How in the name of God are we talking about the stick positions in a thread about the headphone jack? Is there any thread this discussion doesn't somehow creep into?
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Introducing DualSense, PS5's controller (Audio Jack Confirmed)
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How in the name of God are we talking about the stick positions in a thread about the headphone jack? Is there any thread this discussion doesn't somehow creep into?
The very much depends on the Bluetooth receiver, DAC and amp in the controller. Sony has been hitting it out of the park with their BT headphones lately, and a major focus with the PS5 seems to be audio. I would expect markedly better audio quality with the DS5.
Just said it in the other thread (requested it to be locked), but excellent news!
Wish they'd plan this better so nobody would have those questions followed by an answer on a small account 8+ hours later though.
Also I guess that the headphone jack is below that hole we see in the pics then (and probably close to the patent placement).
Wish they'd plan this better so nobody would have those questions followed by an answer on a small account 8+ hours later though.
Also I guess that the headphone jack is below that hole we see in the pics then (and probably close to the patent placement).
Lack of headphone jack isn't a non-issue.
Or maybe we just don't assume things aren't there just because they aren't explicitly mentioned, or not mentioned every time the console or controller is brought up. This has happened consistently around the PS5. I think there's some merit to criticizing how they revealed this but I don't think they've messed up the reveal itself at all.
Colours are useful for some people with coordination. All about accessibility really.
The standard controller should still ideally have had colours, then limited editions could have removed colours for people who don't like them.
eg. Xbox One standard controller has coloured buttons, but many limited editions have the colours removed. So it's a choice.
I find it unlikely Sony will add the coloured buttons back in to any limited edition controllers, so it removed the choice.
As a light gamer, my wife finds it much quicker to locate the required button via prompts based on their colour, rather than having to work out the corresponding symbol or letter. It's different when you play games all the time.
Regardless, not a big deal either way.
I hope so! I hope they take it seriously enough so I can connect my WH-100XM3's. I mean, they say 'Sony' on the side.
That's the only thing I don't really like.Also, it's a bit weird how some parts of the controller look like a "shell" around for example the shoulder buttons:
Looks like a weak point regarding the overall sturdiness of the device, plus good luck keeping it clean with all these gaps.
Great news. Glad they were prompt in addressing this. I can continue to plug right into my controller for my gaming. :)
Sorry, sort of off topic, but did you purposely type this out to match the length of his sentences and everything? It's oddly visually pleasing, much like the DS5. See, I brought it back.
I agree, would be nice. It isn't possible on the PS4 because four DS4 controllers take up all of the Bluetooth channels, but let's hope the PS5 BT chip has a solution for that.
If it's BT5, it should have twice the bandwidth. That will help a lot, but they might choose to use it to improve the audio quality of the headphone jack instead.
There was an element of that yes ;)
It's definitely a grower. I still think it looks way better in one solid colour though rather than the two tone.
When you do a controller reveal and don't show it completely, and don't say in your post if you have an headphone jack or not, maybe it's normal to wonder if there is one or not?
You've put it together well but I think those colours are awful. To me it looks like the kind of controller you'd get with something called 'PlayBox' for £30 in a toy store!
Wonder? Sure. Assume the worst each and every time? I'm certainly not about that.
Hopefully never. Because they are both more comfortable and make a whole lot of sense in an age where pretty much every game on the system are controlled with both sticks simultaneously.
They aren't doing offset thumbsticks. It'd be like Microsoft doing symmetrical ones.
I'm not going to assume something is there when it's not mentioned nor shown at a reveal, sorry.
Especially when only the Dualshock 4 had it for Sony.
Console wars.
This may have been a thing were it not for the fact both sticks are used as often as the other. Most games now are free movement on avatar and camera.
The truth is, you have a preference, but both symmetrical and asymmetrical are completely fine for most.
Anybody think the DS5 will engage the adaptive triggers while watching movies? So you need to apply more force to fast-forward so setting the controller on a table no longer does that?
Unless you have some disability, why the fuck would your right thumb be more uncomfortable than your left thumb in the same position. Offset thumbsticks is a stupid idea in today's world when most games require your thumbs to be on the sticks 90% of the time.
Looks good, we'll see how it feels in my hands though. Never had any issues with any controller, I doubt this will be the 1st.
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Yes, I am glad you all too see that asymmetrical sticks are better.
(I don't really care, I do have a preference myself, obviously, but.... eh, pretending that a requirement for using thumbsticks often is somehow contra the capacity/ergonomics of either style is nonsensical, like, absurdly so)
One thing that's striking is that for all the chat about 'IT'S ABOUT GAMES BABY' there's a fuckload of noise about everything around the edge.
Damn that's nice. Drives home the fact that it's the colour scheme that I really dislike, hope that isn't the standard controller. Makes me worry for the console.
It really isn't. One stick is secundary, the other one isn't.
Both symmetrical (either up like Wii U's version or down like Sony's version) and offset are valid layouts
I do care and I would gladly swap my XBO controller I'm using with my PC for a version with symmetrical sticks, DS style.
I seriously never cared where the thumbsticks are, I have 3 different controllers and I don't even think about it when I play. it does however suck to have the dpad on the bottom, now that's uncomfortable.
Which stick is secondary in an FPS?
I agree that either layout is valid though.
Use a DS4 then. I don't care what you like, more power to you. That's the point, not some weird shit about how one style or the other is innately more ergonomic given 'games use sticks' (?!).
Ugly overall but in particular the sony logo on the trackpad is bad.
Alt colour schemes would be good but just dipping the controller in nostalgia paint bucket isn't an automatic good.
By all means, continue the concern then. It seems exhausting.
I'm also not sure of the relevance of your last statement as Sony has been leaning more heavily into BC so keeping things like the speaker and the audio jack would be more likely now than say at this point in the cycle last generation.
Thank you! Thumbs are flexible and these things are made for human thumbs. If anybody really has issues using either controller's thumbsticks, there's other issues they should look into.
I do prefer the Dualshock layout though but for one reason only: being able to pretty easily use the D-Pad while also using the left stick either with the claw method or just the edges of my left thumb if I need to press the right or down buttons. It's saved my life in every Bethesda game a ton of times since I'm always mobile and still able to switch weapons or quickly heal. It's still possible on Xbox, but you have to claw the thumb stick which isn't ideal.
The more I'm seeming other colorways the more the controller is really growing on me.
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FPS is basically the only genre where both sticks are equally important.
