[General Discussion] The courts fuck Sony over (I sent them a thank-you note)

Originally Posted by neothe0ne

Only Microsoft and Sony were sued. Nintendo apparently made their own rumble feature instead of "stealing" it (I don't know how accurate the claim was, but Sony...). Microsoft, as I said, settled out of court, but Sony chose to go on... and bribed their witness.

They should just make their own method. It wouldn't be too hard to find a different (and possibly) better method than having spinning motors at the bottom of the PS2 controllers.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Rumbling is a tack-on feature in most cases. In fact in Crash Team Racing, the force feedback distracts me so much I turn it off. The problem with most games is they make it too big, do subtle rumblng well and big rumbling when appropriate. Sony should just drop rumble features if it's not willing to pony up the money to settle.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Haven't we already? $25 more than covers the cost to manufature a Dualshock 2 (and an 8MB Memory card, I picked up my 256MB USB stick for the same price).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.