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IamBlethor on 22 August 2014
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wilco said:
Gilgamesh said:

Stop being so stubborn and actually give the DS4 a chance, how long have you used it 5, 10, 15 minutes?!


Borrowed my friends PS4 and used it for 4 days. The triggers and shoulder buttons are a huge improvement over the DS3 and it feels a lot less like a plastic kids toy but it is still the same archaic design. People often talk about symmetrical sticks vs assymetrical sticks but I think that misses the point. The real reason why the xbox controllers are better (imo) is because they put the most commonly used controls in dominant positions. Positions that your thumb will naturally gravitate towards. The d-pad is not very commonly used in modern games, yet it is still taking up prime real-estate on the DS4. Why?

The amount of gimmicks on the controller is also really annonying. Atleast with the sixaxis it didn't have any noticable affect on the layout. This time Sony has dropped a completely pointless touchpad smackdab in the middle of the controller forcing the start button into a really awkward position. I'm also not happy that there is a dedicated button on the controller for something I have absolutely no intention of ever using. Its awkward placement on the controller thanks to the equally gimmicky touchpad has led me to press it by accident on several occasions. The lightbar serves no purpose other than draining the battery and the mic is just another useless add on. The only thing missing is the kitchen sink.


Total BS, the toouch pad is needed it is an extra buttong it allows the share button to exist and it is used in practically every game. Almost every game I own uses the d-pad, same as last gen, some heavily like batman, 360 was terrible with the d-pad.

 

Archaic design??? Because sticks are not asymmetrical?? Asymmetricla is not betetr that is a fallacy.  My thumbs do NOT mnaturall gravitate that way are you deformed?

 

How do you press the touchpadd accidently ROFL, you slow?

 

The light bar has other uses like morpheus, and identifying who owns what controller, in local coop with friends this is indeed usefull, and the lightbar is hardly making the controller bad, please you are grasping.