eat. sleep. game. » sixaxis http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news The home of Rebel FM. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:35:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sony to support rumble with next firmware update http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/10/23/sony-to-support-rumble-with-next-firmware-update/ http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/10/23/sony-to-support-rumble-with-next-firmware-update/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:10:21 +0000 Chufmoney http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/10/23/sony-to-support-rumble-with-next-firmware-update/ ShackNews reports that PS3 firmware version 1.94 — included on Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction — will include rumble support. Players will be able to toggle the rumble support by pressing the Playstation button. However, rumble will only be enabled on the dual-shock controllers — the ones Sony has yet to release.

Most of you are very familiar with the statements that Sony has previously made regarding rumble. However, they have realized the error of their ways — or rather, worked out things with their legal issues — and is now ready to make your fingers vibrate once again.

Is this that important of a feature to y’all? Personally I enjoy the feature when it is there, but it isn’t something that I miss when I play my handheld games. Hell, it’s not even something I miss when playing Warhawk. I just don’t get it.

Chufmoney

]]> http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/10/23/sony-to-support-rumble-with-next-firmware-update/feed/ 1 PS3 Sixaxis-Rumble Update. http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/07/04/ps3-sixaxis-rumble-update/ http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/07/04/ps3-sixaxis-rumble-update/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:11:05 +0000 Jayslacks http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/07/04/ps3-sixaxis-rumble-update/ In a “He said, She said,” moment, Engadget is reporting that PSM France is reporting some updates on the PlayStation 3′s upcoming Sixaxis Rumble. Rumaxis? Six-mumble-jumbo? Anyway, the new Sixaxis controller may implement a new technology called “TouchSense” that allows vibrations to be more place specific on the controller, causing a “more powerful and more intense” rumble than the previous PS2 version. I, for one, am very excited about the rumble being back in the Playstation jungle. Rumble is one of those features that you tend to forget or take for granted until it isn’t there. I rely on it more than I should in gaming, to confirm a short or to “feel” my way through an multiplayer battle. Do other gamers feel the same way? Or are you guys happy with the Playstation 3 rumbleless? Unrumble-licious?

[Via Engadget]

JaySlacks

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After Kotaku reported about how the latest IGN weekly confirmed that Warhawk would be a Playstation Network only release, I asked myself the above question. And I think the answer, for me at least, is a resounding no.
Warhawk could have been a decent single-player experience, but I have a hard time seeing how they could have diversified the gameplay enough to make it such a unique experience that you would want to pay 60$ for a physical copy of it. I think that if Sony really nails the multiplayer, and it truly is capable of supporting 32 player combat, then there could be a real gem in this release. I would love to see this game released with team combat as well as all out multiplayer. Twisted Metal made me love car combat, perhaps Warhawk can do the same for me and jets.

Moreover I think that if Warhawk stays looking as sharp and awesome as it does so far, and it delivers with a good multiplayer interface, then it could be a great tool for showing how Sony’s downloadable content is different than that of Microsoft’s. Don’t get me wrong, I love XBLA games, but I have yet to see something released for the arcade that looks as graphically next gen as Warhawk (Note: I still feel Alien Hominid has the best art style of any downloadable game for console). If you disappoint me on this one Sony….I can only stick up for you so much.

For screens click here!

Chufmoney

]]> http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/03/03/is-download-only-warhawk-such-a-bad-thing/feed/ 0 Sony Continues Its Streak of Making Up, This Time With Immersion http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/03/01/sony-continues-its-streak-of-making-up-this-time-with-immersion/ http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/03/01/sony-continues-its-streak-of-making-up-this-time-with-immersion/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:54:07 +0000 Chufmoney http://www.eat-sleep-game.com/news/2007/03/01/sony-continues-its-streak-of-making-up-this-time-with-immersion/ Immersion is the company that sued Sony for basically stealing their patented rumble technology. However, after announcing the end of the litigation they have also decided to enter into a new business agreement. This new business agreement is set up so that Immersion can work to put their technology into Sony Computer Entertainment products.

So what does this mean for those PS3 owners who have been lucky enough to find one of these rare systems in stock? Hopefully it means that Sony will move towards putting in “last-gen” features into their controllers. I hope that rumble becomes a feature that you can turn on and off. With the feature of an on/off switch being useful for games where the rumble feature would otherwise screw up the six-axis controls. [eds. note: maybe they'll fix that pesky little bluetooth syncing issue as well, you know, the one that causes the controller to "lose" the console every 45 minutes or so.]

Chufmoney

[thanks to 1up for this one]

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