Comments on: Good Vibrations Dumped From PS3 For Cost Reasons http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/good-vibrations-dumped-from-ps3-for-cost-reasons/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:52:51 -0500 hourly 1 By: KE Liew http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/good-vibrations-dumped-from-ps3-for-cost-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-6534 KE Liew Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:24:04 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/good-vibrations-dumped-from-ps3-for-cost-reasons/#comment-6534 I wonder what happened to the product development process and costing. I guess people tend to enjoy golf and priceless entertainment way too much? I wonder what happened to the product development process and costing.

I guess people tend to enjoy golf and priceless entertainment way too much?

]]> By: LKM http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/good-vibrations-dumped-from-ps3-for-cost-reasons/comment-page-1/#comment-6521 LKM Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:51:10 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/10/06/good-vibrations-dumped-from-ps3-for-cost-reasons/#comment-6521 And by "cost," he means the price of licensing Immersion's patents. Not the cost of the supposed technical problem of combining the motion sensor and the rumble. Which only exists in Hirai's head, anyway, because combining these two has been done in several different controllers, some of them at least a decade old. If Sony cared about the cost of the PS3, they'd replace the Bluray drive with a DVD drive. They wouldn't get rid of the freaking controller's vibrator. And by “cost,” he means the price of licensing Immersion’s patents. Not the cost of the supposed technical problem of combining the motion sensor and the rumble. Which only exists in Hirai’s head, anyway, because combining these two has been done in several different controllers, some of them at least a decade old.

If Sony cared about the cost of the PS3, they’d replace the Bluray drive with a DVD drive. They wouldn’t get rid of the freaking controller’s vibrator.

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