hitTwo blind graders agree (D7, rule D16). Not in the audit sample (D11).
Grader A: hit
Force feedback (vibration) was standard in game controllers by 2009: the DualShock 3 with vibration became the PS3's main gamepad from 2007-2008, following the Nintendo 64 Rumble Pak and force-feedback joysticks from 1997. Haptics were also used in surgical and flight training simulators.
Test: At least 50% of new game controllers with force feedback: met (standard PS3 DualShock 3, Xbox 360 and Wii controllers vibrate).
DualShock (Wikipedia) (2008-04-15): DualShock 3 with dual vibration motors released 2007-2008 and became the PS3's primary gamepad.
Haptic technology (Wikipedia) (retrieved 2026-09): Rumble Pak and SideWinder Force Feedback Pro in 1997; haptics in surgical and flight simulators.
Grader B: hit
Force feedback (rumble) was standard in console controllers (DualShock, Wii Remote with 101M units) and used in flight and surgical training simulators.
Test: Device test: rumble in >50% of new console controllers by 2009.
Wikipedia: Haptic technology (accessed 2026-09-28): Rumble Pak and SideWinder Force Feedback 1997; DualShock vibration standard on PlayStation; haptics used in surgical and flight simulators; force-feedback teleoperators since 1950s.
Chapter 9, "2009"; item Communication 13 in Kurzweil 2010, p. 60
confidence
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note
Wording as reproduced by the author in "How My Predictions Are Faring" (2010); book page not given there. Subject label is the essay's own item heading.