Rumor: Could This Possibly be the PlayStation 4 Controller?
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Ugh... looks like a cheap USB PC Controller you get on Ebay for 5 bucks...
If it's real... wow, I guess they broke the "If ain't broke, don't fix it" trajectory they were following with earlier designs...
If it's real... wow, I guess they broke the "If ain't broke, don't fix it" trajectory they were following with earlier designs...
I see some applications on having a small touch screen. For one, it could mean that you wouldn't be crippled trying to play an RTS on console(even a touch screen isn't ideal, but it's better than a controller). Aside from that, I wouldn't see too many obvious applications for a touch screen. I'm sure people will get either very creative or gimmicky with it if this is the controller.
Yeah, the d-pad looks fucking awful. The separate buttons were literally the ONLY advantage that the PS3 controller had over Xbox.
Also, that MASSIVE light on the back looks like it would get really annoying really fast.
Also, that MASSIVE light on the back looks like it would get really annoying really fast.
Yes, because the Playstation Vita TOTALLY didn't have a touchscreen on it and wasn't revealed at E3 2011 to have such a function at the same time as Nintendo's Wii U was officially revealed.reiem531 said:
I'm getting really sick and tired of everybody saying "RIPOFF! RIPOFF!" when it appears that this time, Sony is actually just adapting the Vita's functionality to exist on the new controller. It also doesn't have an actual screen on it like Nintendo's new controller, so how is it shamelessly ripping off the Wii U? Sony has definitely copied on the innovations of other companies in the past, but lets try to keep things in perspective.
OT: I don't feel that the new touchscreen is a good idea, it just looks really small, and you'd pretty much have to grip the controller with one hand in order to use it with any sort of precision, which would be probably be uncomfortable. I just don't understand why its there, and I hope that they actually show some decent use from the tech at the announcement.
This is definitely fake. No L1/R1, no start button, no select button. Fake.
EDIT: Also it has a wire. Just no.
EDIT: Also it has a wire. Just no.
What is that? What have they done to my beloved dualshock! I'm fairly certain my hands grew into the perfect shape for the dualshock after spending my early years gaming on the PS1 and 2, and now they've produced this monstrosity? DAMN YOU SONY! DAAAAAAAAMN YOOUUUU!MikeWehner said:
As far as I'm concerned the only improvement that could be made on the sixaxis/dualshock 3 controller is replacing the convex triggers with concave ones.
Or, you know, they kept to primarily the same button layout(just one aspect of what a controllers 'design' is) because that is what a 'playstation controller' is and is recognised as, and the 'redesigned' aspects are all those new features mentioned in the OP that are apparently integrated(and indeed can be quite clearly seen), but haven't been in past designs of the controller.Baresark said:
Where do you think new features and even minor changes come from? They always have to be designed by someone, this stuff doesn't just magically appear. XD
Sony has done that ever since they entered the gaming business, not just currently.reiem531 said:
A touchscreen can be a good thing. It can be used instead of other buttons to do things in the game. Maybe games will have their own customized display. Like an action bar in RPG's for example, so that console players don't need to use that stupid action wheel. That leaves more buttons for other things. Which means the game can have better mechanics. Remember Mass Effect 3 and how one button did everything? Well that wouldn't be a problem if the controllers had just one extra button.
Is there one specifically for the Wii U? I own a pro controller for the Wii surprisingly enough (came with monster hunter). But never actually used it OR played monster hunter on it. Got it for a steal of a deal at like 20-30 dollars. Oh well, off to Google to see what it looks like.SkarKrow said:
Except the non-dualshock controllers are essentially exactly the same, except without weights in it. It's just as sturdy. Actually even more durable due to the lack of moving parts. It's also less likely to be damaged when you drop it.TheRightToArmBears said:
I don't mind light controllers as long as they don't creak. Mine doesn't, so that's good and stuff. Also, I despise rumble. I've never liked it and don't understand why people do. It's a distraction. The controller is supposed to be 'invisible', the thing that connects you to the game. Vibrations just calls my attention to the controller and breaks immersion.
Definitely not the final product but probably the same fundamentals. I like how the Touch screen isn't intrusive to the dualshock design.
Look at around the Square button, it looks incomplete. It will be sexed up a bit for release.
Look at around the Square button, it looks incomplete. It will be sexed up a bit for release.
Judging by the captive cable, I'd say this is a developer unit, and shouldn't really be taken as representative of the actual controller we users will see at launch. The features, however, will be the same. Not sure how I feel about this touchpad thing they've got going on. I guess it's one of those things, so long as they don't shoehorn games to fit the new features and come up with real play enhancing mechanics using the features, then it will be fine.
This.Programmed_For_Damage said:
Part of the reason I'm more an Xbox individual is because the Xbox controller is more appropriate for my large clumsy retard hands.
On a side note - these advert Capchas are shit, predominantly because I end up having to fucking google half the "Brands" listed on the grounds that they're American companies and I'm not an American.