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[onQ123]

It seems like removing the colors after so long would have caused a disconnect but it didn't.

Knowing the colors of the action buttons worked pretty good for Sports games back in the day .

Did any of you have trouble adjusting?

 

[Cyberpunkd]

It seems like removing the colors after so long would have caused a disconnect but it didn't.

Knowing the colors of the action buttons worked pretty good for Sports games back in the day .

Did any of you have trouble adjusting?

Wait, what do you m....

 

[AV]

... You mean ON the controller?

Are you looking at the controller to remember what button is what?

 

[ReBurn]

Colorblind people adjusted a long time ago.

 

[Mr Moose]

What?

 

[Loomy]

It seems like removing the colors after so long would have caused a disconnect but it didn't.

The layout and the symbols were already iconic by that point. I don't remember having any issues adjusting, especially since I spent a lot of time playing Final Fantasy games on PS1 and PS2 lol.

Also, now Sony can sell us a "Special Edition Colour Symbol Edition" controller. So..........

 

[Vick]

Was jarring the very moment it was announced, after so many years. But now I've noticed it's jarring and a little cheap-looking for me seeing QTE and button icons in PS4 version of games I'm used to play on the new console.

 

[K' Dash]

It was never about the colors, it was about the shapes. You never told anyone to press blue.

 

[adamsapple]

What?

Color correlation for the face buttons.

Dualsense doesn't do that.

This might be the first O onQ123 thread that actually makes sense

 

[Mr Moose]

It was never about the colors, it was about the shapes. You never told anyone to press blue.

Press blue to JASON.

Color correlation for the face buttons.

Dualsense doesn't do that.

This might be the first O onQ123 thread that actually makes sense

I hadn't even noticed.
Is that why I like the 30th anniversary one so much?

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

I always associated the buttons with their shape far more than their color, so didn't really miss their abscene. The controller does look worse without the colors, but not really a big deal in the long run, imo.

 

[onQ123]

... You mean ON the controller?

Are you looking at the controller to remember what button is what?

You don't look down at the controller but the colors were embedded in your mind so when you see the color on screen you knew what button to hit.

 

[adamsapple]

Press blue to JASON.

I hadn't even noticed.
Is that why I like the 30th anniversary one so much?

Oh why oh why didn't they just use this color scheme as default.

I don't like bright white controllers / consoles, they're massive dirt magnets.

 

[onQ123]

Color correlation for the face buttons.

Dualsense doesn't do that.

This might be the first O onQ123 thread that actually makes sense

Every onQ123 thread makes sense in the end once you people catch up.

 

[SportsFan581]

Memorization. Once you've spent years using something, you already know where the buttons are.

 

[deriks]

It's fair to say that I never really cared for it

The QTE in God of War are kinda nice, but Ascension basically put on the filter of the game and I guess that every game can do that

Eh

 

[AV]

You don't look down at the controller but the colors were embedded in your mind so when you see the color on screen you knew what button to hit.

This will be true of newcomers actually, good point - just the way you framed the question, I thought, I haven't forgotten what colour each one is just because I bought a PS5

 

[Sooner]

You don't look down at the controller but the colors were embedded in your mind so when you see the color on screen you knew what button to hit.

And it still is.

 

[yet_another_alt]

I miss em but it's really the shapes that make the differences. To this day, I get messed up when I switch between Xbox and Nintendo games but I never have that problem with PlayStation games. It's so iconic that I use mods on PC to change all layout to PS buttons if possible.

 

[Iced Arcade]

Looks at my 3 duel sense controllers and realizing it's weird that I didn't notice they had no color

 

[Bond007]

To be honest i dont recall having to remember colors. Just shapes.
I dunno or maybe my memory is shot - but i been playing since PSX/PS1.

If anything, the adjustment of O to X for the main input was more jarring to me. A good change imo though

 

[Mownoc]

The colours aren't important on a playstation controller. Press the triangle button, not press the green button.

 

[Big Baller]

Same with everything, minimalism has been the thing.

 

[LordOfChaos]

Who's looking at the controller anymore? The holy shit realizations about this just further point to this

It's just a natural extension of your body that interfaces with the game at this point, Like someone might not know exactly where the X key is even though they've typed all their life but give them a keyboard and they can hit it every time

 

[Vick]

If anything, the adjustment of O to X for the main input was more jarring to me. A good change imo though

Suppressed memory and trauma resurfacing..

 

[Unknown?]

It was never about the colors, it was about the shapes. You never told anyone to press blue.

Not in Tekken. Colors represented buttons.

 

[rm082e]

I use an Xbox controller on PC and also play on PS. The only issue I ever have brain wise with my controllers is when a PS game shows a prompt for "X", I will sometimes hit the square button. I usually do it a few times before I yell at my brain enough that it adjusts and associates "X" with "A".

 

[InterMusketeer]

Why did they even change that? I know the US version of the SNES controller didn't have the colored buttons either, so it's been a thing for decades. do they think it makes the controller looks childish? To me, the colors don't detract from the controller's design or aesthetics, but it is helpful to newer players. This trend needs to end.

 

[Gaiff]

I’ve been splitting my time between Xbox and PS controllers for close to 20 years, so I have all of their buttons mapped in my head. I associate PS buttons with shapes and Xbox buttons with colors.

 

[Porcile]

The only controller where colour was a good visual clue was the GameCube controller as each button was so distinct.

 

[Shakka43]

Most games still used the color based shapes so it is just the physical controller that lost the colors. The new classic dualsense/Edge look awesome though and the colored shapes are a good reason why.

 

[Heisenberg007]

No. Because it wasn't that big of a deal.

 

[ReyBrujo]

Are you looking at the controller to remember what button is what?

Hey, there are people who look at the keyboard while typing still.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Didnt even know the colors were gone until literally just now.

 

[Aenima]

It seems like removing the colors after so long would have caused a disconnect but it didn't.

Knowing the colors of the action buttons worked pretty good for Sports games back in the day .

Did any of you have trouble adjusting?

I just memorized where each symbol is in the controler a long time ago so the colors of the buttons just helped to identify faster what symbol it was but not its position. And since i dont look at the controler when i play, it was never an issue.

 

[adamsapple]

Colorblind people adjusted a long time ago.

It's a massive gray flag for them.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Never lost it dawg. Red circle blue cross pink square green triangle. That's how you know the OGs

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

 

[justiceiro]

It stopped mattering when we moved on from QTE. That said, any prompt that doesn't adopt the switch model of showing which button must pressed is inferior.

 

[ComputerBlue]

I adjusted instantaneously, there were plenty of games that didn’t use the colors in the games UI before the physical change.

Are you saying you look down at your controller every single time you need to press a button? Were the shapes not enough?

 

[PauloRoberto]

Because of the symbols that represent the buttons... Every other controller uses letters, to the symbols are automatic a Playstation reference.

 

[Fbh]

I don't look at my controller when I'm playing and at least on playstation the symbols have always been more relevant than the colors.
Unlike the console itself I actually like the look of the Dualsense.

 

[Magic Carpet]

I'm still trying to figure how how and when I switched to preferring Controller over Mouse and Keyboard. It just sorta happened somwhere along the way.

 

[Nonehxc]

Oh why oh why didn't they just use this color scheme as default.

I don't like bright white controllers / consoles, they're massive dirt magnets.

So are dark controllers/consoles. Only one thing is that being white is more prone to show how many shit you smear with your hands or touch with your hands every time you play. Which in turn is more hygienic since if you're a normal person, you won't want your controller smeared with brown grease, skin cells, dust and all kinds of shit.

Tl;dr pick a goddamn cleaning agent and a dishcloth and clean your filth, Adam

 

[adamsapple]

Tl;dr pick a goddamn cleaning agent and a dishcloth and clean your filth, Adam

 

[Miles708]

The fucking circle and the fucking square being the same fucking button on quick inputs.

Losing colour coding was dumb and unnecessary. The Apple-like "mental clinic" design philosophy still doing massive amounts of damage.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Massive moment in gaming history Sony changing colors on controller buttons

 

[JimboJones]

It is interesting that their portables never had the colours.
But it does seem to be a trend in the industry to remove the colours.
Even Microsoft who are the only ones left using them often release controllers without them.

 

[Wonko_C]

I have always messed up with colors on every controller I've ever used, it's easier for me to remember them from position and letters/symbols. It's why I have no trouble switching between the Dreamcast/Xbox button layout and the Nintendo Layout, which are basically reversed.

 

[The Cockatrice]

huh, i...didnt even notice lmao