Thread: Immersion wants Sony to upgrade rumble technology

Personally I could care less about all that "future talk" because I want rumble and I want it now. If they make another new and improved controller next year at a even cheaper price, that's fine. But I will most definitely be buying a dualshock 3 upon release.

Originally Posted by BrewCityUpstart

Jazz or not, I didn't have to wait for my PS3 to come back from the dead to play videogames.

Ditto, after having a Premium box die and then 2 so-called "Elites" die on me I've washed my hands of constant failure from MS.

I'm still on the fence on trying out this new Falcon xbox.

Originally Posted by BrewCityUpstart

Jazz or not, I didn't have to wait for my PS3 to come back from the dead to play videogames.

Dude, I hooked you up!! Seriously though, Immersion is the company that sued for like 90 million and won against $ony.

Originally Posted by MadBryan

Dude, I hooked you up!! Seriously though, Immersion is the company that sued for like 90 million and won against $ony.

And Immersion sued MS and MS sued Immersion as well from what I recall. Got to give MS props for buying a piece, they are great at paying off company's. Amazing what monopoly money can do

Originally Posted by GoatMother

And Immersion sued MS and MS sued Immersion as well from what I recall. Got to give MS props for buying a piece, they are great at paying off company's. Amazing what monopoly money can do

Settlements are not "buying a piece". This stuff is a chess game that MS is better at.
Microsoft sues Immersion

Author: Brett Thomas
Published: 20th Jun 2007 "I lost, so pay me some of what they lost!" - Microsoft wants to collect $15m from the Sony suit.

Sometimes, something is so strange that you just have to think for a minute to wrap your head around it. First, Immersion develops force-feedback controllers. Sony and Microsoft use the technology in their systems. Immersion sues both. Microsoft settles for $26m, but Sony fights and loses for $90m. With me so far? Seems easy, right? So why is Microsoft now suing Immersion?

Because Immersion won against Sony.

In a soap-opera like twist, apparently Microsoft made an interesting deal with Immersion when it settled. When MS forked over the $26m, it entered into a contract - if Immersion then won its suit against Sony, MS would recoup $15m of that $26m. Apparently, Immersion isn't thinking it's such a great deal now, but it was quite eager at the time.

And it doesn't even stop there - Microsoft is now accusing Immersion of lying about the amount of the settlement with Sony (which was done behind closed doors), choosing a ticket price below $100m. Why, one might ask? Because apparently Microsoft was due an extra "kicker" if the victory over Sony crossed the $100m threshold.

Nobody is really sure exactly why a deal like this would take place, but there are certainly some ideas that I've come up with. You'll see them soon enough - but for now, why don't you tell us some of your own theories