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If anything, this will give Nintendo a little more Market. XD
Maybe Sony can buy the right to use the Rumble Nintendo uses. XD I hope if that happens Nintendo puts a big price tag on it. lol
Where on Slashdot does it have an artical about this??
Can someone post a direct link? o.O
Awesome.
You know what would be hilarious? If PS and PS2 sales were actually halted through this whole fiasco.
Well, what are current PS2 Shock controllers gonna do? Can they keep them?
I am an owner of (1)Dualshock2 and (2)Dualshock controlers. When can I expect the Microsoft SWAT team to kick my door down? I need time to prepare the traps and laser guided robots. Preparing my evil laugh wouldn't be a bad idea either.
XD! :DQuote:
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Why not just surrond your house with landmines?
Oh, i've tried that before, and it was'nt very pretty.Quote:
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Damn mailman.
I personally think it would be pretty hard to out-evil Microsoft.Quote:
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Wait so not only do they have to recall all of their controllers but pretty much all of there major games as well. Ouch.
I guess they'll probably come up with something else. To be honest the rumble feature of the pads isnt that great. Sure it makes it more emmersive but there must be a better way of giving output from a pad.
"Hello, Sony. Thank you for comming to my house to confisc-I mean refund my controllers, but unfortunatly, all of my Dualshock 2 controllers are broken. Too bad, huh? I'll send you off with GCN-PS2 controller cord converters. Good day."
That's my speech if they come to my door. Anyway, do converters work with rumble? Maybe Sony can create a new company that sells GCN controllers and make some profit :P.
Yah, because everyone wants to play on those gastly GameCube controlers, and buy systems that don't come with controlers.
They'll figure something out and it'll be kickass.
How exactly do only those games break copyright? Do they go into explicit detail about the rumbling?
I own alot of those games and own two of those controllers. So what I am I supposed to do? I am worried now.
Who uses the rumble feature anyway? All it does is anoyingly vibrate your hands.
Actually, I talked to someone today. Apearantly, Nintendo also had to licence the Rumble feature from Immersion. Of course, Nintendo already did, so they are safe from the lawsuit.
Immersion owns the intelectual property present in all force feadback peripherals.
That means that if Sony wants the rumble feature, they have to pay Immersion (partly owned by Microsoft) to use it. And since Microsoft is a major share-holder, Sony is at their mercy.
Allow me to demonstrate my feeble grasp of US law. If I were Sony I would try to get the patent invalidated by proving it is a common sense idea. A computer controlled centrifuge with an off set weight to create a vibration is not a new idea. Any highschool chem. lab has one for shaking chemicals. The same thing is used to counter vibrations as well. The concept is very commonplace and should not legally be patented.
From what I've heard, its not just rumble that Immersion owns the patent too.
Its ALL forms of force feedback peripherals.
I'm not sure how they can own all rights to it, but I'm guessing they created the idea of force feedback, or something.
Even If Sony wanted to create force feedback, in the form of resistance on a button or joystick (say like if your character is pushing something, so its harder to push the button/move the joystick) Then thats a form of force feedback, and they still have to pay Immersion to use it.
But I'm not too sure about all this. Its just based on what I heard.