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DigitalLife ‘07 – Sony’s Mysterious Absence (Not RLY)

Elias Tsang — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 01:09:51 +0000

While most of us at DigitalLife were wondering why Sony was not there, we couldn’t help but notice Sony’s ghost lurking about the show floor. There was a huge Blu-ray poster in the main lobby that really no one could explain. Maybe the monsterous HD-DVD truc took care of the opposition as they clearly dominated HD media at the show. Where were you Sony?

Sony Has Not Added Rumble To The Sixaxis

Ali Shah — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:27:58 +0000

The French seem to have been in error because earlier this year we reported that the French PSM had confirmed information about a Sixaxis with rumble and a new technology called TouchSense. However, Dave Karraker came out today and said, “We have not added rumble [to PS3], and have no announcements regarding this feature,”. This means that the Sixaxis will not be receiving this desired feature ( Note: This is a feature from two generations ago). However, the French were right about the TouchSense feature…kinda. Dave Karraker admited that developers were receiving controllers with better motion-sensing and different analog sticks.

We recently sent out to the development community some new prototypes that have a slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and the motion sensing within the Sixaxis controller.

He also downplays this news as not a completely new controller and nothing really big. I think that is just because Dave Karraker is weird, but more realistically it is because he does not want to get hopes up.

via[GamePro]

New SIXAXIS PS3 Controller with Rumble

Ali Shah — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:44:01 +0000

French PSM revealed details and confirmed rumors about another SIXAXIS PS3 controller coming featuring rumble, the good old feature from two generations ago. Nonetheless the magazine reveals a new technology that Sony will be using called TouchSense, which allows developers to vibrate the controller at different places other than just the handles. PSM outlined all the features like, a small price increase if any, no change in design of the controller, and function’s seemlessly with the gyroscopic functions of the SIXAXIS. Now the PS3 is up to par with the other consoles of this generation, but with Blu-ray becoming more of a success, do you think that Sony will start focusing on the console instead of using it as a vehicle to push Blu-ray?

Via[MaxConsole]