Is controller vibration a vital part of your gaming experience?

It was kinda neat back in the days of the N64 when ya had the big-ass Rumble Pak weighing down your controller, but at this point I'm not really fussed.
I hardly even notice rumbling anymore unless a game gets excessive with it.

" My mouse and keyboard don't rumble, so no, it's not very vital to me. "

I always turn it off.

I love me some vibration. Its wouldn't be the same with no rumble on those heavy Slap-shots from the point or when unloading a Machine gun all at once.

I would get terrified if my Dualshock would start rumbling while playing Fatal frame 2 :(  
I don't think its vital to the experience, but definitely adds something to it if done right.

If done right, it can make all the difference. In fact, I hope with the next generation of consoles they improve upon it.

I never notice it so that either means it is very well implemented and immersive or not important at all.

Experiences like unloading a whole magazine as a medic in BC2 and having your hands tingling from all the rumble make it worthwhile. 

No.

I turn vibration off with all of my consoles. I feel it actually detracts from the overall game experience. I remember trying to play Halo 3 at a friends house, and when firing a gun in that game, the controller vibrates. He had his vibration enabled, and I kept wondering why I was so inaccurate in comparison to when I was playing any shooter at home. For some reason, vibration throws me off completely. I always have disabled it when playing videogames; even when I owned a Playstation and Playstation 2, I turned all controller vibration off. It wasn't something that added to any game experience I can recall.

i keep it on but i don't notice them a lot of times.

Can't remember which Half Life episode it is, maybe 2 but you're going along with Alyx and you're getting these tremours every few minutes and blurring of the screen.  That experience would be nothing without the associated rumble.  And Mr. M60 BFBC2 I agree with you so much, guns firing is so much better with rumble.  I've heard about competition level players turning it off for accuracy but for for normal level immersive play you're robbing yourself of something just for the sake of some poxy battery time.  Get rechargeables, have them ready.  If somebody is poking me with their finger in a game then rumble makes it more real.

" I turn vibration off with all of my consoles. I feel it actually detracts from the overall game experience. I remember trying to play Halo 3 at a friends house, and when firing a gun in that game, the controller vibrates. He had his vibration enabled, and I kept wondering why I was so inaccurate in comparison to when I was playing any shooter at home. For some reason, vibration throws me off completely. I always have disabled it when playing videogames; even when I owned a Playstation and Playstation 2, I turned all controller vibration off. It wasn't something that added to any game experience I can recall. "

" No I was happy when they PS3 controller took it out "

" not really, except EDF2017.  
anyone who played it knows what i mean. oh GOD. "

It's a nice little touch. It's not like it's getting in the way of game design, so eh.

Are there vibrating mice + keyboards? 

depends on the game. 

" I always enjoy it, but I mostly take it for granted these days. If I had to play without it, I think I would really miss it. I remember those giant rumble packs that they sold for the N64. Those things were badass. "

for those massage games its pretty integral

I've always hated the rumble controller. Whatever the first one was that I used so many years ago, I quickly turned that shit off. It was intended to make the experience more immersive but I always thought it was distracting and annoying.

It's always nice to have. But I do a lot of gaming on the PC so I can do without.

I rarely notice it but I love the way MGS4 used it.

I wouldn't say it's vital, but it certainly helps the experience.

TBH, i didn't notice the vibrations until i put on the table :P. I think when i play i concentrate too much, and its all just part of the experience. :P. It probably helps immerse me.