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The PS5 is still quite a ways out, and the marketing has been kind of a roller coaster
Back at CES 2020, Sony only offered a logo as its way of teasing a reveal, a month after Microsoft showed off the Xbox Series X
Series X through a detailed blog post over at Digital Foundry, and Sony decided to stream Lead System Architect Mark Cerny talking about
(Image credit: Sony)Why is the touch pad approximately the size of my forehead? Why is the PS button not a circle that's easy to just reach
over and find? Why are all the buttons white? I have so many questions, and so many things that I absolutely abhor about this controller
that "traditionally our base controllers have been a single color
As you can see, we went a different direction this time around." A 'different direction' is a bit of an understatement, but actually kind of
hones in on the major problem with how the controller appears.In stark contrast to the DualShock 4, which was this one-tone gamepad with a
familiar shape, the DualSense controller is this rounded affair that's white at the top and black at the bottom, with a light bar that
surrounds the touch pad, making it look way bigger than it probably is
Why?Across Twitter right after this display was revealed, I started seeing people who A
love it for some reason or C
sharing an all-black photoshop of a controller that looks way better.Some other people started coming up with some other edits for the
controller, and I'm totally here for those, too
the DualSense controller's design is the lack of color-coding on the face buttons
I'm pretty familiar with where the all the buttons are on a PlayStation controller, but having green=triangle and blue=x makes it really
about accessibility, let's talk about the new PS button
I have pretty good vision, and at least judging the images Sony shared, that new button kind of blends into the background of the controller
I obviously haven't had a chance to play with the PS5 or its controller yet, but I would go ahead and assume that the PS button will have
be able to find easily.See how you can easily see what all the buttons are? Color coding works
(Image credit: pexels)There's some good thingsI want to be the first out of the gate to applaud Sony on the inclusion of USB-C
Right now, pretty much every device I have in my apartment uses that connection standard, which means it will be super easy to use this
If you look at the DualShock 4 controller, it has a 3.5mm audio jack on the bottom, which is awesome for plugging in a pair of headphones,
DualSense controller will let you use basically whatever headphones you have lying around, while still being able to chat with your friends
There's even a handy little mute button right under the PS button.The DualSense also looks to be shaped pretty similarly to the Nintendo
seems to be a lot of improvements that went on under the surface with the PS5's DualSense controller, and I definitely don't want to take
If we are just talking about functionality, then this might be Sony's best controller to date
PS5 controller look, and that's totally valid
Ultimately, as long as the controller does what it needs to do while being comfortable enough to play through PS5 games, it probably doesn't
like it did with the DualShock 4, so while the design of this first one makes me want to vomit a little bit, there will probably be an
what the PS5 is actually going to look like, because while I think it's ridiculous that the Xbox Series X looks like a mini-fridge, at least
I know what it will look like.Either way, it's only a matter of time before Sony unveils the full PS5 design in all its glory
