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Originally Posted by SolidSnake
I didn't know COD3 was PS3 exclusive earlier, can you post the link? No one buys a console for vibration function, I have been playing my PS2 since years and I can't remember noticing vibration much in the controller.
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COD3 was PS3 exclusive , i don't have the link but you can google for it.
Saying that no one buys console for vibration function is a joke , Nowadays almost every game uses the vibration function to add realism to the experience, it may only be you or few more who dont need the function but i can't imagine playing MGS4 without the vibration function.
Sony says that the PlayStation 3 controller has lost its vibration functionality because it interfered with its motion sensors which is not the real reason.
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In September of 2004, Immersion Corporation was awarded damages of approximately 90 million dollars in a lawsuit against Sony, who Immersion said made illegal use of its technologies. Immersion, which manufactures force-feedback and so-called “haptic” (engaging the user via the sense of touch) devices for a wide range of applications, is headed by Victor Viegas, who took some time to speak with Gamasutra about the lawsuit, and about Sony’s announcement that the PS3 would not contain rumble technology.
Previous lawsuits in which immersion has played a part include a settlement with Microsoft (who was originally named as a defendant in the same suit Sony is currently fighting) and Electrosource, the company which produces the Pelican brand of third-party controllers. Both of these companies have settled with Immersion, but Viegas says he sees no current indicators that Sony will follow suit.
The company announced in a press release that the PS3 controller would lack vibration due to the possibility of it interfering with the controller’s new tilt sensors, which Viegas feels is unlikely.
“If what they’re saying is in fact the reason why [the controller will not have vibration], I’ve offered them numerous solutions to the problem,” Viegas said in an interview Tuesday. “I don’t believe it’s a very difficult problem to solve, and Immersion has experts that would be happy to solve that problem for them.”
“We feel haptic or vibration technology is quite possible in a next gen system,” he said. “It can provide greater fidelity, better effects, and a more complete sense of immersion, using a wired or wireless controller.”
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Originally Posted by SolidSnake
Cheaper in price does not mean anything, Dreamcast was $100 cheaper than PS2 when launch, Gamecube was $100 cheaper too. It didn't help them, it is Games and games only which matter in the end and except GTA (which will be a simultaneous launch now), all other BIG titles are still on PS3.
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It's the games only which matter, and when ppl can play most of games coming on a ps3 on a 360 too why would they bother to shell out more money that too after a long wait of 1+ yrs from the 360 launch. 360 has exclusive too every console has, if 360 has Halo then PS3 has MGS.