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Vengi on 09 July 2007

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/07/09/ps3_sixaxis_rumble/

 

"The rumours stem from a picture of the design of the 80GB PS3's box, which was released alongside Sony's announcement, and which shows the controller with an illuminated red button in the centre.

On Sony's PS2 controller the equivalent of the red button, a square LED, was used to indicate the operation of its rumble capability, which makes the controller... well... rumble in time with gun shots, car crashes, etc while playing a game.

Sony has yet to comment on the presence of a rumble feature on the 80GB PS3 controller, but some gamers are speculating the feature, also referred to as Touch Sense, will be an improvement on the PS2's rumble capabilities by making its vibrations more akin to what's taking place on screen."

 

I think if the 80 Gig model really does have rumble it would have greater positive effect on sales as it's a clearer and more immediate hardware benefit then just 20gigs of extra space.



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IllegalPaladin on 09 July 2007

That'd be nice, but I kinda question that as a lot of pictures of the PS3 and the Sixaxis on the internet show the Sixaxis with the lit up PS button.

Who knows, a rumble announcement at E3 would be cool.



Joemanji on 09 July 2007

The controller has never been that much of a selling factor on a console except of the Wii but that's another story, it's all about the games! Without the games or prospect of good games, they are all worthless no matter the price. Tell me honestly are there people out there who bought a PS3 just for the sixaxis capabilities? I don't think so.

I think it would be smarter if Sony released the Boomerang with rumble as a pheripheral. Similarely to what Nintendo offers with the Wave Bird before and with the classic controller more recently.


And who needs a bigger harddrive anyways, if people really want to download alot of content, they are better off with an external harddrive!



      

   

 

akuma587 on 09 July 2007

Please, no boomerang. That was a huge mistake, and I am glad they fixed it before the system hit stores.



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Joemanji on 09 July 2007

@ Akuma587, I was pointing at the fact that you could buy the Boomerang separately, not included in the box. That keeps fans of both controllers happy =)

It wouldn't hurt if they released a separate sixaxis with rumble feature, no need to buy an entire new PS3 box to enjoy rumble feature right? And if Sony doesn't fix it, there's always 3rd party =P



      

   

 

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IllegalPaladin on 09 July 2007
Joemanji said:
@ Akuma587, I was pointing at the fact that you could buy the Boomerang separately, not included in the box. That keeps fans of both controllers happy =)

It wouldn't hurt if they released a separate sixaxis with rumble feature, no need to buy an entire new PS3 box to enjoy rumble feature right? And if Sony doesn't fix it, there's always 3rd party =P

 If they started including rumbling Sixaxis controllers with the new 80gig consoles, I'm sure they'd be replacing all the current stand alone Sixaxis controllers with rumbling ones as well. 



ckmlb on 09 July 2007

There was also an interview with the Haze developers and he had a Sixaxis that was blurred out. Why would they blur it out from the video, unless it was the new Shockaxis?



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IllegalPaladin on 09 July 2007
ckmlb said:
There was also an interview with the Haze developers and he had a Sixaxis that was blurred out. Why would they blur it out from the video, unless it was the new Shockaxis?

 

http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/784/784480/vids_1.html

It's the 'Full of Glamour' video added on July 6th and the part in question is roughly around the 9:30-10 minute mark.

 

 



IllegalPaladin on 09 July 2007

Kotaku puts this to rest (for the moment since they denied the PS3 price drop, they could just be waiting to announce it)

http://kotaku.com/gaming/rumor-smash/scea-responds-to-mysterious-red-light-rumor-276459.php