Why not built in rumble on a portable?

[devmas]

Hmm.... when I think about it, they actually created a rumble pack for the Nintendo DS. It was made for Metroid Prime Pinball, but a couple other games use it. It is a very nice rumble that is effective and not distracting.

As a matter of fact, Warioware Twisted, the GBA game you twist in circles, (and might I add the best GBA game ever made ) has built-in rumble. The rumble is not very strong, but I can't imagine the game without it. You can turn it off, but it feels entirely different. The battery consumption of this rumble seems almost non-existant.

The point is, I do believe that anything can have rumble, optical drive or not. However, it probably should not be a very strong rumble.

[Accordion]

Lets take a look at this shall we?

Wii-Mote: 50 USD. Biggest technological feat within it: IR transmitter and small speaker.

PSP: 200 USD. Biggest technological feat: itself. Breakables: LCD screen, UMD drive, motherboard, need I go on?

i have no idea what your trying to say.
i simply commenting on the
stupidity of users of hand held devices

[StuiWooi]

Id love my psp to rumble, and to hell with making the screen not rumble, if you want immersive when you crash your car, take a hit or fire a weapon the screen should move just as much as your hands

Also it may be a standard feature, to have rumble capability in consoles, but the number of games i own where the default is rumble off annoys me a little bit.

[steve-b]

rumble wears out anyway. My old PS controllers hardly shake at all now..they just emit a slight buzz noise. It's really just a gimmick IMO.

[OkornographyO]

I have rumble motor inside my psp. And no it dosnt take lot off the psp battery life, just about 15mins or something. And no the screen dosnt shake at all. And I really love the feeling my psp rumbling when I shoot in medal of honor heroes. :thumbup: http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?topic=559.0

[jayjubear]

there would be many problems with the psp if it had built in rumble

It would cause the umd to shake and probably not read right.

It would rattle the internal electronics to a breaking point. and you couldnt replace the controler like in a console , you would have to replace the whole thing

Lastly it would shake the screen so the image would be blurry or distorted.