game hardware industry, DIE NOW PLZ.


What are your thoughts people, does anyone else feel this from the comments from Immersion, is anyone else annoyed or perhaps do you look at it from a capitalistic angle and it's all fair in love and cash or whatever it is?
The whole thing just makes me sad, I really think the PS3 controller is going to feel "flat" and boring without rumble, going without it is a step backwards :(
Ok that's off my chest, I feel better.

How many games will utilize the PS3 tilt sensor versus the games that could use rumble? I know some people don't like rumble but would many of Sony's well known franchises utilize tilt sensing?

I think Sony is too arrogant to go back to rumble especially with Immersion. Probably make up an excuse that even if they did they'd have to scale back the tilt sensing and say they wouldn't sacrifice that.

I don't understand patenting things like 'in game messaging'. MS apparently patented almost the exact same thing for live. Apparently Nintendo can come along and do the exact same thing, but changed a word here and there to be granted a patent.

Come to think of it, isn't the buddy list in STEAM the exact same thing? It lets you see your buddies... and message them in game.

Sony needs rumble, I hope they kiss and make up.

Sony has been doing a lot of stupid shit lately but I can't blame them for ignoring Immersion. Wouldn't you show a company the finger if its done nothing but spend the last several trying to shut you down and extract as much money as possible. Immersion just found out the ill effects of resorting to trial lawyers for all your problems.

ATTN CHRIS REMO AND OTHER TIM SCHAFER FANBOYS (that includes myself I guess):

I finished Psychonauts tonight. Yay me. And I made it past the drowning dad part in the meat circus in a little less than 10-15 minutes. I will concede the fact, however, that this section of the level was RETARDED. Seriously, WTF were they thinking? It didn't ruin the game for me though, like some other poor sad people. The Milkman Conspiracy and Lungfishopolis were the highlights, although the Play rehearsal and bullfight levels were hysterical too. Ultimately though, I still can't shake the feeling that the game would have been another amazing adventure game, the platforming elements were what bored me the first time I tried playing it. The game's environments, characters, and storyline are just so well conceived that the game's charm overshadows its somewhat generic platforming design. If the only way this game could be created is to pitch it as a platforming game though, then it was totally worth it. I want a sequel already. :(

I wont be buying any of Immersions stuff

Best description of Live Anywhere:

http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/

Not to break your balls Remo, but a patent is not the same thing as a trademark. You got it right in the title: Nintendo registered these names as trademarks.

Yay you used my console games suggestion. ^^ I'm all happy & stuff.

i think that a single actuator is a rip of nintendo? nintendo uses a single solenoid.. i wonder how this works.

dk bongo links to super paper mario preview.