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Hands on with the new PS4 controller at E3 – Clickable touchpad & better everything

OPM: E3 gave me my first hands on with the new PS4 controller and I have to say it was actually not what I expected. There are lots of subtle changes at play from overall scale to button profiles, trigger resistances and more. But importantly it’s all for the better.

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SpinalRemains4769d ago (Edited 4769d ago )

I was hoping the touchpad would be a button like L3/R3. I suppose it's called "T"

Very cool. Can't wait.

DA_SHREDDER4769d ago

@Spinal. Why would you want to take the convenience of not having to take your fingers off the analog sticks?

Ashlen4769d ago

Using the web browser or shopping on the PlayStation store.

Also a friend pointed out you could use it for a game like Okami where you had to make brush strokes.

I'm sure it'll find a lot of uses.

DA_SHREDDER4769d ago

He/she mentioned L3 and R3 buttons, I don't see the need to replace those? I didn't say anything negative about the touch pad. gesh

3-4-54769d ago

could never stand the floaty analogs on Dual shock.

Hopefully they changed them to feel more like the 360's but improved.

Foliage4769d ago

I also hope that it doesn't feature the 10% dead zone area of the 360. It felt like a chore to get it in motion and have the character react.

At least the old PS controller was immediately responsive; with next to no deadzone. I would take "floaty" over "unresponsive and sluggish" any day of the week.

MooseWI4769d ago

Hmm. I thought you would of been able to see stuff on it. At least that's what I thought. Cool no matter what though. Improvements across the board.

Rob_From_GopRant4769d ago

I thought about that to. Thats why i think they are pushing the Vita. But i rather have it like it is without a screen - it would have made the system more expensive to purchase. I think they might sell one later though.

nevin14769d ago (Edited 4769d ago )

"The touchpad wasn’t active"

Get used to that throughout the PS4's lifecycle

Jeff2574769d ago

They have already announced that Killzone Shadowfall uses the touchpad. I am sure other games will as well.

Cryptcuzz4769d ago

Try de-activating various DRM and your beloved always on camera.

Get used to that throughout the number before TWO, but less then FOUR's life cycle.

medman4769d ago

At least the games will be active, whether your internet is functional or not. Bam. Nailed it.

Foliage4769d ago

get used to "the console wasn't active" throughout the Xbox One "lifecycle".

I hope they solve the over-heating issues and don't end up reducing the GPU speed even further; it's already half the power of the PS4. Rumours have them struggling to get the heat down (half the damn console is a fan; what kind of mess up is this?); along with getting horrible yields from their eSRAM manufacturing. The thing might not have much of a lifecycle; if they can't get it going. Shit, they may be competing with the WiiU in specs by the end of this; with the PS4 even further ahead.

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Jdoki4769d ago

Thankfully they appear to have improved R2 / L2. I really disliked the shape of those triggers on the DS3.

Why o why4769d ago

I'm wondering if the battery life is better. If the light can be switched off.

ADMITTEDLY

I've not read the article

WolfOfDarkness4769d ago

Ps4 controller " will be ready for use after you charge it " and the Life battery Of ps4 controller to be active around 38 hours ! And I think that's amazing , Xbox one controller will require you to buy 2 AA+ batteries from time to time .

Thank you Sony .

Virtual_Reality4769d ago (Edited 4769d ago )

The battery is now using 1000 mAh of storage on DS4.

DS3 is using a battery of 300 mAh.

*milliampere-hour

BitbyDeath4769d ago

Amazing, and i thought the PS3 controllers had a long battery life.

Why o why4769d ago

That light is a drain though. Glad to see the jump in battery power regardless

Foliage4769d ago

LEDs don't drain much; I'm not sure where you got your assumption from.

Why o why4769d ago

The light bar, not the LEDs....

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Rolling the Dice: Do Modern RPGs Miss the Point of Team-Based Play?

It seems it was long time ago. A bunch of friends spending hours on end playing RPG games, sitting around the table with the box of cold pizza. Excited about the story, listening to the Game Master, they were completely engaged in the worlds only visible to them and their imaginations.

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Takwin3424d ago

The GM is the programmer, and in MMOs and co-ops, you can play with others. If you want to ONLY use your imagination for the visuals, read a book.

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Record of Agarest War 2 announced for PS3

Scrawl: "Looks like we know how that new Compile Heart countdown is going to end. The latest issue of Famitsu has confirmed that Agarest Senki 2, known as Record of Agarest War 2 in the US, is Compile Heart’s newest title."

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Godmars2905869d ago

1) Hope they put it on disc this time.
2) Hope this is a positive for Neptune coming over as well.

Demons Souls5869d ago

If so, that's being developed & published by Idea Factory. Compile Heart has nothing to do with it (Thank God for that).

Godmars2905869d ago (Edited 5869d ago )

Thought Compile Heart was one of the companies lending characters.

Was also speaking in general as in regards to a US of Neptune. If these guys are offing a second game, NIS or Atlus, both of whom offer quirkier titles, will put that one out.

@kagon01:
My issue isn't - wholly - with the DL-only option, but the price. The first game should be $30. Maybe $40, and by that I mean $39.99. The only reason its $45 is the 360 disc version which has extras. Nevermind that by all rights its a PS2 game. Something that proabbly could have been done if the devs had the GOW2 engine or tools.

ClownBelt5869d ago

I approve of this god damn message.

Could have gotten my 60 bucks if they just put it on a disc.

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Tripl3seis5869d ago

Another exclusive damnn the ps3 keeps on rollin wit games awesome ;)

Jack-Pyro5869d ago

Is this a half decent SRPG, porn aside, cause if it is, i might just decide to go and buy it for the 360.

Anon73495869d ago

There's no porn just some sexual innuendos but that's it.

Also it is a great game by itself, maybe not graphically but everything else is top tier.

RedDevils5869d ago

so it had some kind of "top tier" porn story jk

ThanatosDMC5869d ago

Yup, it's a decent game. I just hate that a move has to go first before any attack options.

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Bless Online Korean MMORPG Gets Server Merge

This is not the first time that Bless Online receives a server merge in Korea. An announcement was made on the official Korean site.

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Bismarn3460d ago

Bless must be an amazing game to be on all these platforms (according to the tags): iPad iPhone Nintendo DS PC PS Vita PS2 PS3 PS4 PSP Wii Wii U Xbox Xbox 360 Xbox One