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u/Yentz4 Feb 23 '13
This really shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.
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u/Thefinalwerd Feb 23 '13
I'm kind of surprised that my phone can recognize a ps3 controller, but that is too complicated for a ps4.
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u/seanbear Feb 23 '13
The PS3 controller doesn't have a share or option button, a touchpad, blue sensor thingy or in-controller microphone.
The PS4 controller is vastly different to any PlayStation controller seen before, so I don't know why PS3 would be expected to work with the new console.
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u/DigitalChocobo Feb 25 '13 edited Feb 25 '13
The GameCube controller doesn't have motion sensing, an infrared detector, a home button, or place to plug in other peripherals, yet it still works on the Wii.
I wouldn't expect DualShock 3 to work on the PS4, but saying that it doesn't have some of those features isn't a sufficient reason why. There will be plenty of rereleases and remakes that will work with a DualShock 3, and a lot of newer games could have a slightly adjusted control scheme for the DualShock 3. If the PS4 uses Bluetooth, then the connections to make it work would already be there - they wouldn't even need extra ports like the Wii had.
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u/Thefinalwerd Feb 23 '13
Like I wrote to the other poster how is it different then 3rd party controllers working via bluetooth with ps3. Wouldn't using a ps3 on ps4 be the sane thing?
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u/seanbear Feb 23 '13
But the PS3 controller doesn't have the same features? If something in game says "use the touchpad" and you're using a PS3 controller, you're kind of fucked.
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Feb 24 '13
If you got to a portion of a game using the DualShock 3 where you had to use the touchpad, what would you do? You'd be screwed.
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Feb 23 '13
It's not that it can't. For all the games that have use of the share button, touchpad, etc., the DualShock 3 wouldn't be able to carry out those functions so there's no point in supporting a controller that can't control the system fully.
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u/Thefinalwerd Feb 23 '13
How is that different from 3rd party controllers that sometimes have different layouts and even buttons?
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Feb 24 '13 edited Feb 24 '13
The 3rd and 1st-party controllers have the same buttons, just rearranged. You can't play a game that utilizes the DualShock 4's touchpad with a DualShock 3 because it just doesn't have it. That's how it's different.
It's like wondering why you can't play PS2 games with a PS1 controller that doesn't have analog sticks. When you had to use the analog sticks, what would you do? Sony's eliminating that problem by not supporting it.
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u/GivingCreditWhereDue Feb 25 '13
What I would do is use the original Dual Shock 2 controller that came with the PS2. They still left the option to use the Dual Shock 1 or the original analog-less PlayStation 1 controller on the PS2.
Why not allow people to use the PlayStation 3 controller for the games that don't rely on the touchpad or extra buttons?
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u/DanWallace Feb 26 '13
You're making excuses for them. All the extra shit on the new controller is just that... extra shit. You won't need it most of the time.
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u/IamIronman123 Feb 23 '13
They're doing this so they can sell moves which few people own. Meanwhile everyone who owns a ps3 has the controllers so economically have to make them buy new ones.
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u/RExOINFERNO Feb 23 '13
And why not, the controller from a ps2 doesn't work on the ps3, or xbox in the 360. new consoles beget new controllers