Jack Scofield
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The new controller is nice, but I'm actually gonna miss the old DualShock design. It was so iconic, so much so that it's silhouette is used to signify "video games" on all platforms.
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PS4 Controller - Dualshock 4 Unveilved
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Speedwagon
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Is it true that the shoulder buttons will be digital like the Wii U?
R1 and L1 are digital shoulder buttons, R2 and L2 are analog triggers.
I think this was just for the face buttons. I would be sad if the shoulder buttons were digital too though.
Just read this:
Has there been something mentioned about the touchpad being able to display images??
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-22-quantic-dream-very-interested-in-ps4-touchpad-for-designing-games-that-are-adapted-to-a-larger-audience
Has there been something mentioned about the touchpad being able to display images??
Well it was a dev from City the devs of Sniper.
Someone else said something along those lines (i think from the dev of that F2P FPS coming to PS4), but I think they are just mistaken. At least in the prototype it's definitely just a touchpad.
It is actually very odd that developers either working on the thing or at least in the know about this stuff don't realize this.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
no, but I'm convinced the reason it is rounded over the front of the controller is because that's a hinge and when you 'click' it it flips up
Wii U
CaptainZombie
Member
I'm excited to get my hands on this controller. Hoping Sony does some kind of marketing tour with PS4 like they did with Vita before release where they were at the big malls showing the Vita off.
Oppo
Member
I think you're going to be disappointed. There's no reason to believe that thing flips out. They would have shown that at the event, if it did.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Not flip out, flip up. It could just be something Sony want to keep secret til the full reveal.
phosphor112
Banned
It would be nice if it had "monochromatic" LCD display. Like a nice blue. Would be cool if they can overlay whatever icons they want. It would be super cheap but yet very useful.
Silent_Ocarina
Member
Wasn't it said that the controller had hidden features (which is why it wasn't available for the press to go hands-on), or am I imagining things?
amstradcpc
Member
You are right. Yoshida said it.
TimeEffect
Member
I'm thinking gestures can solve a lot of these. I wish the pad had two points of touch though, one on the left and right. I just hope devs have enough sense to utilize extra inputs for games like RPGs. Gestures could be great, especially if you could customize certain things certain ways. I swear it'd give multiplats an advantage over the Durango controller.
The only reason I want a screen is for texting. For that, I think a monochromatic screen could be useful. Or a nice little accessory is just as good, controller seems better suited for it now a la 360 chat pad
A main interest with the pad for me is hoping to see more games that are usually more PC-oriented. Wonder how good a console based RTS or TBS game could be. Something like Civ Rev 2 or XCOM, or Starcraft.
phosphor112
Banned
That would be crazy if the DS4 was actually this but I doubt it
That's overkill imo. I love that concept someone made.
Tripolygon
Banned
welcome back
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Noisepurge
Member
Wasn't it confirmed that it does recognize two touch contacts at a time?
phosphor112
Banned
Lol thanks!
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Listen to what Guerilla calls it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rGlu3e9kdks#!
KennyLinder
Member
He does mention a "few tweaks" still being necessary...but I didn't read that to mean "hidden features". I thought they pretty much spelled out all the features of the controller.
phosphor112
Banned
Lol, well he was talking to Jimmy Fallon. "I'm a gamer, I'm a nerd."
Yeah ok. ;].
Ninja Moomin
Banned
Perhaps the little 'dots' on it light up so you can show icons, etc?
That would be cool... but the controller is sounding expensive
SniperHunter
Banned
this sounds interesting...I guess they are waiting for MS to reveal final clock speeds? so they can increase PS4's cpu and gpu clocks?!
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
We'll see, but since the first moment I saw that controller I asked myself why the hell they bothered to make it more difficult to build by rounding the touchpad around the back of the controller. I honestly think the reason is that it's a hinge. If you look at a picture of it you'll see a large gap in that pad at the back. I think that is because it needs room to slide into the controller when it flips up to the reveal the REAL deal
It really would be a great addon, and very very very useful for menus and whatnot. it might even make navigation in ps4 console games better than on pc.
Well I think since Sony have said in many occasions that the controller that we saw at GDC or the PS Meeting was a mockup meaning it could change, maybe they wanted to keep the feature secret and reveal it at E3 or maybe they didn't want the bad press about "copying" nintendo.Perhaps the little 'dots' on it light up so you can show icons, etc?
That would be cool... but the controller is sounding expensive
Personally I don't care too much if it displays images but it could be cool if they manage to differ from what Wii U is offering.
That's very interesting. Either he meant to say touchpad or it will be a touchscreen in the end as he referred to it. E3 can't come soon enough.
New news, new thread?
Seems to be quite interesting. But given that he works for some third party developer (City Interactive?) I am not so sure if he really knows what he is talking about (an he doesn´t seem to be sure either, stating "If I´m not mistaken" just before the relevant part).
I had to argue with some fools who were adamant that was a video, and they were not really playing the game, but that was on YouTube comment section, so you know how that goes.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
He's second party and had a hand in designing the PS4 and the controller
In the article it mentions that they have been working in a nextgen RPG for 2 years so he may know something or maybe he just saw a mockup online lol.
You are confused the article talks about 2 different devs the first being Quantic Dreams expressing how happy they are that now you will be able to "Swipe" to Jason and the second one is from City Interactive the devs of Sniper.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Oh ... silly me. I just flicked through the quotes.
Master Nairb
Member
Still wish they would move the sticks away from the button middle. Playstation controllers have always been historically less comfortable because of that late design choice. I fear they are going for that iconic look over actual functionality.
Ninja Moomin
Banned
I don't think it is a screen.
Mark Cerny said that by reducing the number of analog buttons they were able to reduce the amount of data being transmitted and hence reduce controller latency (not that the DS3 had any issue with that)..... if they suddenly had to transmit data for a display wouldn't that be opposite to what they have been saying?
Mark Cerny said that by reducing the number of analog buttons they were able to reduce the amount of data being transmitted and hence reduce controller latency (not that the DS3 had any issue with that)..... if they suddenly had to transmit data for a display wouldn't that be opposite to what they have been saying?
We have seen what Nintendo accomplished with the Gamepad in terms of lag, while I haven't tested it first hand supposedly the lag of the screen in the gamepad is less than the lag generated by the TV.
opticalmace
Member
That would be crazy if the DS4 was actually this but I doubt it
Too many buttons to work as a controller.
I've seen that theory...and I think its pretty reasonable. But why have a hinge and not just a unobstructed screen? Purely as a surprise? Protection? Glare reduction? Interesting theory nonetheless.