When it rains, it pours – and we’re in the middle of monsoon right now. Digital Foundry has managed to get its grubby mitts on another image of the PlayStation 4’s controller, which shows the prototype peripheral from an alternative angle. There’s not a whole lot of new information for us to garner from the picture, but it does confirm that the protrusion at the bottom of the unit is a headphone jack.
Apparently, while still a prototype, the controller is actually closer to being final than we originally assumed. We’re sure that more will be revealed on 20th February. In the meantime, let us know what you think of this new image in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com, via eurogamer.net]
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A headphone jack at the base of the controller is a great inclusion, I think. Simple but could be genius.
@ShogunRok The Xbox 360 has one too, right?
It looks much better in that picture, I have to say!
@SurgicalSlinky Yep, I agree. Much sleeker. Even the analogue sticks look better. Plastic is clearly not final, though.
It's looking good, although I still think they need to do something about the speaker. The analogues look decent, even though I hated them at first. Now, I just hope they decided to design the L2/R2 buttons after the Moves T trigger.
@get2sammyb It does, but I believe it's for audio in rather than audio out. If this controller could do audio out it would be perfect for things like late night gaming. But let's try not to get too hyped!
@Savino Sega was so far ahead of the game, it's scary. Sony seems to be mor influenced by the Dreamcast remote, rather than the Wii U's gamepad. Which is good because the gamepad is pushing third party devs away and we all know that Sony doesn't need to make a mistake like that again.
I can see myself loving that controller, or something very similar, but I was still kinda hoping for a wii u gamepad type thing, ohh well
I hope it gets made with different materials, as that controller looks kinda cheap to me, but the shape looks really comfortable.
I'm really starting to like what this new controller is bringing but that analog stick design is still blasphemy.
@Jaz007 At least they look more comfortable than the ones on the 360.
Looks like a Mad Catz wireless PS2 controller. I hope it has even more sensitive vibrations than ds3. Think it'll sync with a Vita since it has the touch pad and you can still touch the front screen itself since its gonna be near enough to look at? I'd use it for that all day
Anyone getting a feeling that Sony is "leaking" these photos so they can gauge consumer reaction? It's like when the silver boomerang was shown, they had time to change it (if the boomerang was ever really going to be it.) after fan reactions went public.
Makes sense to me, after all the controller design itself doesn't reveal very much about the console or it's features but it does get people talking.
As for Wii U vs the other two consoles I think it comes down to development trends and how development is approached. Its hard enough balancing PS3, Xbox, and PC never mind learning to program on yet another platform and the extra effort required to tweak ports so they run properly.
A headphone jack seems like a weird inclusion since Sony sells wireless headsets for the PS3, why go back to wires for the PS4? Have people been asking for this? I guess if it works with white Apple earplugs people can look like part of the "in crowd" while playing on their PS4
I do like the curvature of the "reflector" at the top, it looked really flat and bulky in the last photo.
I wonder if this is similar to the original Eyepet card before the Move came out? I know that didn't work well as kids kept holding it sideways but the controller would force it to be held straight on.
It seems that Start and Select are still there... (those small buttons in corners of that touch pad)
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