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wilco on 22 August 2014
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IamBlethor said:
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.

Your arguments are weak and unconvincing. I already explained that I have no intention of ever using the share button so why should I be happy that the touchpad allows it to exist? The share functionality could have easily been a menu option. There is ZERO reason for it to be its own dedicated button.

Also, the 360 d-pad has been perfect for since 2010. Its been fixed a long time ago, people who claim the d-pad on the 360 doesn't work have to be using a controller from 2007 or something because my 360 d-pad has been just as reliable as the playstation d-pad. Also, games like batman do not use the d-pad more than the left stick. The only genre that might use d-pad more than left-stick is fighting games and some people prefer left stick for those as well. 

Again, not because they are not asymettrical. I clearly stated in my post that that was not the issue and I explained what the real issue was. Also see the last sentence of the above paragraph. 

I never said I pressed the touchpad accidentally. I said I pressed the share button accidentally. If you are going to fail at reading comprehension then maybe you shouldn't be so quick to accuse someone of being slow.

Don't care about morpheus. Also a lightbar was not necessary to indentify who owns a controller on the ps3 so why is it necessary now? The lightbar is not what makes the controller bad, it is just another thing on a long list.