DualShock 4 Design Not Final, Share Your Feedback Before It's Too Late

It will never happen but asymmetrical analog sticks. Or at least make one available for purchase even if its not the standard pack-in one.

I always thought it would be nice if you could customize the controller to your likings, that is being able to swap the D-pad with one of the sticks, and other swappable parts.

Even if you couldn't change the locations of anything, I would still be happy being able to swap sticks with different styles, convex or concave for example. That goes for the triggers too.

Native PC support.

I want to be able to just plug it in and go like you can with a 360 controller. You have to use 3rd party software and lots of tinkering to get a Dualshock 3 to work with anything on a PC.

never understood the complaints about the trigger, i haven't slipped once in five damn years and i even sweat when i'm making a sandwich

I don't think they ever designed it to be a trigger. I think they had an accelerator in mind & when that's what you're using it for, it works well. The problem is that the Xbox 360 controller was designed differently & most shooters get developed for Xbox first (for various reasons) & ported to PS afterwards. Hence you have a squishy accelerator being used as a trigger. Sony caught a lot of flak over what is essentially the developer's failure to map controls efficiently to the existing hardware. Good to see that Sony has caught up with the trend & evolved though. (Fanboy rant over.)

the trigger(s) has been the assigned shooting button for consoles since goldeneye 007...

You sound unhealthy lol

"The Start button probably isn't coming back"
WHY, WHY, WHY?

How am I supposed to play older games with no start or select? Or is there no back-compatibility?
How do I pause or bring up the map?

Well there is a touch pad now. So swipe up on the touch pad for start, swipe down for select. For how infrequently those buttons are use, that should suffice. If a game uses select often (like COD to check score -- Well I would assume it does.... it's "back" on 360), then maybe you could map it to the clickable touchpad button for that game. There are several possibilities.

Swap the D-Pad with the left stick.
Put a cover on the touch pad.
Make the area around the start and select buttons flat

Agreed on everything. I have no clue why they leave the d-pad where it is. To me, it makes more sense to have the primary method of control where your thumb naturally rests.... So few games use the d-pad that it just doesn't make sense to have it where it is.

I know it seems minuscule but bring back the start and select buttons. It just looks weird with out them. I guess call it the older gamer in me.

The new controller looks comfy, sure, but honestly, all this *****ing that apparently has been done in regards to the analog sticks and L2/R2 buttons... I just dont get it. The Dualshock 3 is just fine, my fingers have never slipped off the triggers, I have no concern at all that the sticks are not asymmetrical, and untill I read about the convex design of the sticks, I don't think I ever even noticed it. Mind you, I have quite large hands and a fairly good understanding of my own motor skills, so maybe that's it...

I like the Dualshock 3, but I have found my thumb slipping off the stick on many occasions. It looks like they've made a few slight improvements while keeping a familiar form so I'm happy. It's tough to really judge anything without a couple of hours of gameplay though.

PS4 looks like a whole pile of FAIL.

One day I'm gonna **** in your cereal

You're welcome to try. I keep a couple guns in my house and I'm itching to try one on someone.

Sounds like somebody already **** in your cereal

Just so You know I doubt many people like me on here but sir can you honestly please go stick a gun up your ass and go **** yourself! I hate people like you!

Get off here troll, go back to your cave!

Did a PlayStation murder your mother or something? Seriously. Every. Single. Comment.

I don't care I'm just happy we can use touch pad as keyboard

How so? There is no screen on it. I supposed you could use it like a trackpad on a laptop and select letters on screen which is only slightly less cumbersome than selecting letters with the d-pad.

Fix the R2L2 triggers, they look weak. I can care less if the design is clunky and unasthetic as long as its confortable and has good utility. I don't need to take the controller on a date with me, after all. The touchscreen looks a little small, but I am sure they have reason for it and have different ideas in mind than what Wii U is pulling. Should be interesting. I have to say that I am mostly fine that the general format of the PS controller is the same. If it ain't broke... just saying. Innovation is key, feeling good about it here.

Actual triggers.
Otherwise, it looks cool to me.

Well what I'm picturing Is that the controller's trigger will have a firm recoil as you Press the trigger and the way the more slender triggers have your fingers rest on them might actually make it easier to fire the triggers. Picture how the controller would Sit in your hand. The game developers shaped it like that for a reason

I'm gonna feel so down whenever I play a game that has "Press Start Button" blinking at the menu.

At LEAST L4 and R4 buttons for your middle fingers, on the backside of the controller. I'd also like to see an 8-directional d-pad, and 4 more face buttons (2Triangle, 2Circle, etc.), but that's a stretch. Sony won't brave those waters, the cowards.

I used to think this was a good idea too. But people grip the controllers very differently and have a variety of hand sizes. It wouldn't work. A large touch pad a la the vita on the back is almost the only logical way.

Although a touch pad may also be a good idea, allow me to prove you wrong.

Have you ever heard of Scuf Gaming? They make custom controllers.

scufgaming.com

I just looked into this... it just looks like custom paint jobs

Look again. They have paddles on the back of the controller.