Gamers Evolved

We all heard the rumors that Sony was adding the rumbling pack to the new PS3 SIXAXIS controllers that will be releasing within the next few months. Whether or not these rumors are true is still to be determined as there are conflicting rumors running all over the net and sometimes it is hard to tell fact from fiction.

Early reports started when a report was issued from GamePro in which one executive made mention of a change in the SIXAXIS. This of course made people feel that Sony just might have figured out how to include it in their controller along with its motion sensitivity. Dave Karraker, Sony’s director of corporate communications stated, “We have not added rumble [to PS3], and have no announcements regarding this feature”.

Mr. Karraker did say that they had made minor adjustments to the motion sensitivity of the controller. “From time to time, we make minor enhancements to the controllers for our platforms. We recently sent out to the development community some new prototypes that have a slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and the motion sensing within the Sixaxis controller. This is not a new controller, but is part of the normal development and evolution of controllers.”

So while Sony has stated that they have no plans to add the rumble pack to the brand new controllers we can still hope that sometime in the future they will bring it back for all of us rumble fans. All we can do is wait and hope.