New Dualshock 4 with touchpad light-bar leaked

[Azaan60]

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/22/ps4-slim-dualshock-4-lightbar/

Looks interesting, probably has something to do with PS VR

Edited August 23, 2016 by Azaan60

[Lonemankane]

https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/22/ps4-slim-dualshock-4-lightbar/

Looks interesting, probably has something to do with PS VR

looks like the same controller as the normal ps4 one just with a new added light on the front so it can drain even more faster

[Undead Wolf]

looks like the same controller as the normal ps4 one just with a new added light on the front so it can drain even more faster

If you read the article, it says it's a see-through part of the touchpad, meaning no extra battery is being used.

[Shadiochao]

That looks distracting. I don't want to have some bright light in my peripheral vision when I'm trying to focus on a game, especially if it's going to be flashing like mad.

[Guest]

notice they removed the shiny part around the buttons and the dpad, and also the handles are dulled out like a grey color and not black.

 

edit: even the analogs looked dulled grey plastic.

 

i do like this though! The Headset amplifier and 20+hr battery life thing

Edited August 23, 2016 by ERGOPROXY-DECAY

[BlueDragonRR]

Never really understood why they included that light on the controller. Its only purpose (to me) is to represent that it's on but they could have done that with a smaller, dimmer light. There are those games that change the color of the light but I always found it wasteful since a large majority of people don't constantly look at their controllers while playing a game. And since the light is on the back, you have to rotate your hands to an awkward position to see it (unless playing in a dimly lit room). It's as if people don't do performance tests on these items anymore.

Edited August 23, 2016 by BlueDragonRR

[soniq]

Never really understood why they included that light on the controller. Its only purpose (to me) is to represent that it's on but they could have done that with a smaller, dimmer light. There are those games that change the color of the light but I always found it wasteful since a large majority of people don't constantly look at their controllers while playing a game. And since the light is on the back, you have to rotate your hands to an awkward position to see it (unless playing in a dimly lit room).

The controller has that light for games like The Playroom and others that support the PS camera, but ever since Kinect was killed off completely nobody bothered to do anything with it on the PS4 anymore.

[Guest]

Never really understood why they included that light on the controller. Its only purpose (to me) is to represent that it's on but they could have done that with a smaller, dimmer light. There are those games that change the color of the light but I always found it wasteful since a large majority of people don't constantly look at their controllers while playing a game. And since the light is on the back, you have to rotate your hands to an awkward position to see it (unless playing in a dimly lit room). It's as if people don't do performance tests on these items anymore.

 

Some games require the light to control. i think Tearaway was one. Sony probably had a vision for it to be used but game developers are just lazy to include a feature in their games. Stick to whats been working mentality.

[skateak]

notice they removed the shiny part around the buttons and the dpad, and also the handles are dulled out like a grey color and not black.

 

edit: even the analogs looked dulled grey plastic.

 

i do like this though! The Headset amplifier and 20+hr battery life thing

Good eye. Didn't notice that at first. The thumbsticks seem to be sort of grey too unless that is the camera.

 

Got stealth edited about the analogs.

Edited August 23, 2016 by skateak

[BlueDragonRR]

The controller has that light for games like The Playroom and others that support the PS camera, but ever since Kinect was killed off completely nobody bothered to do anything with it on the PS4 anymore.

Again, that seems a pretty poor business decision considering no one was asking for Kinect yet Microsoft continually tried to drive it down everyone's throats. The amount of games that "use" the light I feel don't justify having it.The motion tracking in the controller is a better replacement for the light-tracking camera any day, imo.

[soniq]

Again, that seems a pretty poor business decision considering no one was asking for Kinect yet Microsoft continually tried to drive it down everyone's throats. The amount of games that "use" the light I feel don't justify having it.The motion tracking in the controller is a better replacement for the light-tracking camera any day, imo.

Sure, but they can't take it out now without breaking compatibility so don't expect them to take the lightbar out of the PS4 pad.

[Mcbeanstr]

So it lights up from the top and the back? Not very practical is it? Looks promising at first glance

[Conker]

Yeah no thanks, only thing that's different is that little light at the front, seems totally pointless

[Z1MZUM]

I'll admit the that one of the 1st things I did was ditch the ds4 for an adapter to use the xb1 controller or ds3. idk, the ds4 hurts my hands for some reason.

[Satoshi Ookami]

Some games require the light to control. i think Tearaway was one. Sony probably had a vision for it to be used but game developers are just lazy to include a feature in their games. Stick to whats been working mentality.

On the other hand, if it wasn't DS4's initial feature, there wouldn't be any games requiring it and we could have a controller with normal battery life... :/

 

If you read the article, it says it's a see-through part of the touchpad, meaning no extra battery is being used.

Not like it could use any more battery than now  

Edited August 23, 2016 by Satoshi Ookami