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[Knitted Knight]

Courtesy of 4Gamer.net from the recent PS5 previews in Japan. These are led light strips for VR that replace the Dualshock's 4 lightbar. I think they add a great personal touch to the controller and look really nice. As such I think Sony should allow gamers to customize those colors instead of making users jump through hoops to get their favorite color.

Are the changes a major improvement over the Dualshock 4?
Is is aesthetically pleasing to your eyes?
Are you in love with the new Dualsense design?

Old Dualshock 4:

 

[Esca]

I like the purple. I think the controller did look good with the touch of accent lighting

 

[Knitted Knight]

Green looks so nice on those pics. All of them do tbh.

 

[Yoboman]

So much better and more discrete. Its actually a feature I like now, rather rhan one I wish could turn off

 

[GenericUser]

I want to know, if it is possible to deactivate this useless crap on the PS5.

 

[Knitted Knight]

I want to know, if it is possible to deactivate this useless crap on the PS5.

Well hopefully we get to do everything, from shutting it off to customizing the colors to our liking.

 

[Gavon West]

I want to know, if it is possible to deactivate this useless crap on the PS5.

I was gonna say the same thing. They look good but whats the point? Drain the battery faster?

 

[sn0man]

Blue way better than Blue.

 

[GenericUser]

I was gonna say the same thing. They look good but whats the point? Drain the battery faster?

As far as I know, there is no technical reason this thing exists. The lightbar on the DS4 had some purpose for the VR stuff I think? I don't see a reason why sony would not let me deactivate it on the DS5 though.

 

[The Lunch Legend]

I like the purple.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

I like the purple.

 

[Deleted member 740922]

Maybe Afro Republican wasnt so bad after all

 

[Marlenus]

Off, off works for me.

 

[Jaguar Victory]

I like that it's more subtle but I wouldn't call it "fire". Good design though.

 

[ZywyPL]

Green looks so nice on those pics. All of them do tbh.

Agree, the green one seems to have much higher contrast compared to other colors, and it's a very nice, warm hue, very pleasing for the eyes, while purple looks almost invisible and red is too aggressive. I think orange would look sick too between that white and black.

 

[INC]

Curious, can you change the ridiculous analog stick placements? That way it can look like a switch pro controller or an Xbox controller?

Xbox players be like

 

[Knitted Knight]

Agree, the green one seems to have much higher contrast compared to other colors, and it's a very nice, warm hue, very pleasing for the eyes, while purple looks almost invisible and red is too aggressive. I think orange would look sick too between that white and black.

I wish we got those. I think we getting yellow and white like the previous dualshock 4. But....Maybe not....maybe they're keeping the other colors under tabs?

 

[Armorian]

Curious, can you change the ridiculous analog stick placements? That way it can look like a switch pro controller or an Xbox controller?

It is fine (always was). I don't get it, I can play on PC using X1 controller and then switch to PS4 games no problem. Are people mentally disabled and can't handle more than 1 configuration?

 

[Kerotan]

I want to know, if it is possible to deactivate this useless crap on the PS5.

No but it's possible to deactivate you!

 

[Stilton Disco]

Purple. It's both my favourite colour and an incredibly nice complimentary colour to both white and black.

 

[Ultraslick]

The lights are supposed to be used by developers as another ambient/ supplemental form of immersion for the player.
Can be used as a health indicator switching from green to red, or a flashing alarm.
Can turn green when in a toxic zone.
It could flash all the colors if entering a club, or blue-red if getting pulled over by the cops.

In game huds typically handle all this, but i could see it being a welcome extra feature.

 

[Rentahamster]

Sexy!

 

[cormack12]

Vader, Windu, Yoda and Kenobi - together at last

 

[M1chl]

What aare those two LED dots below the touchpad? Looks like infrared something, not sure what would be the purpose....

 

[cormack12]

What aare those two LED dots below the touchpad? Looks like infrared something, not sure what would be the purpose....

They are the player number (one light means P1, two lights means P2 etc)

 

[M1chl]

They are the player number (one light means P1, two lights means P2 etc)

Hmm it looks so random, hopefully it's going to look better in person, because light bleed, it does not look tight. I like how PS3 controller have it implemented, looked classy.

 

[Grinchy]

Do you get to choose your color? I'm going purple if so.

 

[turtlepowa]

They look good but whats the point?

Imagine playing a cinematic game in a dark room. It's easier to find the controller after watching all those videos/cutscenes/scripted scenes.

 

[Knitted Knight]

Do you get to choose your color? I'm going purple if so.

We praying it's a feature. Devs can do it. You can do it on PC on the DualShock 4. You can do it on a PS4 but you have to jump through hoops to do it - it's not an option.

 

[Kimahri]

Kill it with fire!

And purge that floodlight button on the xbox controller while you're at it.

 

[Calverz]

Can you make them alternate between colours so it goes with my rgb rainbow pc and my philips hue alternating rainbow colours in my office???

 

[GymWolf]

I prefer the light being stripped off from the controller, please and thank you.

 

[TBiddy]

True true. It actually is helpful to find the controller when playing one of the many Playstation exclusives

Might also explain why Xbox controller doesnt have a light.

There are stupid posts and then there's this post. Holy crap.

 

[Yoboman]

There are stupid posts and then there's this post. Holy crap.

Sorry couldn't help feeding the troll

 

[freefornow]

Deleted: answered above

 

[TBiddy]

Sorry couldn't help feeding the troll

Heh, I actually thought he was genuine at first. But after a closer look, I can see the issue.

 

[RoadHazard]

I was gonna say the same thing. They look good but whats the point? Drain the battery faster?

It shows you the controller is on, and shows which one is for which player. Instead of a single "boring" LED you get this.

Deleted: answered above

Glare, not a light.

 

[RoadHazard]

They are the player number (one light means P1, two lights means P2 etc)

I don't believe this is the case. The colors show that. I might be wrong though! Just seems strange to have two things indicating the same thing. PS4 doesn't have one, two, three lights, it only has the different light bar colors.

 

[Snake29]

The led strip is inactive when playing solo, and active when playing with multiple people on the same console. Only the led below the touchpad is always active.

It shows which the player number.

 

[eyesabitdull]

I don't believe this is the case. The colors show that. I might be wrong though! Just seems strange to have two things indicating the same thing. PS4 doesn't have one, two, three lights, it only has the different light bar colors.

No, it is the case. It was said or revealed during the Japanese hands on.

It harkens back to the ps3 controller days where youd see how many controller are connected.

Reference:

 

[bad guy]

I want a brown light.

 

[RoadHazard]

No, it is the case. It was said or revealed during the Japanese hands on.

It harkens back to the ps3 controller days where youd see how many controller are connected.

Reference:

Yeah, I know PS3 had it. Seems weird to go back to it after PS4 did it with colors instead, and PS5 still seemingly supports that as well.

 

[Gaelyon]

I like purple but it's too close to blue on the DS5, a yellow or a pink would have been easier to differentiate. Anyway it's only usefull when playing local multiplayers and will be off solo.

 

[cormack12]

Yeah, I know PS3 had it. Seems weird to go back to it after PS4 did it with colors instead, and PS5 still seemingly supports that as well.

I'm guessing because they expect the lights to be used more in games this generation. On the DS4 the bulk of the LED is frontward facing for PSMove with a little strip across the top. Here there are two lines down the side. Some games used red pulses or green to show health status etc. This way they can decouple the colour from the player number if they want, while still making it clear which player you are?

 

[VinnyMac]

Wonder if you can pick the color you want this time instead of player one always being blue

 

[Ceadeus]

I want to know, if it is possible to deactivate this useless crap on the PS5.

 

[Saber]

I'm usually a fan of blue, but green looks nice in this case.

But if anything, would be better if theres a turn off option. The less consuming battery effects for me, the better.

 

[drezz]

I wish the button would've colours under the buttons as well.
Imagine X having the light blue colour during a QTE and such.

 

[Arun1910]

I love this. For one you can actually SEE the light, not sure how Sony though people held the controllers before.

Having it be subtle and down both sides rather than the entire outer edge was a good choice too.

 

[Vawn]

The DualSense is beautiful.