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HollyGamer on 10 October 2019

Peter Rubin from Wired.com the person who did an Interview with Mark Cerny and whose  in touch with PS5 Dualshock prototype, confirmed that PS5 controller will still have legacy features from Dualshock 4 which are Light Bar and Touchpad. 

https://twitter.com/provenself/status/1181603426586656769?s=20

https://twitter.com/provenself/status/1181602855922221056?s=20

Probably my assumption is for backward compatibility with PS4 games and PSVR  ( Sony confirmed that PSVR will be able to run PS5 back on June) 

But we still don't know others details,  like how big the LED is and how efficient the touchpad will be for Dualshock 5.

So what do you think , do ever found the LED and the touchpad useful when it comes to playing games on PS4 or do you think it's cumbersome and not added anything (except for VR)?

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JWeinCom on 10 October 2019

I have yet to use either of these features.



d21lewis on 10 October 2019

Kind of expected. Hope they get better usage in the future. It took a while for them to figure out the right stick but now we can't live without it.



vivster on 11 October 2019

*poof* And the little hype I had for the PS5 is gone.



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KBG29 on 11 October 2019

Why wouldn’t they be?

The touch pad is a giant menu button in most games, feels absolutely great hitting it to pop open the map.

The light bar at a minimum is an indication that the controller is on.

I have never understood the issue people have with either of them. It seems to just boil down to the same old gaming culture disapproval of anything new.

The only thing that the DS4 has that is a real issue is the tiny battery. That is where the problem is, thankfully they have already confirmed they are addressing that with this controller.



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Barkley on 11 October 2019

PS4 controllers will probably work with ps5. Only real changes will be haptic feedback and adjustable resistance triggers.

DS4 is my favourite controller so a simple upgrade is fine in my books.



S.Peelman on 11 October 2019

Maybe I’ll finally get to know what they’re actually for.



S.Peelman on 11 October 2019
BraLoD said:
S.Peelman said:
Maybe I’ll finally get to know what they’re actually for.

The light bar is for PSVR tracking.

Useful.



Burning Typhoon on 11 October 2019

My only issues with the PS4 controller were:
It's too easy to strike the controller when you mean to hit a button, and hurt your finger, or your nail. Missing the Circle button is painful.
No pressure sensitivity on face buttons
Limited to no more than 4 players, despite the PS3 being able to connect up to 7 controllers.



Hynad on 11 October 2019
S.Peelman said:
BraLoD said:

The light bar is for PSVR tracking.

Useful.

Slow learner, eh?

But yes, it is useful.