Sony, Immersion Settle Lawsuit

Sony and Immersion have settled a long standing lawsuit over the rumble technology in the controllers for the PS1 and PS2. The lawsuit sees Sony pay a lot of money to Immersion and is likely one of the big reasons that the PS3 controllers don't vibrate.

As part of the truce, Sony will pay San Jose-based Immersion $97.2 million in damages and interest, as stipulated in the original court award that Sony was appealing. Sony will also pay $22.5 million in licensing payments through 2009 plus an unspecified amount of fees and royalties.

In total, Sony will cough up at least $150.3 million to settle the suit, when factoring in $30.6 million in compulsory license payments the Japanese company has already paid.

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