No more PS2 dualshock controllers

[Troll King]

I just read an article on Gamespot about this case and it provided a few more details. Firstly, Sony wasn't the only target of the lawsuit. Microsoft was also named but they settled out of court in 2003 for $26 million, but part of that agreement includes Microsoft receiving a 10% share of Immersion.

The $90.7 million decision against Sony was actually $82 million in damages and $7.3 million in interest. The injunction on the sale of PS and PS2 systems, controllers and certain games is currently being appealed and Sony has been granted a stay to continue selling these products until the appeal is settled. The injunction also only affects sales in the United States.

[Theif of Time]

rofl, Sony should have done what microsoft did, in retrospect.
Who would have thought there was over 100 million in the vibrating toy industry?

The idea that a centrifuge with an offset weight can be used to apply force to an object has been in use for decades in many fields: science, medicine, astronaut training, etc. The designers of any centrifuge have to compensate by adding weight to the opposite site of the boom tha carries the payload to avoid such "rumbling forces". I find this comparable to someone copyrighting the see-saw or windlass.

*copyrights the gear, lever and wheel*

[SpiderMage]

:Copyrights and patents the word 'newbie' and all its forms, currently in use or to be invented at a later date.:

With these forums and the game itself, I will make millions!

[RoDNeY]

mmmmm ooooooo ahhhh my xbox controller has mucho vibration

[Liquid Blue]

Well they needed something to distract you from the shitty game library.

[DoTheFandango]

Who cares.

[kites]

I find that the Gamecube controller's vibrate the most. I learned this from grinding on Tony Hawk 3.

[DoTheFandango]

Lies.

I had this rumble pack for N64 that you attached to the whole back of the controller. The Z button had an extender. When something rumbled, it fucking rumbled.

[uranium]

I had this rumble pack for N64 that you attached to the whole back of the controller. The Z button had an extender. When something rumbled, it fucking rumbled.

No shit?