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another fine (fucked up) day at sony.
cjpkiller | 6:07 PM on 11.26.2007 29 comments


Heres a quote from an interview with kaz harai from the latest issue of the playstation official magazine
OPM: Were you surprised by the initial reaction from the community to the demand for vibration effects in the controller?
KH: More the longevity of the requests - it was consistent. It was clearly not something people were willing to let go - not a fad request. So after I got back to japan, I got the engineering guys, and said "look, I understand the technical issues... [involved in combining both rumb effects and the SIXAXIS motion in one controller] can we give it one more go and come up with a conclusion?"



also known as... look just throw some rumble on the SIXAXIS, we'll go settle the lawsuit with immersion so we can release it.

you see months ago Phil Harrison outright said that Sony lied about not being able to technically make a rumbling motion sensative controller (ahem wiimote) and said yeah, we cant do it because of the immersion suit. looks like no one told Kaz.

another fine day at Sony.



kaz loves you sony fanboys... enough to still lie to you, so as to not hurt your feelings.

edit: couldn't find the phil post about the lies but this will work too
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-and-immersion-kiss-and-make-up-ps3-to-have-rumble-now--30167.phtml



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Namelessted's Destructoid Blog
this is what makes me like Sony the least. The fact that they aren't honest, and they aren't even good liars. They could just tell the truth and admit they fucked up. Or they could actually be good at lieing so we didn't catch them every time they did it.
Necros's Destructoid Blog
That second picture is hilarious. I can feel his utter disregard for Sony's fanbase all the way from November 17, 2006.
Yashoki's Destructoid Blog
Bump
RivaOni's Destructoid Blog
There seems to be a huge lack of commmunication between representatives of Sony, thus resulting in someone having egg on their faces on a monthly basis.
Dead247's Destructoid Blog
another controller CJ can break yaay.
raucci's Destructoid Blog
Sony is a great company, don't get me wrong, but the way they advertise and lie to their fanbase exudes arrogance... it makes me angry, and I think if they just owned up to their own faults and deficiencies once in a while, they would probably be an even better company than they already are.
atheistium's Destructoid Blog
bumpppuuu
Slyvexx's Destructoid Blog
bummmmpp
ArrestedDeveloper's Destructoid Blog
It's been awhile since a sony exec has said something stupid, I was starting to get worried.
liam2015's Destructoid Blog
The comments made me lol

Sny needs to either not lie or be extraordinarily good at lying
BS3 Owner's Destructoid Blog
@ liam

*Drum Roll* Sony chooses the latter! */DrumRoll*

: P
mrkonchu's Destructoid Blog
I remember reading Immersion was baffled cause Sony pretty much stuck with the same exact rumble technology as the Dual Shock. They wanted them to use some new tech they had made that would be more battery efficient etc. I'm sure Sony was quietly giving them the bird even though they had to pay them for the technology regardless. But to me the fact they are using the same Tech makes these talking to engineering claims even more transparent.

Though I called BS on Sonys claim of why there was no rumble a long time ago. I still think Immersions case was silly though, lets see a devise that uses software to simulate vibrations using a simple motor and counterweight. Call the Cellphone companies and pager companies Immersions coming for them (Oh my think of the ramifications this could have on the sex toy market).
zaqu's Destructoid Blog
old news is like 2 months old
cjpkiller's Destructoid Blog
...
magazine is not 2 months old zaqu.
Joe Burling's Destructoid Blog
*shakes head* Oh, Sony...

...at least it has rumble now. I was one of those very vocal rumble fans.
PetiePal's Destructoid Blog
But but Kaz said he loved me and only me.

Good thing I don't own that console.
Azereki's Destructoid Blog
I still don't hate Sony, I'm buying a PS3 now that Uncharted is out. Sorry. >.<
Snaileb 's Destructoid Blog
hahah
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
Jesus christ in a handbasket, thats fuckin layme of Sony
deiga-the-semivaliant's Destructoid Blog
Y'know, I was under the "OMG NO RUMBLZ" camp when the PS3 first came out, but after a COD4 session at a friend's house (my first time playing a PS3 for a long stretch of time) I began to appreciate the lightness of the controller and didn't really notice the lack of rumble at all.


Still, Sony execs = eediots.


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