Battery life the real reason Rumble taken out of the PS3 c..

External Since: Jan 07, 2006 Posts: 88

Bluetooth is notoriously battery hungry compared to other wireless
technologies - compare a typical Logitech RF wireless mouse to it's
Bluetooth equivalent, or a Microsoft bluetooth keyboard to a RF
equivalent.

Rumble is also battery hungry - so combine the two, and you have a
battery that just slips away in no time before it's dead.

as for wether Rumble is a necessary featre - I beleive it is.
Consider this:
You run off the road ontot he hard shoulder in a racing game. What's
the best way to notice this? Rumble.

You get clipped by the car behind you. Rumble tells you it's you and
not someone else in the game.

Take Metal Gear Solid series for another example. The rumble gives you
feedback about his heartbeat, telling you what state of health he is
in.

or take a FPS like Halo - you can FEEL when you have been hit.
OK, they have ways of putting this information up on screen, but isn't
Next Gen gaming about Stripping away meters and gagues - as in Fight
Night round 3, or PGR3?

Immersing you in the experience?

So - well done Sony for removing one of the best things in modern games
pads.

What else is missing?

An audio jack for wireless comms.

Where does one plug in a cheap headset? The USB port? That means the
audio A-D conversion is going to be done in the headset, and will make
it more expensive!

The 360 controller has it built right in from the start!

Well done Sony, you've screwed up simply to add a half-arsed late-added
feature that only a small number of games can take advantage of
effectively.

Copy Wii, look like poo.

External Since: Jan 07, 2006 Posts: 88

o wrote:
> Swam Mollen wrote:

> > Where does one plug in a cheap headset? The USB port? That means the
> > audio A-D conversion is going to be done in the headset, and will make
> > it more expensive!
>
> Are they not using a Bluetooth headset, similar to what you would find
> in a mobile phone headset.

Of course, but how does one identify which ehadset goes with which
controller?

A game with 2 people on 1 PS3 playing cross-network with 2 others on
another PS3 are going to have trouble if they are only able to use one
BT headset.

Sure, you can pair it up, and assign an ID to each headset, but it
lacks the elegence of the 360's solution.

>
>
> >
> > The 360 controller has it built right in from the start!
> >
> > Well done Sony, you've screwed up simply to add a half-arsed late-added
> > feature that only a small number of games can take advantage of
> > effectively.
> >
> > Copy Wii, look like poo.
>
> You know the patent for the PS3 controller technology was filed in 1999.

I'm sure it was, but why only use it after the Wii was anounced, and
not tell your biggest. develioper with your biggest game until a day or
two before it's announced???