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Sunday, March 04 2007

Rumble Costs Sony a Packet  by Craig D at 11:22

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Information Week has the details of the settlement between Sony and Immersion over their rumble technology patents, it appears to have cost $150.3 million in total.

$127.8 million in to settle the patent infringement case of 2004 and 22.5 million for a license to use the technology in future Playstation equipment.

"We look forward to exploring with Immersion exciting new ways to bring the largest and best range of game-play experiences to our customers," Kazuo Hirai, president and group chief operating officer for Sony Computer Entertainment, said in a joint statement with Immersion.

Victor Viegas, chief executive of San Jose, Calif.-based, Immersion, said he was "pleased to have put this litigation behind us."

"Our new business agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment is specifically intended to enable advanced vibration capability for the benefit of the PlayStation gaming community," he said.

I guess Sony no longer thinks that rumble is last-gen technology. And what this means for the default six-axis PS3 controller is anyone's guess

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Tricky
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05 March 2007 12:13
Ouch
poog
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05 March 2007 17:58
indeed abit pricey for abit of rumble, cant say im a massive fan of it. Nowadays i dont even notice if its turned off


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