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The Company Behind Switch’s HD Rumble Is Also Responsible For PS5 Controller’s Haptic Feedback

Thanks to the fittingly-named Immersion.

When it launched back in 2017, one of the Nintendo Switch’s many unique features was its new, shiny HD Rumble technology. The feature allowed players to experience rumble in games like never before, and titles such as 1-2-Switch actively made use of it to create gameplay experiences that wouldn’t have been possible on past hardware.

The Switch’s HD Rumble was born thanks to California-based company Immersion‘s TouchSense Force technology, a form of feedback tech which was licensed to several games companies including Nintendo. Fast-forward to 2020, and it turns out that Immersion is also responsible for the haptic feedback feature present in Sony’s latest controller, the PS5’s DualSense.

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