Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? - Page 13

Akiraprise · February 16 2013, 11:35 PM

AlphaMan wrote:

WSJ.com is reporting that PS4 will play PS3 games via an internet streaming service!

http://m.ign.com/articles/2013/02/16...l-stream-games

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AlphaMan please don't plagiarize full articles from news sites. As a general rule we don't want to post entire articles. Your comments, a link for others to click, and brief snippet on what it's about will work. Thanks.

CorporalClegg · February 16 2013, 11:43 PM

Kelthaz wrote:

The best controller ever is the Genesis 6-button controller. That thing was perfect.

You turn. You pew-pew.

Mr. Adventure · February 17 2013, 12:36 AM

^^ I think I still have some blisters from using that thing.

Bob The Skutter · February 17 2013, 07:38 AM

Jax wrote:

That PS4 pad looks horrible...

* D Pad looks so dug in if you get my meaning

* Why would I need speakers in it, I have a TV and I presume any headaset will give me the voice comms

* They got rid of trigger style R2/L2 button? they felt nice for shooters.

* What could such a small screen possibly be useful for?

and I need a giant blue light on all the time

It's not a screen it's a touch sensitive pad, like the back of a PS Vita. I don't know about the triggers, I can't tell from the picture.

bigdaddy · February 17 2013, 07:58 AM

What's the point of the touch sensitive pad?

Bob The Skutter · February 17 2013, 08:28 AM

To copy Nintendo without quite copying them?

Venardhi · February 17 2013, 08:56 AM

Basic gesture controls I would assume. Turn the page, zoom in, adjust volume, etc. Supposedly there is a vita-like pad on the back for more complex touch controls.

Magellan · February 17 2013, 09:09 AM

Kelthaz wrote:

The Dualshock is great, but I hate the location of the analog stick. It should swap places with the D-pad.

I love the Xbox controller with the exception of the awful D-pad. D-pads might not be used quite as much nowadays, but as a retro gamer at heart I just can't get behind a controller that screws over the D-pad.

The Wiimote --- uh, no. Just no.

The best controller ever is the Genesis 6-button controller. That thing was perfect.

Except the saturn 6 button with shoulder buttons or even the saturn 3d pad. Seriously why is six face buttons so hard? Thatswhat the PS4 needs. Although dont know hwat they'd call them. The octagon and tetrahedron maybe.

Mr. Adventure · February 17 2013, 09:16 AM

^^ Six buttons would just mean QTE's would suck even more.

It's probably not a touchpad, it's a thumbprint reader to prove you own the game.

Bob The Skutter · February 17 2013, 09:20 AM

You can use 4 face buttons with 1 thumb, 6 aren't as accessible, you have to move your hands from the position where you can press the shoulder buttons and triggers to press the front buttons.

FPAlpha · February 17 2013, 09:28 AM

CorporalClegg wrote:

Kelthaz wrote:

The best controller ever is the Genesis 6-button controller. That thing was perfect.

You turn. You pew-pew.

That thing was nearly indestructible back in the day.. and thats with games like Decathlon and the Summer Games series requiring you to rapidly hit the stick left/right to get some speed or do other stuff in sports games

Where you got cramps in your right hand from something else than self-love

As to the PS4-controller.. looks like crap but then again it's a prototype, things can change. It wouldn't look good to have a sleek design for the PS4 only to have something that looks like it's from the 1st console generation with bits tacked on.

Rincewiend · February 17 2013, 10:37 AM

CorporalClegg wrote:

Kelthaz wrote:

The best controller ever is the Genesis 6-button controller. That thing was perfect.

You turn. You pew-pew.

I used most of the ones in this "review":

AlphaMan · February 17 2013, 01:26 PM

I prefer the 360 controller over the PS3 controller and the PS3 is my console of choice. This looks like a 360/PS3 hybrid.

I'm very intrigued by this. From what I understand, the touchpad will replace the Start/Select buttons and will allow for gestures during gameplay.

Sorry about the cut and paste job.

Jax · February 17 2013, 02:42 PM

bigdaddy wrote:

What's the point of the touch sensitive pad?

Thats even worse, I hate the one on the Vita.

Mr. Adventure · February 17 2013, 07:37 PM

I guess I'd have to use it first but it seems overengineered. Can you even do more than a swipe on that thing? It doesn't look wide enough for anything else and seems like it would be awkward to use while otherwise using the controller.

February 17 2013, 12:36 AM	#183
Mr. Adventure Admiral Location: Mr. Adventure	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? ^^ I think I still have some blisters from using that thing.

February 17 2013, 07:58 AM	#185
bigdaddy Vice Admiral Location: Space Massachusetts	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? What's the point of the touch sensitive pad? __________________ "Bqhatevwr" - Former Senator Scott Brown

February 17 2013, 08:28 AM	#186
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? To copy Nintendo without quite copying them? __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

February 17 2013, 08:56 AM	#187
Venardhi Vice Admiral Location: Constant transit	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? Basic gesture controls I would assume. Turn the page, zoom in, adjust volume, etc. Supposedly there is a vita-like pad on the back for more complex touch controls. __________________ "There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Maffia." - Winston Niles Rumfoord.

February 17 2013, 09:16 AM	#189
Mr. Adventure Admiral Location: Mr. Adventure	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? ^^ Six buttons would just mean QTE's would suck even more. It's probably not a touchpad, it's a thumbprint reader to prove you own the game.

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February 17 2013, 09:20 AM	#190
Bob The Skutter Admiral Location: Bob The Skutter	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? You can use 4 face buttons with 1 thumb, 6 aren't as accessible, you have to move your hands from the position where you can press the shoulder buttons and triggers to press the front buttons. __________________ It's all right, children. Life is made up of meetings and partings. That is the way of it. I am sure that we shall never forget Tiny Tim, or this first parting that there was among us.

February 17 2013, 01:26 PM	#193
AlphaMan Rear Admiral Location: Doom 2099	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? I prefer the 360 controller over the PS3 controller and the PS3 is my console of choice. This looks like a 360/PS3 hybrid. I'm very intrigued by this. From what I understand, the touchpad will replace the Start/Select buttons and will allow for gestures during gameplay. Sorry about the cut and paste job. __________________ http://gamercards.exophase.com/92764.png

February 17 2013, 07:37 PM	#195
Mr. Adventure Admiral Location: Mr. Adventure	Re: Is the Playstation 4 About to be announced?? I guess I'd have to use it first but it seems overengineered. Can you even do more than a swipe on that thing? It doesn't look wide enough for anything else and seems like it would be awkward to use while otherwise using the controller.