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[IamOnline4Real]

I remember seeing that the ps5 controller dev kit had a screen. Is the screen still going to be present once the controller is released?
if not was it too expensive? Maybe useless?
Why Sony why....?

 

[kretos]

Glad they didn't go with that useless shit

 

[base]

Battery shouting.

 

[SegaShack]

That was a work in progress, this is the final chosen design. Do you actually need an explanation?

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Wtf first time seeing this i actually really like idea with chat shown on the controller, would dave hassle pausing game going into ps menu etc.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Screen would have melted the battery, right?

 

[Threeshotgamer]

Someone with some sense became involved in the process and realized how big a point of failure that could be.

 

[M1chl]

I remember seeing that the ps5 controller dev kit had a screen. Is the screen still going to be present once the controller is released?
if not was it too expensive? Maybe useless?
Why Sony why....?

That chonker does not seems bad, but it would probably gather a lot of shit from your hands.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Patents and prototypes try a lot of things, it was never promised. And like many of us would have guessed, it would just be a cost and battery eater with limited function.

 

[Nankatsu]

Plot twist: it's still there, it's just turned off.

 

[sonomamashine]

Cost $$$
Battery
Nobody will care after 4-6 months of use.

 

[GHG]

Why would you need a screen on a controller?

Seems like a ridiculous waste for something you would only look at 1% of the time.

 

[mortal]

A screen that tiny would be rather useless, not mention being a huge drain on battery life.

I still have my hang-ups with the touchpad and how little developers make intuitive use of it, beyond just being a giant button.

 

[Wandering Leopard]

A screen on the controller never made sense to me, there's no good reason to draw someone's attention away from a main TV screen. I think doing so would likely ruin immersion.

 

[Flowxrz]

If a controller has a feature that requires me to look away from my TV then that feature is useless.

 

[sullydabricks]

A screen that tiny would be rather useless, not mention being a huge drain on battery life.

I still have my hang-ups with the touchpad and how little developers make intuitive use of it, beyond just being a giant button.

I never understood why people had an issue with the touchpad it's not in the way of anything some games use it some games don't but it's an extra button

 

[Max_Po]

Probably Price...

 

[Agnostic2020]

That picture was fan made and never real. They do have a patent for snapping out the touch pad for touch screen so it might be an add on for people who want to buy it separate for operating system stuff like party chat management and all that

 

[base]

Screen would have melted the battery, right?

If it had OLED screen they would complain about the burning issues.

 

[Fbh]

One day someone walked into the office and was like "What if.....and this is just an idea....but what if we make it so it doesn't have a screen that increases the price while simultaneously killing the battery life and making the biggest issue of our current controller even worse?"

 

[mortal]

I never understood why people had an issue with the touchpad it's not in the way of anything some games use it some games don't but it's an extra button

Playing some fighting games and accidentally hitting the touchpad in the middle of a combo would make you heated, believe me lol

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

Cost, battery usage, too small.

 

[bitbydeath]

Fan mock-up.

 

[EverydayBeast]

This is how SONY operates they literally test the waters in the middle of all their controllers, the buttons (triangle, square, x, circle, dpad etc.) are all great, I think in 2-3 years SONY will figure out what to do with the middle of their controllers, they could just include an actual screen, whatever the price of that will be.

 

[kikonawa]

it was fake i believe

 

[yurinka]

I remember seeing that the ps5 controller dev kit had a screen. Is the screen still going to be present once the controller is released?
if not was it too expensive? Maybe useless?
Why Sony why....?

The two images in the top seem to be fake. And yes, considering that the console itself and current DualSense already must be too expensive, to include a touchscreen would make it too expensive. And probably that screen would consume too much battery.

 

[Matsuchezz]

Maybe it is still there in the devkits to debug the programmable haptic feedback and whatnot.

 

[Kdad]

Someone with some DUALSENSEsense became involved in the process and realized how big a point of failure that could be.

FTFY

 

[rofif]

Wtf first time seeing this i actually really like idea with chat shown on the controller, would dave hassle pausing game going into ps menu etc.

Nobody looks on the controller when playing

 

[schaft0620]

Sony has 10000000 of patents all the time and board writers write about them. There's like 10 iterations of PSVR2 controllers they have patents on right now.

 

[Vawn]

I remember seeing that the ps5 controller dev kit had a screen. Is the screen still going to be present once the controller is released?
if not was it too expensive? Maybe useless?
Why Sony why....?

Because it was never planned to be.

That's like asking what happened to Steam being on Xbox Series X? It was never going to be.

Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. Don't take even take patents as being something companies are seriously considering.

 

[Self]

If a controller has a feature that requires me to look away from my TV then that feature is useless.

WiiU? xD

 

[SleepDoctor]

Good riddance. Would just hike up the price of the console, control itself, and most likely be underutilized.

And that goes without mentioning the battery life.

 

[PreFire]

Definitely would have been a battery killer. Pretty good artist

I can see something like this being used as a minimap, crafting and equipment view.. that way you wouldn't have to pause gameplay, but it would probably be cumbersome

 

[Hendrick's]

Still prefer VMU's

 

[lame gag1990]

Fuck the screen. The big feature there is concaved sticks. Why not use them?

 

[sneas78]

some of you ask why a screen on a controller?... Shit you guys, nintendo has you use chat on your smartphone for switch multiplayer ehh?

 

[Codes 208]

WiiU? xD

I was thinking dreamcast

some of you ask why a screen on a controller?... Shit you guys, nintendo has you use chat on your smartphone for switch multiplayer ehh?

I use discord while playing switch MP like a regular person.

 

[baphomet]

For some reason I'm not surprised the majority of people here don't know an obvious fake when they see one.

 

[alabtrosMyster]

Second screen gaming is a fad from early next-gen last-gen, some consultants probably sold side apps for many games, the Wii U was built around it... etc. This is probably the fault of the Nintendo DS and 3DS.

There is no point to it on a controller--as someone who had a Dreamcast back in the day I stand by this statement.

 

[Nymphae]

I don't know why they kept the touchpad to be honest, I'm not sure I ever really used it for anything other than BIG MAP BUTTON, which is nice I guess, but it's like a third of the controller.

 

[Pallas]

Wasn't that first one just a concept created by a 3D printer?

 

[ethomaz]

Fake news happened.

The devkits were using DS4 controller... so these pics in OP are fake.
Sony said they revealed the DualSense because the new Devkits shipped have them and they feared that devs could leak the new controller before them talk about it.

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Plot-twist: The touchpad IS a screen.

 

[ethomaz]

I don't know why they kept the touchpad to be honest, I'm not sure I ever really used it for anything other than BIG MAP BUTTON, which is nice I guess, but it's like a third of the controller.

It is very very useful in games that use it.

 

[Nymphae]

It is very very useful in games that use it.

Can you give me a for instance? I was able to press start and access maps before just fine, now that button has been crammed in-between the face buttons and the huge map button. Guess which button I use more?

 

[Insane Metal]

The screen was never a thing.

 

[ethomaz]

Can you give me a for instance? I was able to press start and access maps before just fine, now that button has been crammed in-between the face buttons and the huge map button. Guess which button I use more?

FFXIV for example.

Still, one feature has me fawning all over the PS4 port of FFXIV. It's one feature that neither PlayStation 3 nor PC gamers have been able to use in-game so far: DualShock 4's touch-pad.

• With the touch-pad, I could move a mouse cursor around on screen as if I had an actual mouse connected to the PlayStation 4.
• The touch-pad could be used to access the map, the chat box, quests and dialog boxes. You can even use it to shop in-game.
• The touch-pad could be used to select specific monsters on the field or to activate certain powers on the ability bar.
• The touch-pad can be operated with a light tap of your thumb or finger, not unlike a laptop touch-pad.

Essentially, the touch-pad unlocked a lot more functionality than you'd expect with the controller which all that goes a long way in proving the viability of Massively Multiplayer Online games on consoles.

But there is a lot of examples.

Tearaway Unfolded
Killzone: Shadow Fall
inFAMOUS: Second Son
Gravity Rush 2
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Until Dawn
Detroit: Become Human
Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition
Watch Dogs
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

All these games did things with touchpad different than just show a map.

 

[Nymphae]

FFXIV for example.

Sure the potential for use is there but in all the years I've had my PS4, I don't think I've ever used it for more than a map button, which came at the expense of a well placed start button which I use far more frequently. I never really liked the feeling of using my thumb for mouse like gestures anyway, I tried fucking around with it in one of the Assassins Creed games and it felt unnatural, I'd rather just use the two sticks and multitude of buttons I have literally at my fingertips while holding the controller naturally.

 

[ScarletSpider]

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