Immersion Corporation thinks Microsoft and Nintendo are way ahead of Sony in one aspect.

The company’s name might not be familiar, but without them, vibration in our controllers would likely not exist. Vic Viegas, the CEO of the company, said the following in their latest earnings call: „Sony is the only major console provider, who has not updated its rumble feature since the late 90s, whereas others, like our licensees Microsoft and Nintendo, have continued their investments in advanced haptics. Microsoft has introduced trigger functionality in the Xbox One, and Nintendo has leaped ahead of the market with HD Rumble.”

The PS2 and the original Xbox already used vibration in their respective controllers, which made Immersion sue both Sony and Microsoft. Sony eventually lost, as Microsoft bought a 10% stake in Immersion, as well as paying them 20M$ to use their technology. Eventually, Immersion and Sony had a settlement in 2007 to avoid pulling PS1s and PS2s (as well as the DualShock controllers) off the shelves.