PS3 Controller with Rumble in Development Posted by XanTium | 14-6-2007 19:21 EST |
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[QUOTE] Many have suspected that since the agreement [with Immersion ], Sony will have been working on a new controller with rumble support. We can now confirm that this is the case. We've heard from two independent sources at Sony that they have been working on prototypes for several months. Officially, the corporate line is still "no comment". Unofficially, Sony is facing some difficulties with battery life; i.e. Between the rumble and the wireless support, the batteries are draining too fast to be acceptable for consumers. Incidentally, no mention of the rumble having an adverse affect on the motion sensitivity (as Sony PR claimed, but was refuted by Immersion). [/QUOTE] Full Story: innerbits.com |
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Sweet can't wait. Maybe they will have to make the controlers bigger to fit a larger battery that would be sweet so it fits my giant monkey hands better. 
This and well, some cash flow have been holding me back from getting one...now I'll get one when the rumble comes out. I also hope the controllers are bigger to fit my 3XL hands. 
rumble sucks up battery life like crazy.. it's actually quite impressive that the 360 controllers get the life they do.
Bluetooth sucks up a lot of battery life too (a bit more then some other protocols IIRC). I think Nintendo gets around that by using a single less powerful motor and lighter weight (the remote has more of a buzz then a rumble)... though even using a headset on my 360 controller my Wii remotes kills batteries twice as fast as the 360 does... I'm guessing due to bluetooth.
At least the sixaxis has the benefit of no speaker or headset to drive from the controller... still it will be interesting to see how much battery life they can get out of them.
I'm hoping the new controller will at least have a user serviceable battery, especially if you're going to have to charge it more often, shortening it's lifespan. ideally I'd like to see it use AAs (so I can use the same rechargeables that I use for the 360 and Wii) but that doesn't seem to be sony's style... I don't know of any wireless sony device that doesn't use a proprietary battery
Bluetooth sucks up a lot of battery life too (a bit more then some other protocols IIRC). I think Nintendo gets around that by using a single less powerful motor and lighter weight (the remote has more of a buzz then a rumble)... though even using a headset on my 360 controller my Wii remotes kills batteries twice as fast as the 360 does... I'm guessing due to bluetooth.
At least the sixaxis has the benefit of no speaker or headset to drive from the controller... still it will be interesting to see how much battery life they can get out of them.
I'm hoping the new controller will at least have a user serviceable battery, especially if you're going to have to charge it more often, shortening it's lifespan. ideally I'd like to see it use AAs (so I can use the same rechargeables that I use for the 360 and Wii) but that doesn't seem to be sony's style... I don't know of any wireless sony device that doesn't use a proprietary battery
The wii uses bluethooth, i did not know that. I learn something new everyday
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