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Immersion's scrap-up with Sony over rumble tech is bad for gamers. We don't really expect Immersion to give Sony the tech out of the goodness of their hearts; we can understand that the prohibitive licensing cost and their ongoing legal antagonism with Immersion might have gotten Sony's dander up. But playing PS2 games on the PS3 isn't going to be the same without rumble. And Immersion prez Vic Viegas makes a good point: "If you can see a single blade of grass in Madden and hear the hot dog vendor in the stands, but you don't feel the tackle? That's not going to sit well with gamers."
Anyway, PS3 rumble is a lost cause for now. But we were interested by this post by 1UP's Luke Smith, examining Immersion's attitudes to other game console makers. The most interesting tid bit to us was that Immersion was eyeing Nintendo suspiciously for a potential lawsuit in regards to the Wii rumble feature. Apparently, they are suspicious of the Wiimote because Nintendo's previous forays into wireless controllers were not rumble-capable.
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