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In an alternative dimension there’s a world out there somewhere where Sony just launched a PS4 with a buttonless controller. At the very start, we were thinking of drastically changing the controller,” Sony Computer Entertainment’s product planning manager Toshimasa Aoki told VentureBeat. We tried out new devices, changing the form …
Read More »PS4’s DualShock 4 loses analogue face buttons
The DualShock 4 brings a lot of new features to the PlayStation party, but one bit of functionality has been lost on the way. VentureBeat reports that the DualShock 3’s face buttons were analogue. This meant they were pressure sensitive, so as well as telling the PS3 if they were …
Read More »The DualShock 4 works on PS3… sort of
Is it exciting that you’re going to be able to use the PS4’s new DualShock 4 controller with your PS3? The internet seems to think so. As discovered in a Computer Spiele video below, the DualShock 4 seems to work on PS3 providing it’s plugged in. There are some caveats, …
Read More »DualShock 4 compatible with Windows
Sony brings its controller to the PC as Valve moves into the living room
Read More »DualShock 4 will offer some sort of basic PC functionality
PC owners will be able to connect the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller to their machine and enjoy basic functionality”. That’s according to Sony Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida who, as spotted by Joystiq, confirmed on Twitter over the weekend that the controller will work when connected to a PC – something …
Read More »FPS creators consulted on DualShock 4 design; Testing OK’d parallel sticks
Sony says that major FPS creators” were consulted on the design of the PS4’s DualShock 4 joypad. The company has also defended its decision to stick with the now traditional DualShock configuration of having both thumbsticks in parallel – a contrast with Microsoft’s preferred offset design for Xbox. We sent …
Read More »PS4 Twitch integration allows users to freely broadcast content
PS4 owners will have the ability to share and broadcast live gameplay footage from their hardware through Twitch, the live streaming video platform has revealed. In a statement released during Sony’s big night at Gamescom, CEO Emmett Shear announced that Playstation 4 users need only press their Dualshock 4’s Share …
Read More »Sony: DualShock 4 made with FPS fans in mind
PS4 architect Mark Cerny has shed new light on Sony’s DualShock 4, stating that it was made to please FPS fans and revealing that at one point Sony had considered biometric sensor strips for the controller. Speaking with Stuff, Cerny confirmed that the company looked into touch sensors designed to …
Read More »E3 2013: PS4 touchpad has click function
DualShock 4 touchpad works much like that on a laptop, will be used for Diablo III
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