PS3 rumble firmware sighted

By Tom Bramwell Published 24 October, 2007

1.94 bundled with Ratchet.

You may not actually be able to play it unless you delete some porn, but Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction does have hidden depths to explore once you do.

That is to say, it's home to a firmware 1.94 update, which adds support for the upcoming DualShock 3 controller and its fancy-not-last-gen-whatever-we-said rumble technology - something Tools of Destruction is built to utilise.

Once installed, Shacknews reports that the PS3's PS-button menu shows a "vibration function" toggle.

Of course, that's no use to you unless you actually have a DualShock 3, which you do not, and will not do any time soon unless you pre-order one from Japan, where it launches sometime next month, or hang on until next spring when it turns up in Europe and the US.

In the meantime, expect firmware 1.94 to turn up on PlayStation Network sometime soon, and indeed expect to see it on other Blu-ray game discs too as Sony's "rumbl-ution" gets underway.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • Steroyd #1 4 years ago

    I'm drowning in puns.

  • TriggerHippie #2 4 years ago

    Good news, might help drumble up some sales...

    /gets coat

  • slickster #3 4 years ago

    the rumble is in the rachet and clank plus haze,so im going to import the controller from japan next mouth.i cant wait till the uk gets it next year i think january or february not shore.
    Edited by 1 at 24/10/07 @ 10:52

  • Cadence #4 4 years ago

    LOL

  • BadBoyBonner #5 4 years ago

    Sony now have some rumble
    As their empire began to crumble
    It’s a bout time they were humble
    About the mighty rumble

    With their stock taking a tumble
    The controller issue is now a jumble
    Bet early adopters will have a grumble
    About Sony’s idiotic fumble

  • slickster #6 4 years ago

    @ frod,fuck you man im on the PS3 doing my messages,i cant be fucked to turn the pc on.
    Edited by 1 at 24/10/07 @ 10:57

  • Daikon #7 4 years ago

    Will I have to buy a new controller or will the firmware make the old one rumble?

  • SBfistfun #8 4 years ago

    "@ frod,fuck you man im on the PS3 doing my messages,i cant be fucked to turn the pc on."

    Breaking news, the power of the cell is so great, it can destroy the English language
    Edited by 1 at 24/10/07 @ 11:11

  • Darren #9 4 years ago

    @Daikon - I'm not sure whether you're being serious or not, but in case you aren't I'll give you a clue: there's a reason why the SIXAXIS controller is so light compared with the PS2's DualShock 2 pad - can you guess why? ;)

  • Dr.Mott #10 4 years ago

    Not really, I do just about all of my EG posts on the PS3, like this one, for example. Slickster just seems generally shit at the English language to start with.

  • slickster #11 4 years ago

    i dont now why i come on this forum theres to many xbot wankers hire.you should just grow up and get a life.

  • the-fell #12 4 years ago

    ''i dont now why i come on this forum theres to many xbot wankers hire.you should just grow up and get a life.''

    I don't know why I visit this forum, there are too many Xbot wankers here. You should all grow up and get a life!

    Woot I fixed your poop Sony biased spellings for you ;)

  • Draqule #13 4 years ago

    @ slickster

    Seriously dude,

    http://ww w.play.com/Books/Books/4-/63503...

  • DB2k #14 4 years ago

    i dont now why i come on this forum theres to many xbot wankers hire.you should just grow up and get a life.

    knob off then. You clearly add nothing, are too dumb to even know how to spell "sure" I mean for fuck's sake how old are you?


    As a side note can someone other than this dingus help me understand how the PS3 is allowed a rumble now? I know they said it wasn't possible when it obviously was, so have they given loads of money to Imation or whoever it was that MS paid off?

  • zuljin #15 4 years ago

    @DB2k
    They were in the middle of legal proceedings, hence why they said rumble wasn't going to appear on PS3. They've settled now though, hence the firmware update and patches for current games.

  • BadBoyBonner #16 4 years ago

    @Zuljin

    In the alternative the legal dispute had been going for several years, and had also been launched against Microsoft.

    Microsoft settled, Sony decided to wait for a few years, Until they had launched a new console without rumble.

    AND

    Then sell controllers with rumble (once sufficient numbers of PS3 owners existed), thus letting all the people who want rumble on the PS3 to effectively pay all of Sony's legal bill and damages.

  • zuljin #17 4 years ago

    @BadBoyBonner
    Yes thats exactly how it worked. Just like Microsoft released early knowing about the RROD problem so their early adopters would pay the bill for the three year warranty.

    /Rolls eyes

    I'm going to mention Hanlon's Razor once more because I think the world would be a much better place if people abided by it once in a while.

  • Chufty #18 4 years ago

    WHY SO MUCH HATE?

  • Rodster #19 4 years ago

    "WHY SO MUCH HATE?"

    because it's Sony and they've earned it. ;P

  • Ryze #20 4 years ago

    Didn't know the PS3 had cut & paste too!

  • chudders #21 4 years ago

    In the words of two of the UK's greatest songwriting talents:

    Lets get ready ready,
    lets get ready ready,
    lets get ready to rumble.

  • Daikon #22 4 years ago

    Couldn't help but be sarcastic ^_^

    Still, I feel bad for people who paid GBP 425 for their systems and will have to spend extra for proper controllers.
    Sony charged 35 quid for a non-rumble controller. How much will the rumble ones go for?

  • SeesThroughAll #23 4 years ago

    Those jerks!

    So what happened to "Rumble is last-gen" or "we can't have both motion sensing and rumble"?

    Liars! I hate you Sony!

    You should be like those saints (in comparison) from our beloved Microsoft, always speaking the truth!

  • miiiguel #24 4 years ago

    wow, PS foruns do prove that "Punk's not Dead!"

  • kangarootoo #25 4 years ago

    @BadBoyBonner

    Don't MS own a big chunk of the company that owned the rumble IP? I would imagine that makes settling rather more straight forward and less risky from a business pov.

  • septimus #26 4 years ago

    Ah 3u60gamer, always a joy to visit to read a PS3 article.

    You can generally get through the 360/Wii section unscathed on this site, wish that same was true of PS3.

    Own all three consoles before any 12 year old starts.

  • zedzee #27 4 years ago

    Sony and MS got sued (quite rightly) by Immersion for infringing their IP by adding the same technology into their respective controllers for the PS1/PS2 and XBox.

    MS put their hand up and paid about $20m+ to Immersion and bought a small share (they don't own or control them) in the company, they probably get a discount now for their future licenses, eg. X360.

    Sony, God bless'em, decided to give more money to their useless lawyers and continue the fight in court and duly lost the case and had to pay $90m+ to Immersion, otherwise the DualShock2 would've had to be withdrawn from the market!

    Sony launched the PS3 with something they invented (I think), called motion sensing in six directions and called it, aptly enough, SixAxis. This is what you get with your PS3. This has NO rumble capability at ALL. Hence someone earlier said it was lighter, which is correct.

    More info here: [link url=http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archives/2 005/03/29/dual_shock_infringes_on_immersions_tech_sony_requi red_to_cough_up_90m.html
    ]http://bl ogs.guardian.co.uk/games/archiv...[/link]

    So now, not only have UK/Euroland gamers paid £425 and be insulted by the machine's price drop - less than a year after its release - but they also need to shell out and buy the DualShock3, if they want rumble.

    But wait, what's that I hear? UK/Euroland will get it sometime after Japan and America? Really? Wow...that's NEVER happened before...

    My advice is DON'T buy a PS3 and certainly DON'T buy the DualShock3, until its price is reduced or gets bundled with a future model. Don't buy into this shambles that Sony has made...
    Edited by 2 at 24/10/07 @ 19:46

  • BadBoyBonner #28 4 years ago

    Zuljin

    Just like Microsoft released early knowing about the RROD problem so their early adopters would pay the bill for the three year warranty.

    How are the early adopters paying for the RROD?

    Or have you not heard that MS are paying for it, and for 3 years no less?

    as for your comment of

    "Yes thats exactly how it worked."

    Glad you agreed - they could have settled but didn't.

    The only way people wanting rumble on PS3 will NOT have paid, is if Sony offer a free trade in.
    Edited by 2 at 24/10/07 @ 22:28

  • Kill_Crazy #29 4 years ago

    Why do people want shitty rumble? Hit a wall in a car and do you feel a 'rumble'? No, you feel a fucking great bang and jolt of the seatbelt and/ or airbag. Fire a gun and do you feel a rumble? Hell no. Your arms jump with the recoil. No rumble there. How do people think that this enhances games? Now force feed back is another thing entirely.................

  • MaxiSleep #30 4 years ago

    Kill_Crazy
    25-Oct-07 07:27:06

    "Why do people want shitty rumble? Hit a wall in a car and do you feel a 'rumble'? No, you feel a fucking great bang and jolt of the seatbelt and/ or airbag. Fire a gun and do you feel a rumble? Hell no. Your arms jump with the recoil. No rumble there. How do people think that this enhances games? Now force feed back is another thing entirely..

    If you have ever driven a car you will know that feedback through the wheel is actually very important. Rumble does a great job of simulating this.

  • zedzee #31 4 years ago

    @ Kill_Crazy:

    "Hit a wall in a car and...you feel a f***ing great bang and jolt of the seatbelt and/ or airbag. Fire a gun and...Your arms jump with the recoil."

    When you write about these things, are you speaking from experience?!

  • Kill_Crazy #32 4 years ago

    At 2 above posts:

    Rumble does not give a good feeling of feedback IMO.

    Yes, i have driven, and sadly crashed, cars. On circuits and on road. And yes, i've fired rifles and air weapons/ bb guns.