PlayStation 4 New Controller Design

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Article: PlayStation News: CVG sources: Sony to abandon DualShock design for PS4 - ComputerAndVideoGames.com

The new PS4 controller design, which remains a closely guarded secret across the PlayStation organisation, is expected to break new mould for Sony. The biometric tech, in particular, is something games studios such as Valve are interested in due to its function as a heart beat sensor.

It's about time they change the controller, it's been the same thing since the original play station in 1998. Will be interesting to see what they release, hopefully we'll see it at E3. Also looks like next gen's big thing is going to be biometric controllers. Which will be nice, when going to friends houses. You'll be able to save games to the controller an take them to friends houses and play.

The heart beat sensor would be cool too if they could get it to work with the games correctly.

These are rumors btw, but the article says multiple reliable sources have said that it's not going to be dual shock controller.

Edit: New Info

Second Article: The PlayStation 4 Has A New Controller, Fancy User Accounts And Impressive Specs (So Far)

PS4 Specs:

System Memory: 8GB
Video Memory: 2.2 GB
CPU: 4x Dual-Core AMD64 "Bulldozer" (so, 8x cores)
GPU: AMD R10xx
Ports: 4x USB 3.0, 2x Ethernet
Drive: Blu-Ray
HDD: 160GB
Audio Output: HDMI & Optical, 2.0, 5.1 & 7.1 channels

To sum up the article. Basically, right now the PS4 is being called Orbis, it won't be the official release name, but that's what Sony is calling it while it's in development. The name seems to have something to do with the PS Vita, so it's likely that the two will be more compatible.

More information on the controller, it seems that Sony has said that will be releasing the same design of the Dual Shock type controller with 2 analog sticks ect. However the dual shock controller is supposed to have a few new features. Biometric data is one of them which is explained above. It will also have a touch pad like you find on the back of a Vita (presumably it's also on the back of the PS4's controller), that can recognise two-point multi-touch. The entire pad can also be "clicked" for an additional input button.

As well with the new dual shock controller, they're making a new controller based on the wii remote wand, no other information is released on it yet, so it's most likely just an idea for now.



This is kind of how the Biometric controllers work:


That's it for now. Remember, none of this information is confirmed, and even the information that is locked down in January 2013 may change before the console's eventual release, which is likely not for at least another nine months, at minimum.

A good view of the controller:
Whats DualShock 4? - IGN