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[Celcius]

The dualshock 1 and 2 were fairly similar in terms of feature sets and the dualshock 3 added the sixaxis (gyro) functionality.
For the dualshock 4 Sony kept all that but also added the touch button, the light bar, a speaker, aux port on the bottom of the controller, etc...
For the DualSense controller Sony kept all that and also added much better vibration feedback, adaptive triggers with feedback, etc... along with changing the overall shape and renaming the controller.

The modern PlayStation controller has gotten rather heavy and expensive ($75 + tax) with all of these features crammed into it, not to mention the toll on battery life. The DualSense even requires its own firmware updates separate from the console these days. Yet, if Sony were to do a reset then that would have an impact on backwards compatibility because the PS5 is backwards compatible with the PS4 and the PS6 will most likely be backwards compatible with both of these.

For the PlayStation 6 do you think the PlayStation controller has reached it's final form and should be untouched, do you think they should do a feature reset in order to adjust the cost/complexity/price/battery life, or do you think they should continue to try to innovate by adding yet more features for a DualSense 2?

 

[A.Romero]

I prefer they keep adding more stuff but I would like devs to use those features more.

 

[Sethbacca]

These things are already $70 apiece. Lets just pause for a bit.....

 

[Killer8]

In what world is 280 grams heavy?

 

[Fahdis]

In what world is 280 grams heavy?

That's the weight of my sausage. My older step sister says its pretty heavy during a session .

 

[delfrickintree]

What features would they remove? Batteries are getting better so at least keep the already eatablished features. But I would like bindable back buttons and touchpads with haptics to remain a consistent feature. Some things are very difficult to go back to playing without.

 

[SweetTooth]

Sony is the only one trying to advance the industry, DS is easily the best feeling, most advanced controller.

MS/Nintendo are stuck in the past

 

[Kacho]

That's the weight of my sausage. My older step sister says its pretty heavy during a session .

 

[Magic Carpet]

Needs to weigh less, make the battery smaller.

edit- /s

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Keep the DualSense but reintroduce analog face buttons.

 

[FUBARx89]

I'd rather they stick with the form factor they have. After all, we nearly got.....this

But reiterate on the features. Main thing for me would be changing the supplier for the things that cause stick drift.

 

[ap_puff]

I want them to add a way to type quickly. No, gyro input isn't "typing quickly".

 

[Die Namek Ability]

If you stress to much about the past you will fail innovation in the future.

 

[RoboFu]

Clean skate. Take away that stupid trackpad.

 

[West Texas CEO]

Add in six face buttons!

Is that really too much to ask for?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Thinking more on this.
I would like beefier more comfortable triggers.

 

[ManaByte]

These things are already $70 apiece. Let’s just pause for a bit.....

They’re $80 now. PS6 controllers will be $100+

 

[delfrickintree]

I want them to add a way to type quickly. No, gyro input isn't "typing quickly".

Also a feature I want. I suppose one idea would be to have the trackpad double as a touchscreen with an led qwerty underlay that would let you type like a phone screen. Beyond that everything else is painfully slow and will never match the original keyboard speed and functionality. And fuck voice to text thats for women, I want to type computery stuff that doesnt translate with voice

 

[larrybrady]

I guess the 3rd option,but,use tech that best ends of reduces stick drift for goodness sakes

 

[larrybrady]

I'd rather they stick with the form factor they have. After all, we nearly got.....this

But reiterate on the features. Main thing for me would be changing the supplier for the things that cause stick drift.

The females in my family would've like this, ..going with a strong hunch and gut feeling

 

[El Muerto]

Really hate how huge the dualsense is and never cared for the internal speaker, mic and haptic vibration. The DS4 was much more comfortable and is probably my favorite PS controller. Just give us a basic controller with hall effect joysticks and let us use AA batteries.

 

[Sethbacca]

They’re $80 now. PS6 controllers will be $100+

Plus or minus sales, but yeah, point taken. I'm fine with no new tech for next gen. Increase the battery life, maybe move to hall effect sticks, but that's about it.

 

[poppabk]

Get rid of the active triggers for sure, they really don't add anything and they must be a massive drain on the battery.

 

[ReBurn]

I'd rather they stick with the form factor they have. After all, we nearly got.....this

But reiterate on the features. Main thing for me would be changing the supplier for the things that cause stick drift.

Except we were never gonna get that.

 

[Gryllis]

Focus on battery life first.

I hope they seriously consider removing the touchpad though, and allow the DS1 to be compatible for PS4/5 games.

I can't really think of any third party games that have used it in a meaningful way, and even Sony's more recent games put it in as a breif novelty where the game needs to tell you to swipe. It's become a giant select button.

 

[Papa_Wisdom]

The females in my family would've like this, ..going with a strong hunch and gut feeling

They would have definitely had a feeling in their guts about it i think

 

[Puscifer]

That's the weight of my sausage. My older step sister says its pretty heavy during a session .

Hol up

 

[Barakov]

Most of these extra features they put I usually turn off. At this point I'd rather just a wired controller that lets me play the game. Save all that extra stuff for the high end controller.

 

[R6Rider]

they really don't add anything

Bullshit. The adaptive triggers are awesome.

 

[nial]

Anyone asking for the removal of the touchpad is cringe.

 

[ap_puff]

Also a feature I want. I suppose one idea would be to have the trackpad double as a touchscreen with an led qwerty underlay that would let you type like a phone screen. Beyond that everything else is painfully slow and will never match the original keyboard speed and functionality. And fuck voice to text thats for women, I want to type computery stuff that doesnt translate with voice

I believe you could put the touch capacitive pad on the back instead of the front, then you could use it as a dual back-button/touch capactive keyboard without having awkward interactions where you have to reach for the trackpad with your thumbs.

 

[peek]

The thing keeps getting bulkier each gen.... at this rate we going backwards and its gonna be the og xbox controller next xD

 

[delfrickintree]

I believe you could put the touch capacitive pad on the back instead of the front, then you could use it as a dual back-button/touch capactive keyboard without having awkward interactions where you have to reach for the trackpad with your thumbs.

Im having trouble visualizing this.

 

[IntentionalPun]

It’s pretty stupid since every game still supports having DualSense features all turned off.

They don’t need to add anything more and there’s no reason you shouldn’t be able to use DS4 on PS5 games other than greed.

 

[ap_puff]

Im having trouble visualizing this.

obviously this is just an idea and would need work, but yeah.

 

[delfrickintree]

obviously this is just an idea and would need work, but yeah.

Very interesting. How would you know where to click if you can't see ? That would take some practice getting used to for sure, whereas most people are accustomed to rapid phone typing.

I was thinkin somethin like this but imagine its just an led outline or whatever customizable format, maybe even if it was placed lower than the thumbsticks to make it more ergonomic. Just brainstormin here

 

[Isa]

I like where its at now feature wise save for two of my controllers having a few buttons sticking, no I don't really eat and game its happened to them very early sadly. But overall I want better battery life and lower weight, perhaps a smaller more form-fitting size for longer term session comfort. If they want to continue to innovate and add new features I'm totally down for it.

 

[ap_puff]

Very interesting. How would you know where to click if you can't see ? That would take some practice getting used to for sure, whereas most people are accustomed to rapid phone typing.

I was thinkin somethin like this but imagine its just an led outline or whatever customizable format, maybe even if it was placed lower than the thumbsticks to make it more ergonomic. Just brainstormin here

people will just have to get used to it, there will be an on screen keyboard too. i think most people can type on their phone without looking now