The results were almost too predictable: As of this spring Microsoft had nearly 90% of the force feedback joystick market.

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Soon after CH Products released the first consumer-level force feedback joystick, Microsoft came out with its own version: the SideWinder Force Feedback Pro.

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Immersion currently has about a dozen licensees, including CH Products, which released the first consumer force feedback joystick in 1996, the British firm Leda Media Products and publicly traded Logitech International (LOGIY).

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It's a cool idea -- you can sit in a seat that moves and reacts to the game as force feedback does with a joystick.

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