IFireflyl
Gold Member
Did that Sony pad have any compatible games released in the two days before N64 rumble and starfox?
Or did they chuck rumble in a pad then start to work on games whilst Nintendo were launching a complete product?
Your fanboy "gotcha!" post is shallow. As I've already said, this is 100% irrelevant. The question isn't, "Which console feature had more impact for games at launch?" The question is which console was more innovative, and people keep giving N64 the win for rumble because they are (falsely) under the impression that Nintendo had rumble first, and that Sony only improved upon their design. In fact, Sony implemented the rumble feature into their controller first, and that same rumble feature is what is now used by virtually every controller with rumble. So not only did Sony beat Nintendo to the punch with rumble, but their implementation was far more impactful since it is still used in modern controllers by everyone, including Nintendo with the Switch Pro controller.
It doesn't matter that games didn't take advantage of the rumble feature right away. What matters is that the Rumble Pak started and ended with the N64, but Sony's rumble function was out first (by a couple of days) and is still used today, almost 25 years later, and it is used in all standard controllers, including Nintendo's.
This means that Sony beat Nintendo in terms of innovation in this particular area.
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