Link: http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tre...ts-makers-flying-high-on-smartphone-tailwinds
This is from a Nikkei article today: Japan's electronic-parts makers flying high on smartphone tailwinds
The article doesn't mention what sales they made off of Nintendo but the fact that it will increase in the next quarterly period is more likely correlated to the Nintendo Switch compared to the 3DS which has no rumble anyway.
I made a speculation thread back in January which drew attention to one of Alps Electric's products called the Haptic Reactor and impressions from one user reminded them of it when they tried Nintendo's HD Rumble. Alps Electric manufactures Linear Resonant Actuators but the Haptic Reactor is a little different as explained in the thread.
Alps Electric worked with Nintendo before on the N64 Rumble Pak and the N64DD.
A reminder that Immersion does the software related to the HD Rumble, they do not manufacture the hardware.
There has been no other company mentioned that makes the hardware for the HD Rumble, so unless there is another manufacturer, it looks very likely that Alps Electric is the manufacturer of HD Rumble because I had not seen any other articles reference another manufacturer.
I have looked at earnings results for Alps Electric but they don't detail who their clients are, just what products they have are selling.
Edit: Two days later, the earnings release on July 27th shows that there was a significant increase in sales for Haptic products.
This is from a Nikkei article today: Japan's electronic-parts makers flying high on smartphone tailwinds
The article doesn't mention what sales they made off of Nintendo but the fact that it will increase in the next quarterly period is more likely correlated to the Nintendo Switch compared to the 3DS which has no rumble anyway.
I made a speculation thread back in January which drew attention to one of Alps Electric's products called the Haptic Reactor and impressions from one user reminded them of it when they tried Nintendo's HD Rumble. Alps Electric manufactures Linear Resonant Actuators but the Haptic Reactor is a little different as explained in the thread.
Alps Electric worked with Nintendo before on the N64 Rumble Pak and the N64DD.
A reminder that Immersion does the software related to the HD Rumble, they do not manufacture the hardware.
There has been no other company mentioned that makes the hardware for the HD Rumble, so unless there is another manufacturer, it looks very likely that Alps Electric is the manufacturer of HD Rumble because I had not seen any other articles reference another manufacturer.
I have looked at earnings results for Alps Electric but they don't detail who their clients are, just what products they have are selling.
Edit: Two days later, the earnings release on July 27th shows that there was a significant increase in sales for Haptic products.