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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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21 comments | showing # 1 to 21

Namelessted says:
(# 0) on 11/26/2007 18:42

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 says:
(# 1) on 11/26/2007 18:46

That second picture is hilarious. I can feel his utter disregard for Sony's fanbase all the way from November 17, 2006.

Yashoki says:
(# 2) on 11/26/2007 18:48

Bump

CannibalCalvin says:
(# 3) on 11/26/2007 18:48

bump

RivaOni says:
(# 4) on 11/26/2007 18:52

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 says:
(# 5) on 11/26/2007 18:55

another controller CJ can break yaay.

raucci says:
(# 6) on 11/26/2007 19:09

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 says:
(# 7) on 11/26/2007 19:12

bumpppuuu

Slyvexx says:
(# 8) on 11/26/2007 19:21

bummmmpp

ArrestedDeveloper says:
(# 9) on 11/26/2007 19:27

It's been awhile since a sony exec has said something stupid, I was starting to get worried.

liam2015 says:
(# 10) on 11/26/2007 19:38

The comments made me lol

Sny needs to either not lie or be extraordinarily good at lying

BS3 Owner says:
(# 11) on 11/26/2007 19:57

@ liam

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

: P

mrkonchu says:
(# 12) on 11/26/2007 20:01

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 says:
(# 13) on 11/26/2007 20:41

old news is like 2 months old

cjpkiller says:
(# 14) on 11/26/2007 20:44

...
magazine is not 2 months old zaqu.

Joe Burling says:
(# 15) on 11/26/2007 21:26

*shakes head* Oh, Sony...

...at least it has rumble now. I was one of those very vocal rumble fans.

PetiePal says:
(# 16) on 11/27/2007 00:39

But but Kaz said he loved me and only me.

Good thing I don't own that console.

Azereki says:
(# 17) on 11/27/2007 01:31

I still don't hate Sony, I'm buying a PS3 now that Uncharted is out. Sorry. >.<

Snaileb says:
(# 18) on 11/27/2007 07:43

hahah

king3vbo says:
(# 19) on 11/27/2007 10:12

Jesus christ in a handbasket, thats fuckin layme of Sony

deiga-the-semivaliant says:
(# 20) on 01/10/2008 01:43

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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