Sorry PS2, No Disgaea for You

Third party publisher Nippon Ichi announced today that the next instalment of quirky strategy series Disgaea will be released for the Playstation 3 rather than for the series old stomping ground, the Playstation 2. This likely comes as a blow to those who have not forked over the cash for next generation hardware. With two dimensional sprites and turn based game play, Disgaea 3 seems as if it would make an excellent Playstation 2 holdout. That, however, is simply not to be. Disgaea's jump to the Playstation 3 likely signals the end of the Playstation 2's life as a viable console.

Rumbling Sixaxis in the Works? Not Likely

Speculation is running wild after gaming blog Kotaku erroneously claimed yesterday that Sony had confirmed the development of a Sixaxis controller with built in rumble. According to IGN's conversation with a Sony spokesperson, the alleged "confirmation" was nothing more than a Sony employees observation that news reports had claimed third party rumbling PS3 controllers were in the works. Pretty big slip on Kotaku's part.

Either way, it is not entirely unreasonable to assume that a redesigned Sixaxis may be announced in the not to distant future. The current Sixaxis is far too light and seems cheap compared to the beefy PS3 unit. In such a redesign, however, a rumble feature would be relatively unlikely. Sony has hopped aboard the motion sensing controller train and precise motion control and vibrations simply do not mesh well. The relative imprecision of Sixaxis motion control when compared to that of the Wii Remote, however, may ultimately allow for rumbles. Regardless, anything on a new Sixaxis is still a far way from being "confirmed."