Sony Computer Entertainment America has denied reports that the firm has begun preliminary development on a rumble-enabled sixaxis control pad, but did confirm news that the company is in the process of enhancing the peripherals motion-sensing functionality.
Speaking in an announcement this week, David Karraker, Sony’s director of corporate communication denied Internet speculation, asserting, "We have not added rumble [to PS3], and have no announcements regarding this feature.”
In related news, however, he revealed that the firm has recently distributed controllers with improved motion-sensing features amongst the development community, but was keen to highlight this was simply a common occurrence in the development evolution of any product.
"From time to time, we make minor enhancements to the controllers for our platforms," said Karraker. "We recently sent out to the development community some new prototypes that have a slightly enhanced sensitivity for the analog sticks and the motion sensing within the Sixaxis controller. This is not a new controller, but is part of the normal development and evolution of controllers," he added.
Nevertheless, the omission of rumble in the PlayStation 3’s controller remains very much one of the most heavily criticised aspects of the system, a feature that has been in use on Sony consoles since its inception with the Dual Shock pad on the original PlayStation back in 1997.
Source: GamePro

what? extra analog sensitivity instead of rumble omg
hey sony denied a price drop...weeks later..they dropped the price by $100
I really dont care much for rumble, thats past gen. to me.. I would rather that Sony fixes the response time of the motion sensor.. Cause theres something going on with the Sixaxis controller, that it freezes on you for a couple of seconds.. Its always happening to me when Im at a crucial point in the game.. Sux big time..
neo_naz it is not a price drop because they are not continuing the 60gb and now the main sku is at full price with 80gb storage.
Jzer29 rumble is not last gen, that is true fanboy right there everyone because if rumble was to come you will be saying that oh great ps3 has rumble.
I sense rumble is coming very soon now, first no price cut and then a few days later BAM $100 cheaper, now this.
I've said it before and I'll say it again.Certain games need to have the rumble feature.I hate playing F1 or any other driving game without it.Rumble just adds to the racing experience.Hope Sony brings it back soon.
That sounds pretty cool MOO12.
I hope its true
the rumble will come out stop fukin complaining about it holy 5hit. They said it will be released so stop whining "omg when is it coming omg waaa waaa" stfu seriously god damm!t u guys are a bunch of b!tches softer then baby 5hit
MOO12 I hope you are right. That sounds awesome. Rumble needs to be back so bad. Warhawk would feel so awesome if they had rumble while flying.
Damn mystik4l06, chill out man. People aren;t going to change themselves for your benefit. Grit your teeth and bear it.
MOO12 that sounds pretty decent and seems sony will b taking a step into the modding world "IF TRUE WHAT U STATED" althou the lighting part i doubt that will happen because rumble is enough on killing battery life so i dont think addition of lights will happen to shorten it out even more
inferno ur right....but it just makes me feel better :-D im just another person which anger manegement did not work for
I didn't think about that but good point mystik4l06. What's the point of lighting up if your thumb or fingers are going to be pressing over it anyway?
thats exactly my point :-D depiste the fact im a angry person but we think alike
oooohhhh!!! litey BBButtons...me likey....lol...hope what ur sayin' is true...kinda hafta agree w/ u guys on the battery thing though...but hey...maybe some spoiled azz little kids would like those little lite up buttons (like them lite up shoes) lol...
please tell me that its not true..................plz 4 god sake.........................
psn id: gingo.... why did they need to deny tihs and ruin any hope of us getting it this year they could have just kept their mouths shut and let us hope
yea b/c it will weaken the sales of the sixaxis
Rumble sux, it has since the PS2. It was a cool thing with the PS1, but got old fast and now just eats batteries. MAybe the problems with the motion sixaxis lies in the shaking of the paddle like Sony said. They said they left out Rumble due to it interfering, maybe shaking the controller is having an effect. I like the controller the way it is though. Tweak the motion and make it better, but who cares about rumble. As long as it supports force feedback for stearing wheels I am fine. I dont need my paddle shaking though. And for the xbots out there, if the 360 didnt have rumble but the PS3 did, I bet you would be saying that rumble wasnt needed. Just like you keep saying more space isnt needed in spite of the fact the devs keep saying it is, and games are starting to come to the 360 on 2 discs.
I doubt that, with all the complaints that have been rolling in, Sony will leave rumble out for long. (Especially ever since they made nice with Immersion.)
its coming. they just dont want the sales to go down. MOO12 as much as i want to believe that i dont think its happeing.
I personally dont care if there is no rumble, i dont need it and i dont think it is that important. The game feels the same without it, i played Rainbow Six on the 360 and PS3, and i didnt even realize there was no rumble, its not that good anyway. I makes your hands vibrate, thats cool !!!!!
wtf =[
MOO12 DUDE THATS AWESOME
man sony plz bring back the rumble
they're full of it. runble is coming... i hope...
Rumble is asked for about as much as the in game XMB access. It's coming, whether you like it or not.