weekend_warrior
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The controller is the console!
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Destructoid: PS4 controller prototype & devkit photo, [Up: New Photo/Info In OP]
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The controller is the console!
soundahfekz
Member
"remember me?"
Just when you thought the gifs couldn't get any better lol.
How did you make it through this gen?
Wrong.
Dual Shock controllers are a piece of shit.
You don't say? The plot thickens.
LOL WTF
Someone think they are still in the NES days.
I do, junior. It's pretty tiresome when people go in to PS4-threads and start posting shit like "lol the sticks are all wrong!".
Check it out: thirdparty controllers exists. Nyko makes some decent ones (with the 360 stick placement).
If it is a 2 point-multi-touch pad, what kind of gestures could you do on it?
On my Laptop I can scroll down-up with two fingers swiping up-down, zoom in-out with two fingers swiping towards or away from each other.
I can also simulate left-right mouse klick pressing on the touchpad with one finger or two.
Anything else ?
On my Laptop I can scroll down-up with two fingers swiping up-down, zoom in-out with two fingers swiping towards or away from each other.
I can also simulate left-right mouse klick pressing on the touchpad with one finger or two.
Anything else ?
This. They better not make it asymmetric. Those who want the stick position to change can buy a new third party controller or just not buy the console. I will be super pissed if they change the stick layout.
"HOW DARE SOMEBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION TO ME!"
Everyone has the right to state their opinion.
Everyone else has the right to challange said opinion.
Otherwise, why have a discussion in the first place?
I bet it makes you feel like a big man calling someone junior.
But I didn't post that the stick are all wrong, I just didn't agree with someone's opinion.
I don't buy 3rd party controllers since 99% of them are pretty horrible. I stick with 1st party controllers. I've adapted to the Dual Shock controllers but that doesn't mean they aren't crap.
Oh my, sorry if I hurt your feelings. How dare I do something like that.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
Pretty sure he means Junior member, don't get your knickers in a twist.
I'm pretty sure I'm referring to him calling me a junior member. My point is why mention it? So no need for you to be a cheerleader.
I'm not a woman, so I don't wear knickers.
There is a difference between not agreeing with someone, and flat out saying that they are wrong.
Junior member
Nyko's controllers are pretty good, you should atleast give 'em a try - http://www.nyko.com/products/product-detail/?name=Raven+(Alternative)
Well if you want to get technical, technically I didn't say "You are wrong". I just said "Wrong" which can also mean:
"I disagree with their opinion."
"I think your opinion is wrong"
Junior member
I've already responded to that.
Sorry but bad experiences with 3rd party controllers have resulted in me never buying another one again. Unless they are by Sega.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
I was hoping for a larger change, but that still looks good.
I wonder what MS controller is going to look like.
I wonder what MS controller is going to look like.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Why are people calling the junior member a junior like he made a junior mistake?
And that nyko controller looks pretty cool. Howis the quality being a 3rd party and all?
And that nyko controller looks pretty cool. Howis the quality being a 3rd party and all?
I bet it will have a LCD-screen scrolling a welcome text when you turn on your console - "Welcome I_PWN_NOOBS420!"
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Anything to get us off our current course. I don't post often in Sony threads so I decided against rampant sexual stupidity as the icebreaker.
Manmademan
Member
Thunder Monkey
Banned
The future is naow.
I don't know if you're aware, but on NeoGAF if you get banned as a Junior Member, it's an automatic permban. This is to keep Junior Members from shitting up threads.
Yes, we get it, your preferences are different from the majority of the Playstation audience. Now stop shitting up the thread.
MoGamesXNA
Unconfirmed Member
His opinion is just as valid as yours. There are a lot of Playstation fans and potential PS4 consumers that prefer one style of thumbstick placement over the other.
If anything, this thread has highlighted a demand for two SKU's of the PS4 controller. Why not have the standard symmetrical controller bundled with the console and then have a first party 'Pro' version of the controller available at retail (with the asymmetrical layout)?
The borderline fanatacism for symmetrical thumbsticks in this thread and immediate disdain for anything different is concerning. It's PS4 announcement week folks. Cheer up.
... Made by a thirdparty. Sony won't make one, that's for sure.
Weird, I'd say there are way more asymmetrical fanatics out there who'd never accept a symmetrical layout.
Would asymmetrical fans be happy if symmetric fans kept going into the eventual Durango controller thread and whining that the established layout isn't changing since we all know that it wont?
Would Xbox fans be happy to see a "pro" controller on sale that features symmetrical sticks? Suggesting that the bundled one isn't a pro controller?
Both layouts are synonymous with their respective brands, to expect either to offer the other at this stage, certainly as the main controller, is silly. I can see neither offering a pad with the other layout.
So far only Nintendo radically change the controller every time a new machine launches. MS and Sony have only ever added modifications to their standard design.
I'd argue that Sony hasn't really made any modifications at all.
Graphics Horse
Member
To the shape you mean?
FlutterPuffs
Member
Always wondered why some juniors feel the need to insult to prove their point, but it does lead to some hilarious bans.
I love the dualshock. I have an Xbox 360 controller for PC gaming but the dualshock just feels better for me.
Asymmetric/symmetric doesn't interest me at all, as long as the movement stick is placed in the primary position. My thumbs are not big, they are tiny, I'm identical hand twins with my wife who also has small hands. I have to reach over to get to the playstation stick placement, which is uncomfortable (and imprecise) for long stretches of time. The 'third party controller' is kind of a moot point because you can't buy a PS4 without an official controller. I would be very much on board with two options.
Manmademan
Member
???
Since the original digital only PS1 controller, sony added:
Dual analog sticks (dualshock 1)
Rumble (dualshock 1)
shorter "arms" (dualshock 2)
analog buttons (dualshock 2)
built in battery/usb charging (dualshock 3)
bluetooth pairing (dualshock 3)
triggers at L2/R2 (dualshock 3)
motion gyros (dualshock 3)
PS button (dualshock 3)
That's a hell of a lot of modifications. the original PS controller is basically unusable compared to the current model.
^ This.
Ban the folks that keep on doing the "asymmetric > symmetric" in this thread, please.
Liamario
Banned
Liamario
Banned
I hope MS goes symmetrical. It would be delicious.
Suddenly, the ASSymetrical fans will say MS was right for changing it.
Erm, Sony went from the initial PS pad to dualshock, to boomerang, which they hastily retracted when people started turning it into a meme, to sixaxis to move. Switching the position of the left thumbstick with the d-pad seems like one of the minor things to do.
Manmademan
Member
Well technically, you haven't seen anything.
obviously a joke. I don't think anyone really thinks microsoft is going to go 100% kinect for the durango.
I didn't insult anyone thou unless not agreeing with someone equals insulting them. I was called a junior because someone didn't like my opinion.
All I merely said was I don't like the Dual Shock controllers because I think they are quite bad especially where the stick placement is. I'm also not a fan of the d-pad which is why I had to get my cousin to build me an arcade stick for my PS3 and 360.
Liamario
Banned
I realised you were joking. The internet is so terrible at expressing sarcasm :-(
The Move isn't a Dualshock. It's not even the default controller and it will never be. The "boomerang" controller wasn't retracted because of some stupid meme and alot of us wanted that controller actually.
Original PS pad to dualshock was a modification, the buttons and shape stayed the same, they added analogue and rumble.
Boomerang never released as the world cried out that it was hideous and crap before ever getting to use it. Did Sony change their mind because of that backlash or because internally they felt a DS3 was the better option?
Sixaxis is a Dualshock with internal sensors, no rumble and no strong, the shape and buttons again did not change. Then they added rumble back in after that patent issue they had.
PS Move is not a replacement for the DS, it's a motion controller to sit alongside it.
The PlayStation controller has barely changed in shape and layout since launch 20 years ago. only modifications have been made. The dpad and face buttons have not changed apart from to become analogue for the face buttons. The position of the sticks has remained the same since the DS was first created, the position of the shoulder buttons has remained the same since launch, they just got modified slightly.
The shape and layout of the PlayStation controller IS PlayStation. Just like the PS logo is.
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
You must not play many 3D games, I don't think I can name even one on PS3 that lets you move with the Dpad.
EDIT oops this post is older than I realized.
Graphics Horse
Member
Wipeout HD, Gran Turismo 5. Motorstorm(first two?)
Salacious Crumb
Junior Member
ok, besides racing games. I did mean 3D in the sense of character movement as well.