DualShock 4 drops analog buttons, citing lack of interest

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For the first time since 1997, Sony is stepping away from releasing controllers with pressure sensitive, analog buttons, thanks to a lack of developer support for the feature.

Unlike prior controller models, the DualShock 4 features digital buttons. These buttons are only capable of registering two states: on and off. Analog controllers, on the other hand, offer sensitivity for how hard and how quickly a button is depressed. A good example of this functionality can be found in Gran Turismo 5, a racing game that allows players to gradually accelerate by slowly pressing the shoulder buttons of the DualShock 3 controller.

Unfortunately for analog fans, Gran Turismo 5 is one of the very few examples of analog functionality in action on the PlayStation 3. This is why the feature has been stripped from the DualShock 4. "With the DualShock 3, we were able to get analog data, which games didn't really use," said Toshimasa Aoki, manager of Sony's product planning division, in a VentureBeat interview. "For DualShock 4, we deleted that, and now it's all digital. The mechanism inside is a little different, and the data that games get is different."

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/10/24/dualshock-4-drops-analog-buttons-citing-lack-of-interest/

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Scared_of_WaterPosted:

LBK117
ODST
Tyler-the-Creator
Axe The controller actually looks pretty good. I like how Sony is actually changing some things up unlike microsoft.


Are u serious?!? Xbox tried to change the whole idea of console gaming and tried to make gaming like steam but all the ignorant people who don't like change wanted everything to be the same as last gen so Xbox had to cancel DRM


No not like Steam. In fact, Microsoft was making it so you would have to have a disk and digital copy to play the game. The digital means you have the rights to play a certain disk, and only that disk. Not only this but it made selling and reselling games almost completely impossible due to DRM on Xbone.
Knowledge child, get some before you try to yell blasphemy over on the PS4 side of news.

You're wrong on that part. You could digitally download games in the old plans, and with that, you could share it with 10 friends even though you can supposedly still do that. Get some knowledge yourself bro, don't be hypocrite.


You didn't even need the disk too, once installed you never needed to use it again.

MedionPosted:

Scared_of_Water
DeFuhse
Medion
Jane SO how will I crouch or knife in cod?


The same way it is on the 360...


With the lack of analog stick buttons I don't think it is the same


You do know this article has nothing to do with the analog sticks.

Yeah... No idea where they got analog sticks from. ABXY or XO Square and Triangle is what we're talking about.

LBK117Posted:

ODST
Tyler-the-Creator
Axe The controller actually looks pretty good. I like how Sony is actually changing some things up unlike microsoft.


Are u serious?!? Xbox tried to change the whole idea of console gaming and tried to make gaming like steam but all the ignorant people who don't like change wanted everything to be the same as last gen so Xbox had to cancel DRM


No not like Steam. In fact, Microsoft was making it so you would have to have a disk and digital copy to play the game. The digital means you have the rights to play a certain disk, and only that disk. Not only this but it made selling and reselling games almost completely impossible due to DRM on Xbone.
Knowledge child, get some before you try to yell blasphemy over on the PS4 side of news.

You're wrong on that part. You could digitally download games in the old plans, and with that, you could share it with 10 friends even though you can supposedly still do that. Get some knowledge yourself bro, don't be hypocrite.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

Some people seem a bit confused. This has NOTHING to do with the analog stick buttons, those are still there. What this is about is they switched from analog to digital buttons. So pressing the button harder will no longer make your car go faster.

ODSTPosted:

Tyler-the-Creator
Axe The controller actually looks pretty good. I like how Sony is actually changing some things up unlike microsoft.


Are u serious?!? Xbox tried to change the whole idea of console gaming and tried to make gaming like steam but all the ignorant people who don't like change wanted everything to be the same as last gen so Xbox had to cancel DRM


No not like Steam. In fact, Microsoft was making it so you would have to have a disk and digital copy to play the game. The digital means you have the rights to play a certain disk, and only that disk. Not only this but it made selling and reselling games almost completely impossible due to DRM on Xbone.
Knowledge child, get some before you try to yell blasphemy over on the PS4 side of news.

DreamsPosted:

i think this controller looks a bit better then the xbox one they should have stuck with the original design

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Damn, that news really sucks :(

AKxXL3GACYXxPosted:

I think for those of you asking how you can crouch and such in cod, they aren't talking about the analog sticks. If you read, they gave an example of an analog controller. When in forza, you slowly pull down the trigger or button to accelerate (either r1 or r2, which ever it is) and the controller will understand how much you are pulling down on it. Now, the digital think they are talking about is when you pull the trigger, even slightly, the controller registers it and doesn't account for how much you pull down on the trigger.

Scared_of_WaterPosted:

DeFuhse
Medion
Jane SO how will I crouch or knife in cod?


The same way it is on the 360...


With the lack of analog stick buttons I don't think it is the same


You do know this article has nothing to do with the analog sticks.

DeFuhsePosted:

Medion
Jane SO how will I crouch or knife in cod?


The same way it is on the 360...


With the lack of analog stick buttons I don't think it is the same


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