http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/ Engadget Comments for Battery life proving problematic in adding rumble to SIXAXIS? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
well "somehow" nintendo managed to get wireless control+motion sensing+good battery life in their wii controller. maybe sony should hire some nintendo engineers if they can't figure such basic things out for themselves.]]>Jun 17th 2007 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/I say just forget about the rumble. I'd just turn it off anyway, it was an annoyance.]]>Jun 17th 2007 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
Btw, the reason they couldn't get rumble to work was because the company whose rumble technology Sony illegally used for four years finally made some legal progress against them.
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If all else fails just copy the Xbox360's example.

I happen to like 360's controller better because of the left analog stick placement.]]>Jun 17th 2007 2:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 3:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 4:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
This is 100% not-a-show-stopper feature. And rumble on WiiMote is pretty weak. Because if you make it strong, it would be impossible to target at anything. Some call it "realism" - I call it major annoyance. (Yeah, in past I had a steering wheel and joystick with force feedback - first thing which was turned off for it did more wrong than good.)

People, (1st) forget rumble and (2nd) get a life.]]>Jun 17th 2007 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 18th 2007 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 6:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/+rumble I forgot. the wiimote has rumble and the batteries last a long time."

Sounds like some cracker heads talking out the the a-hole.
The wii mote sucks battery life you ignorant monkey.
Also Sony didn't illegally use anything, they purchased the patent from Logitec who turns out didn't have the rights to sell Sony the patent they co-dev with Immersion.
Immersion tried to Sue Nintendo also but Nintendo had patents dating back to NES remember the rummble back pack?
Its just a case of small arse company trying to make $$ by suing the bigger company happens all the time. its pathetic, now Immersion reported a 91million increase in profits i wonder how they are going to explain the 91million drop in revenue next year when they don't have anyone to sue.]]>Jun 17th 2007 6:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/times have changed]]>Jun 17th 2007 6:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 7:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
Either I spend too much time being physically active or I happened upon the ultimate pack of Duracell batteries, because I replaced my batteries in my Wiimote and with "rumble" turned off and the speaker volume cut down to half, I've been using the same pair of batteries since February. I put on average probably 5 hours a week on my Wii with Wii gaming, Virtual Console gaming, internet browsing, using the wiimote, nunchuk, and classic controller, all where applicable.

So considering that, the battery life isn't all too bad.

As for adding rumble to Ps3, I'm not sure who these people are who outnumber those of us who don't care for/want rumble. Everybody you ask seems to be happy without rumble or with it disabled.

With a $600 price tag, it's safe to assume most Ps3 purchasers are moderate to hardcore gamers, who most will agree rumble adds more annoyance than it does interaction, so who demands this crap?]]>Jun 18th 2007 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
As for rumble on the PS3 controller, I really don't care whether they introduce it or not. I have never found that it was a necessary (and in most cases even worthwhile) on games. Do people need their controllers to shake when they hit the guardrail or someone shoots them? no and it really adds nothing to the game experience.]]>Jun 17th 2007 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
You have to consider it has: Bluetooth turned on and transmitting 100% of the time (that is a battery killer for any cellphone), an infrared camera, and 6 accelerometers (considering the Nunchuck).

30 hours a standard batteries is a pretty respectable time for those features, especially Bluetooth.

Besides, I don't think that's an issue. Batteries are very very cheap, I have 4 of them for the Wiimote, and they are recharged and ready for use in 15 minutes. Since I still only have 1 remote, I always have a spair pair ready.]]>Jun 17th 2007 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
But if not, then get a good bass bin for your surround sound...mine works wonders and shakes pictures off walls. :-)]]>Jun 17th 2007 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 11:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 18th 2007 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/]]>Jun 17th 2007 11:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
Don't forget the speaker, the built-in Mii storage, the expansion port and of course the rumble.

I use regular alkaline AA's in my wiimotes, and the usually last for a bit more than 3 weeks, with daily usage.]]>Jun 18th 2007 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/2) Wiimote does not have the rumble feature and it has sucky battery life
3) Bluetooth, Motion Sensing and Rumble altogether are battery life killers so give Sony some credit.

P.S. rumble sucks]]>Jun 17th 2007 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 17th 2007 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/
Keep in mind with the 360 and Wii they're removable AA's (you know, in case you didn't know this). Point being, if they die the user can replace them or get some sort of "charge play" kit. Whereas with the PS3 your only choice when the battery dies is to hook it up to the very short USB cable and play 4 feet from the console. A good analogy would be a gasoline car (fill it up anywhere and go) versus an all-electric one (come to a dead stop and charge it for a while)

So BS excuses nonwithstanding, Sony has to make sure they get the most bang for their buck out of that battery since it's the user's only option. That said, is it just me or is lack of rumble only apparent in the controller's lack of weight?]]>Jun 18th 2007 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 18th 2007 4:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Jun 18th 2007 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/17/battery-life-proving-problematic-in-adding-rumble-to-sixaxis/Replacing batteries counts as a fee. Though, even the internal one will die eventually, so in a year, I bet they will release internal replaceables.
Also, being a pro-environment person, I am GLAD that they do not induce alkaline purchases. Of all batteries, alkaline is the ONLY major kind that goes into landfills, no matter what. There are even some less common permanent batteries that DO recycle, but alkaline just does not.
And, there is NEED for more rumble power in Sixaxis. The Wiimote is primarily single handed. Playstation style controllers use both hands. Double grip holds more than twice as sturdy as single, so to be noticeable, more than twice the rumble force would be needed. And maybe, just maybe, Sony has stereo rumble coming... (drool)]]>Jun 19th 2007 4:58PM