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[Robb]

It was never about the colors, it was about the shapes. You never told anyone to press blue.

Yeah, pretty much what I was going to say as well.

 

[ricares81]

The layout and the symbols were already iconic by that point. I don't remember having any issues adjusting, especially since I spent a lot of time playing Final Fantasy games on PS1 and PS2 lol.

Also, now Sony can sell us a "Special Edition Colour Symbol Edition" controller. So..........

Geez thanks, Somewhere out there someone prob just said “write that down”!
Well tbf, technically the 30th anniversary controller has that already.

 

[MadchesterManc]

It's always been the icons more than the colours for me, same with Xbox, Dreamcast etc controllers too. The bigger discussion is whether one is in the X or Cross camp.

 

[FlaffySheeby]

Genuinely have been begging for Playstation button input prompts for Steam, anytime it's available it just looks so much cleaner than the letter A. I fully understand why PC only gets Xbox prompts, but hey a man can dream I suppose.

Now that we have the greyscale buttons, all the prompts on PS5 merge a bit in my brain. And plus, if you've going fast you might miss an input or mistake a circle for a square at quick glance.

Idk, not a huge fan of it but nothing we do will be able to change it now xd

 

[GymWolf]

wait what? Colors on buttons are gone?

 

[R6Rider]

The PSP and Vita didn't have color buttons either.

 

[Crispy Gamer]

Bruh I didn't even notice lol and I didn't notice the 30th anniversary has them

 

[Lunarorbit]

Color correlation for the face buttons.

Dualsense doesn't do that.

This might be the first O onQ123 thread that actually makes sense

When the anniversary edition came out I kinda realized the colors on the buttons were gone but it didn't really sink in.

Probably like alot of videogame players the buttons are just second nature to my fingers and brain and it's not a conscious decision anymore of what to press.

Guess the button swap is like road hypnosis

 

[onQ123]

They probably removed it so they can bring it back as a feature on PS6 controller but the colors will be dynamic lighting up on the controller.

2 way interaction.

 

[Balducci30]

It’s crazy I hadn’t even noticed til now

 

[mayham2199]

When I'm playing games I never really looked at the controller. I have to know where the buttons are without looking so it was easy to adjust because I never really looked.

 

[StueyDuck]

you clearly missed the button color wars of 98... we lost good men back then.

 

[Muffdraul]

Really minor issue, but if it were up to me the icons would always be in the traditional colors. The physical buttons, the on-screen prompt icons, everything.

 

[DeepSpace5D]

There was no adjustment needed, but I was never a fan of it ever since the Dualsense was revealed. I always loved the colored face buttons, and looking at the 30th anniversary Dualsense, it looks so much better with the colored buttons.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Did you look at every key on the keyboard letter by letter when you posted?

 

[onQ123]

Did you look at every key on the keyboard letter by letter when you posted?

2 in the pink 1 in the stink is how we learn to type in sync

 

[Omnipunctual Godot]

The shape colors in Astro Bot helped me realize my TV's color calibration was off.

 

[Bernardougf]

Wtf did I just read ?

 

[Codes 208]

I didnt notice because i dont care. My psp didnt have colored buttons either

 

[Judge Magister]

I play PS4 games with this controller. I must be a Pro.

 

[onQ123]

I wonder if Sony will attempt something like Stream Deck with the PS6 controller

 

[Seider]

Before Playstation there were A, B, X, Y, L, R.

Dont you remember the Konami Code?

 

[Pegasus Actual]

What are we even talking about here? If you are worried about button "colors" you were probably raised by Teletubbies.

 

[Edmund]

I'm a Sony pony and I didn't even notice that the colours got removed lol. I just pick up my dualsense and play games.

May I know which gen did the colours get removed? Was it the ps4 or ps5 gen?