Testing new controller with biometric sensors and touch screen?
According to Eurogamer and CVG, Sony will drop the DualShock controller for the next PlayStation; the new console could be unveiled in matter of weeks, not months...
According to sources speaking with CVG and Eurogamer, Sony will abandon the DualShock design with the release of PlayStation 4.
Apparently, the new system's controller has undergone a number of different designs, only a few of which resemble the DualShock.
This is what CVG reports:
A senior games studio source working on an upcoming Sony game says the new system's controller has undergone numerous iterations, few of which resemble the DualShock build that has become synonymous with PlayStation.
Experiments within Sony's R&D department are thought to have been extensive. Versions of the new PS4 pad include biometric sensors on the grips and an LCD touch screen, the development source claimed.
A second source, working in a separate part of the industry but still connected to Sony, said PlayStation engineers are "trying to emulate the same user interface philosophies as the PS Vita". This is likely a reference to the touch-screen capabilities of the PlayStation handheld, and a suggestion that Sony will tightly integrate its portable and home systems.
The new console - codenamed Orbis - will be revealed in a matter of weeks, not months.
Sony has declined to comment.
And, what Eurogamer said matches with the above:
This information tallies with what Eurogamer has heard from our own sources. We understand that as of six months ago Sony was testing a controller that had an LCD touch-screen on the front and biometrics functionality on the back. These designs, we were told, have changed almost every month, but are for the controller for the next PlayStation.
Biometrics technology captures data from the player's body, such as temperature and heart rate. Half-Life developer Valve has been experimenting with the tech, trying to discover new game experiences that would benefit from it.
Sony did not comment.
There you have it. As with all rumors, take the above with a grain of salt.
The DualShock controller was introduced alongside the original PlayStation in 1997 and has been used for each PlayStation home console since.
honestly, keep Dual Shock, and make an optional add on, or a optional controller.. or.. I don't know... allow us to use a Vita as said touchscreen, biometrics controller!
Giving up one of, if not the, greatest controller design in videogame HISTORY? Yeah, smart Sony, reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal smart. Sure some people prefer the analogue layout on the 360, especially if you have large thumbs, but no other system has ever had the perfect grip of the pad or the perfect buttons -- and that dpad? Fuck anyone that says the PS1/PS2/PS3 dpad isn't the great one ever designed. Give THAT design up? Fanfare! Level up! Sony hit Douchebag lv99.
Everytime I see that concept controller I think of how it looks exactly like the all-style-no-substance fancy PS1 controller I bought long ago (and returned.) The PS1 controller had no sticks, though. Otherwise, it's remarkably similar.
Everytime I see that concept controller I think of how it looks exactly like the all-style-no-substance fancy PS1 controller I bought long ago (and returned.) The PS1 controller had no sticks, though. Otherwise, it's remarkably similar.
Rumor: Sony to drop DualShock with PS4
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