SplitFish GameWare Inc., a leader in video game hardware innovation, today announced it has developed a new dynamic force feedback system for use with the Sony PlayStation 3 and other next-generation video game systems. Basic PS2 and Xbox versions are being considered.
The new SplitFish dynamic force feedback system was designed to insure compliant operation with the new tilt, motion and directional sensor technologies currently found in the next generation game consoles.
This low power consumption force feedback technology called "Sensor Effects -- SensorFX" uses no moving parts to produce meaningful sensory feedback. A broad range of intensity and sensation compliment the ability to derive feedback sensations from isolated areas on the controller, to isolate one side or the other, movement from front to back or all areas at the same time. As an example, a gamer playing a race game can feel variations in pulse, strength and collision location and to feel intensity differences between a smooth guardrail swipe and a full frontal slam into a wall.
November 2025 is the 61st month the PlayStation 5 has been available for. In the latest month, the gap grew in favor of the PlayStation 5 when compared to the aligned launch of the PlayStation 3 by 1.57 million units.
In the last 12 months, the PS5 has grown its lead over the PS3 by 3.31 million units. The PlayStation 5 is currently ahead by 28.11 million units.
PS3 got a bad rap because of the price. I bought it day one (I was very lucky). A Blu-ray player was more expensive than the PS3 at the time around 800$+
And that was for a standalone player with no internet connectivity. A network enable BD players like the PS3 was, were around $1000 at the time
That's true, but it gets worse. I remember seeing independent analysis from CNET or something like that. They concluded that PS3 was not only the cheapest, but also had the best video quality of any BD player.
Good to see there is an improvement despite the challenges plaguing this generation.
At the end of year 5, the ps3 received a pricecut making the 160GB model $250 and the 320G GB model $300.
I miss those days when there was not so much demand for microchips and the prices of things generally came down.
Now everything seems to be a smart device with very few companies to supply the needed chips.
Why compare to the PS3? The machine was a total abortion.
Comparing to 4 would be best being it’s the previous generation and was hugely successful.
There is a ps5 to ps4 comparison. The PS4 currently has a narrow lead.
https://www.vgchartz.com/ar...
we should also not forget what shitstorm the ps3 got cause of the price bk then
it was still a phenomenal console
Western media did everything in their power to destroy the ps3. They shiited on its price and made fun of the CELL (I'm surprised there wasn't more dbz memes) calling it alien hardware. Still it gave us games like Uncharted 2 and TLOU.
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that it's only a matter of time before the new Rumble_axis will be released for the PS3. With thanks to none other than Hideo Kojima and KK. It wasn't KK's decision to drop rumble remember? hmmm...and where is he now?
I hope this new technology gets incorporated into future games like MGS4. Noone aside from the creators, know how well this new feature will compare to the current one, but I'm sure Kojima will settle for anything, as long as it vibrates.
If Sony decides to bundle this new controller in with the PS3 later in the future, then I'll just wait until then. 65nm Cell proccessor along with SplitFish controller...yeah sounds good.
sounds cool but it looks ridiculous when you go to their site
www.splitfish.com
click on the motion fx adapter
I hoped that some sort of force feedback would be implemented into games on PS3, and finally it has, but does anyone know how much this wheel costs, cause im not putting anymore than a the cost for a Wii out for it. So this is cool, but dont know if its worth $200+ if thats what it is? Cant wait to try it out
How will this work? I'm not talking hardwarewise. I'm 100% that the PS3 can generate the required signals for force feedback. But What will happen to the people that already own a PS3? Will Sony start shipping the new controllers in the future and ask people to get the new ones? Will developers bother implementing force feeback knowing that it does not come standard with the system? will the developer's libraries force feedback will be provided by the Sony or this 3rd party developer?
Anyways, this is great news for the industry. It's about time immersion gets some competition.