Yesterday a picture of the controller for Sony’s next generation system leaked online. There was some debate over whether it was a fake, but numerous sources have since stepped forward and confirmed its authenticity.
So Playstation fans, want to see what you’ll be wrapping your hands around for the next five years or more? Hit the jump for the full look…
As you can see, it’s not a radical change from the PS3 controller. In fact it even has a little Playstation logo on one of its buttons, perhaps confirming that Sony isn’t ditching the “Playstation” brand after all. The bright blue thing on top is probably a Move sensor. The shiny pad in the middle is a touch sensor — similar to the one on the back of the Vita.
So, it seems like Sony is trying to have things both ways — some new motion and touch controls, but they’re still keeping the classic Playstation form and not going for a full-out tablet controller like Nintendo.
We’ll probably see more of the controller on February 20th when Sony is maybe, probably, totally unveiling their next console. What do you folks think of the new controller?
via Destructoid
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I wonder what role the screen is going to play on the controller
I remember on Dreamcast sports games, specifically NFL 2K, you could call plays on the controller.
It doesn’t have a screen. Just a little touch-pad.
I already love the joysticks. Concave is the way to go.
yesssiree bub
Is that a speaker or a mic in-between the touch sensor and the PS button?
Looks like it. Also someone pointed out it looks kinda like a headphone jack on the bottom.
I’m going with speaker since a mic wouldn’t need to be that large.
I’m having difficulty judging the scale of it. At first glance, I don’t like it.
I like it…. “You don’t have to retrain your muscle memory, but we are still giving you some new cool shit.”
Having owned PS1,2. and 3 I second this sentiment.
That’s pretty much the PlayStation controller history in a nutshell.
I dont really feel one way or the other about this. I like they kept the same standard dualshock layout but added some new features.
One thing I love about the Playstation, they don’t fuck around with the controls.
Are they start and select buttons to the left and right of the touchpad? If so I see plenty of accidental pause shenanigans while using the d-pad.
That’s how wars get started I tell ya
Hard to justify a radical change to the Playstation controller. It’s one of the best controller designs of all time. This manages to keep all the elements that work about it, and adds in a few more. That said, they’d really need to work to justify the little touch screen there.
It’s a leaked photo. I’m sure Sony has plans for it and we’ll find out in due time. Whether or not they will be efficient, make sense, or be worth it is another thing.
I am totally fine with this. I’m not making any sort of promises until they announce whether or not they are going to be able to play used games. If the threat turns out to be real then I am going to put the PS4 money towards building a gaming PC and use my PS3 for all the games I’ve acquired via PSN and PSPlus for as long as it will allow me.
No one will do that “no used games” thing. We’re too close to digital distribution (which pretty much means no used anyway) and it’ll create too much negative press going in.
It kind of looks like your mum made you a cake in the shape of a Dualshock.
But it’s pretty hard to disagree with it, even though I cant really for the life of me see the point of a touch screen that small or the move light/speaker.
Oddly enough what I’m most excited about the concave sticks and the headphone jack.
The rounded shape makes it look like the bastard child of a PS3 and 360 controller. I don’t dislike it, though. The idea of having a built-in mic intrigues me.