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The Fixes Sony's DualShock 4 Controller Still Needs
An anonymous reader writes Sony's PS4 has been on sale for more than a year now, and while its revamped DualShock 4 controller has been critically lauded, it's not without its faults. A new article flags up the issues — both hardware and software — that Sony could look to improve. Almost all of the points — a bigger battery, more options for the lightbar, repositions Option button — could be fixed with a bit of elbow grease. After all, as the author points out, Sony has already quietly changed the model it ships with each console once already.
The Options button is a key one. The thing is tiny and aggravating to push. For any game that you end up using it a lot (ie, Dragon Age Inquisition) it gets annoying really fast.
Other than that though I have no major complaints. The touchpad I don't see as useful but it also doesn't really get in the way either. Bigger battery - yeah it would be nice but its not hard to keep it charged up (I just keep a second cell phone charger near my nightstand and connect the controller when I'm finished playing).
If they just got that options button taken care of that would work great.
Also - a cheaper wired version would be nice (even if third party). My 6 year old likes to occasionally play Skylander Co-op, but she generally doesn't need a great controller (and keeping two charged up is more aggravating). The availability of a ~$15 second controller is why we're still playing that on the PS3 instead of the PS4.
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The controller needs to be more inclusive towards women. Vibrating controllers and smooth grips are a clear allusion to female sexuality and each PS4 controller thus represents a concrete manifestation of rape culture in which women and womens' sexualities are groped and objectified by a violent, uncaring male patriarchaly power ethos. Women feel adversion and exclusion towards phallic and gynopobic objects being misused and are thus excluded from full participation in the enjoyment of virtual and online expieriences by the PS4 controller.
For the record, I'm not saying that the PS4 controller is raping women, but it is contributing towards and environment in which violence and rape are seen as a acceptable method of control over girls and women in the living room, the household, and in wider society.
I bought a 2nd wireless controller for £45 and it didn't come with a cable to charge it. Bare in mind that these are just standard USB cables that you can buy from stores for just a couple of quid - wholesale they must be pennies. When I spend £45 on a wireless device that has no other means to recharge; I expect a damn cable to be included. Stingey gits
My friend keeps complaining that his PS4 is a stupid piece of shit and that Sony are incompetent fucks because it can't even auto-pause games when one of the controllers battery dies, unlike his Xbox 360.
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You should know that Sony has a history of delivering stupid pieces of shit.
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When people complain about how imprecise analog sticks are, one of the biggest problems is overcoming the initial tension that the return spring has on the analog nub. The thing hasn't changed in nearly 20 years. We've had hall effect sensors(Used on the Dreamcast; funny enough) and all sorts of other new ways to detect analog input. It's just two potentiometers.
We may never get to the place where analog aiming is as precise as a mouse, but we can certainly do better than what we've got now.
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So, what should be changed about the DualShock? My answer is in this image.
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