Sony Defends Rumble Loss

Eurogamer reports on comments from Sony defending the loss of rumble in the SIXAXIS controller. "'I think the caveat to that statement always has to be based on the fact that when we make a pad, we're making maybe 150, 200 million of them,' Harrison explains. 'So it has to be done at a price, and it has to be done at a volume that fits our production requirements. I think the decision that we've made to build in the SIXAXIS functionality, and Bluetooth wireless, and great battery life, and all the other functionality that comes with it, far outweighs the chatter that we're getting on vibration. And, it's incredibly light! Just pick it up!'"

same ol same ol

[Thansal]

nothing to see here, move along.

Same reasons stated every time some one brings up why thy didn't include both "well, uhh, we can't! umm, money, and weight, umm, yah"

I still like the 150-200 MILLION units being made. because each PS3 realy needs 150-200 controllers.

Yeah, mark my words!

[Shados]

So it has to be done at a price, and it has to be done at a volume that fits our production requirements.

Yeah, exactly the strategy they used with the PS3....oh...wait.

Re:Holy crap

[Tokerat]

So, they're making 150 million to 200 million controllers for 800 thousand PS3's that may or may not be out on Nov 19? Lessee here.

...because, you know, after Nov. 19th, all units will have been sold, and they'll never need to make a PS3 ever again.

Re:Sony thinks they're cute:

[Anonymous Coward]

Simple: it's virus, virii, viriii, viriv, virv, virvi ...