The only difference is, Sony was in the middle of its lawsuit with Immersion at the time they said rumble was “last gen.” So, their hands were kind of tied. Whereas Microsoft’s position on HDMI, for example, was for no reason other than the fact that it was a bullet point they didn’t have and the PS3 did. They actively chose not to include it at launch and it’s clear that the market convinced them that HDMI was a necessary feature, hence the roll-out of the Elite and now Premium systems with HDMI.

It’s not like Sony just chose to omit rumble from PS3 controllers. Everybody knows they would have included it from the start if it weren’t for the lawsuit. There’s certainly a lot of things that informed consumers can criticize all three of the “next gen” systems for, but I think the smart ones give Sony a pass on the whole “rumble is last gen” thing.

It’s like being caught cheating on your loved on and making excuses - it isn’t that you cheated, it’s that you turned into a bullshit artist and didn’t act like a man and own up.

Like if my 360 dies, MS will send me one that works!

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