Sony doesn't think rumble is last-gen anymore

[Darc Requiem]

Gballzack said:
Rumble is an excellent feature when properly implemented, the Wii-mote does it nicely such as in RE4 where you feel varrying degrees of rumble as you do one thing or another, its a subtle, almost unoticeable feature that becomes one of the many elements that create the game.

While as a feature it certainly doesn't make or break a console, but just not having it is somewhat arcane and backwards really. I understand Sony was in a tough situation, but if they had just settled out of court like Microsoft did for 13 million they wouldn't have been forced to pay 91 million after losing the case.

That reminds me of what Sega did during the Genesis era. There was an imaging patent that all console makers had broken. The holder of the patent just asked that Nintendo, Sega, Atari, and 3DO pay him 7 million each and he wouldn't sue them and he'd allow them to use his technology. Everyone but SEGA decided to pay, SEGA ended up losing the case and they had to pay 42 million dollars.