Let’s get ready to ruuuumble! PS3 rumble adapter?

It’s a fact of life that the SIXAXIS won’t have the Rumble feature. Kaz says they dropped it because of costs. No Rumble means cheaper controller, right? But some of you have commented that if Sony were to include Rumble and raise the SIXAXIS price, you wouldn’t mind at all. As some of you would say: “What’s a few more dollars, anyway?”

You guys have a point. But still, Sony seems to be sticking to a Rumble-less controller. To whom can those who want Rumble turn to now but third party hardware manufacturers?

The guys up at PS3 Fanboy were able to sight a mysterious “PS3/PS2 Controller Adapter” from Pelican to be sold in EBGames come December 1 for US$4.99. But more than that, there’s no info of what it actually is. There’s no picture, even (at least not when we went there to look at it). But PS3 Fanboy thinks that it could be an add-on accessory that will simulate a Rumble feature for the PS3 (and PS2) controller.

If you want to believe it or not, it’s going to cost you five bucks. If this controller really is a Rumble add-on, then those of you guys clamoring for one can just shell out a day’s worth of allowance (or less, even) to get your vibrating toy. If it turns out to be a different kind of “controller adapter” and not a Rumbler, then it’s only a matter of time before someone comes out with one.

It’s a fact of life that the SIXAXIS won’t have the Rumble feature. Kaz says they dropped it because of costs. No Rumble means cheaper controller, right? But some of you have commented that if Sony were to include Rumble and raise the SIXAXIS price, you wouldn’t mind at all. As some of you would say: “What’s a few more dollars, anyway?”

You guys have a point. But still, Sony seems to be sticking to a Rumble-less controller. To whom can those who want Rumble turn to now but third party hardware manufacturers?

The guys up at PS3 Fanboy were able to sight a mysterious “PS3/PS2 Controller Adapter” from Pelican to be sold in EBGames come December 1 for US$4.99. But more than that, there’s no info of what it actually is. There’s no picture, even (at least not when we went there to look at it). But PS3 Fanboy thinks that it could be an add-on accessory that will simulate a Rumble feature for the PS3 (and PS2) controller.

If you want to believe it or not, it’s going to cost you five bucks. If this controller really is a Rumble add-on, then those of you guys clamoring for one can just shell out a day’s worth of allowance (or less, even) to get your vibrating toy. If it turns out to be a different kind of “controller adapter” and not a Rumbler, then it’s only a matter of time before someone comes out with one.