IMMERSION SURVEYING GAMERS ABOUT VIBRATION FEEDBACK

Those crafty devils at Immersion are sponsoring a survey which apparently is geared towards convincing Sony that they really need to re-think their stance on vibration feedback and the Playstation 3 controller. While it at first appears as just a survey about how the participants feel about the use of vibration technology, it quickly becomes a bit more pointed to the Playstation 3 and it’s lack of that feature. Let’s take a look at one of the questions, shall we?;

“If rumble is removed from the PS3 console, your PlayStation or PS2 games also may not have vibration when played on the PS3. How would the lack of rumble in the whole console affect your decision to buy the PS3?

I would definitely not purchase a PS3 without rumble
I would be more likely to purchase an Xbox 360 with rumble
I would be more likely to purchase a Wii with rumble
I would buy a PS3 anyway, but I’d be disappointed
It would not affect my decision at all
Other, please specify   “ – Immersion Survey

You’ll note how it’s a bit slanted towards the negative end of the spectrum, which pretty much would guarantee Immersion gets the results they want. They may as well have titled the survey “Just drop the appeal and license the technology already“

Check out the full survey here and be sure to let them know what you think. Who knows, it could actually help Sony decide that they do need to bring vibration back into the equation – I mean, what are they going to do if Sega decides they want to release a high-definition version of Rez with a Trance-Vibrator? (ed- For the record, that Trance-Vibrator link may not be safe for work – you have been warned.)