wraggster
February 13th, 2013, 22:08
Fresh rumours concerning the form of the PlayStation 4 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/327652/features/playstation-4-why-it-wont-be-what-you-expect/) controller have been published online.
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_2974/image_297495_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=297495)According to a VG247 (http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/ps4-controller-new-details-emerge-pre-reveal/) source, the controller is "more or less" the same shape as PS3's DualShock, but the Start and Select buttons have been have been moved to accommodate a front touchpad.The report also claims that the L2 and R2 shoulder buttons have been remodelled, and that the previously rumoured 'Share' button doesn't exist.
Edge recently reported (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/389050/edge-sources-ps4-to-miss-xmas-release-in-europe/): "A new Share button on the controller will, when pressed, launch a new feature that will allow screenshots and video to be distributed online. The PS4 hardware will continually record the most recent 15 minutes of onscreen action (with no processing penalty, claims our source), which users will then be able to edit and broadcast via the Internet."
If the latest rumour turns out to be accurate, the removal of the Share button wouldn't necessarily result in Sony dropping support for the above-mentioned feature.
In January, a senior games studio source working on an upcoming Sony game told CVG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/387287/cvg-sources-sony-to-abandon-dualshock-design-for-ps4/) that the new system's controller has undergone numerous iterations, few of which resemble the DualShock build that has become synonymous with PlayStation. Versions of the new PS4 pad include biometric sensors on the grips and an LCD touch screen, they said.
Edge has also claimed that the next generation console will launch in Japan and the US by the end of 2013 but will not be released in Europe until "early 2014".
Sony is expected to reveal PlayStation 4 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/388941/sony-teases-next-gen-reveal-see-the-future-on-february-20/) at an event taking place in New York on February 20.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/390977/more-ps4-controller-rumours-emerge/
http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/dir_2974/image_297495_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=297495)According to a VG247 (http://www.vg247.com/2013/02/13/ps4-controller-new-details-emerge-pre-reveal/) source, the controller is "more or less" the same shape as PS3's DualShock, but the Start and Select buttons have been have been moved to accommodate a front touchpad.The report also claims that the L2 and R2 shoulder buttons have been remodelled, and that the previously rumoured 'Share' button doesn't exist.
Edge recently reported (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/389050/edge-sources-ps4-to-miss-xmas-release-in-europe/): "A new Share button on the controller will, when pressed, launch a new feature that will allow screenshots and video to be distributed online. The PS4 hardware will continually record the most recent 15 minutes of onscreen action (with no processing penalty, claims our source), which users will then be able to edit and broadcast via the Internet."
If the latest rumour turns out to be accurate, the removal of the Share button wouldn't necessarily result in Sony dropping support for the above-mentioned feature.
In January, a senior games studio source working on an upcoming Sony game told CVG (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/387287/cvg-sources-sony-to-abandon-dualshock-design-for-ps4/) that the new system's controller has undergone numerous iterations, few of which resemble the DualShock build that has become synonymous with PlayStation. Versions of the new PS4 pad include biometric sensors on the grips and an LCD touch screen, they said.
Edge has also claimed that the next generation console will launch in Japan and the US by the end of 2013 but will not be released in Europe until "early 2014".
Sony is expected to reveal PlayStation 4 (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/388941/sony-teases-next-gen-reveal-see-the-future-on-february-20/) at an event taking place in New York on February 20.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/390977/more-ps4-controller-rumours-emerge/