Most likely the motor will overheat since it’s not designed to run continuously
The reason for that is exactly what you would imagine people used it for.
That does not make absolutely any sense at all. Why would they care about what people in private use controllers for? Why would they care enough to actively program something preventing that?
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Doing “that” then trying to make a warranty claim.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
I don’t know if OP’s claim is true, but I could see a company doing that to try and prevent unintended uses so to prevent damage/malfunction.
Pechente@feddit.org 13 hours ago
It matters as soon as people record themselves using it „wrong“ or tutorials go viral. Especially for a company that is really concerned about its public image like Sony.
SARGE@startrek.website 13 hours ago
It’s Sony, a Japanese company.
Lol. Lmao, even.
Sony cares a bit too much about how people use the things they own that Sony made.
Japan is famous for its laws and customs regarding nudity, sex, porn, accessories, etc… Anything you might expect a stereotypical prude to clutch their pearls over, really. It’s simply gasp too obscene!
MajesticTechie@feddit.uk 13 hours ago
Sony: “How dare you even think about using our controller for that” Hitachi: “Have I got a product for you”
Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Ah yes, Japan where Hitachi is from, famously not a company that made a magic wand.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Hitachi ceased production of the device in 2013 due to concerns about having the company name associated with a sex toy. Vibratex convinced the company to continue manufacturing it under the name “Original Magic Wand,” omitting the Hitachi name. In 2014, the company used the name “Magic Wand Original.”
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
To be fair, it’s probably a reasonable marketing decision to not have your industrial and home equipment company best known for its sex toys. I get where that came from.
SARGE@startrek.website 13 hours ago
not a vibrator, it’s a “personal massager” and how dare you suggest such a device could be used sexually!
KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
That really isn’t the case though. Love hotels, “gentlemen’s clubs”, and other adult institutions are heavily advertised, and sex toys can be found almost anywhere – drug stores, superstores, even connivence stores.