Rumor: Sony to abandon DualShock with PS4
New controller said to include biometric sensors, touch screen.
January 18, 2013 / 09:57 AM EDT / (@salromano)

Sony will abandon the DualShock design with the release of PlayStation 4, CVG sources have claimed.

According to a “senior games studio working on an upcoming Sony game,” the new system’s controller has undergone a number of different designs, only a few of which resemble the DualShock.

Sony’s Research and Development department has been performing extensive experiments. Versions of the controller include “biometric sensors” and an “LCD touch screen,” according to the source.

A second source, “working in a separate part of the industry but still connected to Sony,” said the company is “trying to emulate the same user interface philosophies as the PS Vita” with the new controller.

The source also claims the console will be revealed within weeks, rather than months.

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  • http://twitter.com/RaiuLyn Raiu

    I’ll be sad to see the controller I use for years go away…

  • new_tradition

    I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m not adverse to change, but the controller is the main way I identify a PS console. Perhaps whatever future controller there is, it still looks like the dualshock one? Or keep dualshock, but have peripherals to attach to the controller? I bought that keypad for my ps3 controller, so I could see other things made. Though I’d be curious about a front and back touch screen controller…

  • Mar Mar

    I can’t mash buttons with a touch controller!

  • http://www.facebook.com/MiLk.ChoCo.LeN Hikaru Lighthalzen

    dont tell me the controller for PS4 will be PS vita?

  • http://www.facebook.com/JaeWhy SasuleUchiha

    Don’t fix if it ain’t broken.
    Most comfortable controller I’ve ever played. Granted I never played on other controller except NES one.

  • Prodigy-X

    It would be sad if this is true but that how industry rolls. It all about progressing and people will learn to accept the new controller if its true.

  • xxx128

    Congrats, i HATED the old design ever since it came out in 94′. One of the worst controllers ever. The 4 buttons were too small. The shoulder buttons were awfully cheap and flimsy feeling. The D-Pad was probably the worst i ever used on any controller. The whole structure isnt ergonomic at all. And a controller should have 6 buttons in a row unless you blatantly copy the snes controller design and add horns to it. Eiter way; good riddance.

  • AnimusVox

    I don’t want SONY to over do it on the new system. I’m content with my dualshock.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Fitzpatrick-Phillips/1786364591 Fitzpatrick Phillips

    Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

  • ddsfan2

    On one hand, I don’t think changing the DualShock is a good idea, (I especially like the DS3) since I don’t like any of their competitors current home console controllers. On the other hand, I wouldn’t mind a microswitch type dpad like the Vita, Sega systems, or 3ds has.

    I would totally be down for a Saturn like controller as well, especially with two rows of three buttons.

    Either way, I hope they don’t try to make it like the 360 controller — I bought the Mayflash universal adapter to use on the 360 for a reason.

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