The latest issue of Famitsu PS2 has a short Q&A session with Hori, maker of some of the finest officially-licensed PlayStation 2 peripherals. They also talk about the missing rumble from Sony’s new Sixaxis controller. IGN translated the part where Famitsu asked if Hori was considering a PS3 rumble peripheral, the representative said: “We have some ideas. However, we’d need cooperation from software makers.”
Let’s hope some third parties are willing to make their games compatible with a non-standard rumble accessory. Hori has three PS3 related items due for release at the Japanese launch. A multi card reader/writer, a set of SD cards, etc. Hori is a big player in the peripheral business, so expect true peripherals to show up soon. Hopefully, some of them will bring rumble back to PlayStation gaming.
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October 29th, 2006 at 9:59 am
yeah thats the MAIN thing. I mean even if there is a controller with VIBE function there should be GAMES that have the function!
Hope something good comes up
October 30th, 2006 at 5:43 am
[…] Gestern haben wir über Sonys Stellungsnahme zur fehlenden Vibrier-Funktion der SIXAXIS Controller berichtet. Wie die Website videogamesblogger berichtet, könnten dafür aber Dritthersteller in die Bresche springen. Der renomierte Hersteller Hori aus Japan ist laut der japanischen Zeitschrift Famitsu Zusammenarbeiten mit den Gameherstellern am abklären. Sollte von Herstellerseite aus also das Bedürfnis nach Rumble-Action da sein, können wir vielleicht bald alternative Controller auf dem Markt begrüssen. […]