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VGKing on 19 January 2013
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kowenicki said:
GameAnalyser said:
kowenicki said:
GameAnalyser said:
kowenicki said:
This alone makes the story very believable:


CVG understands that Sony has paid Immersion more than $150 million in damages, license fees and other costs since the settlement. However, a small portion (initially $20 million) of this was redirected to Microsoft, which owns about 10 per cent of Immersion.

Sony's licence agreement with Immersion ends in 2017, SEC documents show, but as part of the deal Immersion has given Sony an option to expand the scope of the licence for future consoles. However, the complications of the deal may have convinced Sony that it should seek different designs and ideas for its next controller.

Does this mean nextbox controllers are also going to change?

no. why would it?

Because your post highlights the fact that a portion of Immersion being owned by Microsoft, which led me to assume so. But then why wouldn't they? We can't be sure as of yet. If no, how would you ascertain it?

I think that makes them less likley to change....

Immersion is only rumble really anyway.  Thats why Sony originally said rumble was last gen, they didnt want to continue paying the license fees.