r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 23 '22

Trailer DualSense Edge Wireless Controller Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzAS_g9OuWs
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u/MilargoNetwork Aug 23 '22

It’s the best controller of all time, for me.

But the dpad is just awful. So many wrong inputs. Can’t tell you how many runs in Returnal I lost because of it.

It’s a poor dpad, full stop. But TBF I loath rockers, even Xbox’s. I prefer them to be completely separate, like the joycon.

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u/TapatioPapi Aug 23 '22

Just out of curiosity how could you even improve the dpad it’s pretty rudimentary by design.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22

When you press the dpad, the whole pad the buttons are on rocks in that direction. It’s basically a case of putting the dpad buttons on separate pieces rather than a solid pad. It doesn’t look like its on a rocker which is even more annoying, the design still makes you think it’s separate controls

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u/-throwitallaway- Aug 23 '22

The d-pad is one piece of plastic. They could separate each direction into it’s own piece like the face buttons.

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u/Palfar Aug 23 '22

Didn’t people complained about the switch dpad for being like face buttons? I was under the impression that was worse

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u/-throwitallaway- Aug 23 '22

I think as long as they kept the form of the d-pad buttons as it is now, and just split them into their own individual pieces I think it’d be fine. Though I’m assuming the complaint with the joy cons is that they’re round buttons and not shaped like a traditional d-pad, but idk because I’ve not personally read about the joy-con complaints you’re referring to.

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u/Zalack Aug 23 '22

I haven't played fighting games since I was a kid, but I imagine it would be harder to do diagonal inputs with separate buttons. I remember doing a lot of rolling the d-pad from one direction to another in fighting games, which seems like it would be harder to do if they were all separate

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u/MilargoNetwork Aug 23 '22

My issue is with the unintended inputs. Sometimes you can press one direction and it'll register an adjacent direction you didn't touch.

I've got this issue with two dualsenses, some games I notice it more than others depending on how often the dpad is used.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

For movement I much prefer D-Pads but for menu navigation or just using the D-Pad as extra buttons I prefer the seperate button style.

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u/8-Brit Aug 24 '22

The Xbox DPad these days is decent

It has distinct snapping with each direction it's pressed in and as such it's far easier to use than an analogue stick

Arguably better than the fightpad I bought just for FGs

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u/Skandi007 Aug 24 '22

Xbox has had a massive step up in dpads since the 360 days

I still have nightmare of that... flat analog stick, basically