News & Rumours: Playstation 4/ Orbis *spin*

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DSoup said:
They've not announced what they've doing for PS4 but they're mostly known as the Syphon Filter (PS, PS2, PSP) guys and for Uncharted Golden Abyss on Vita. They also did Resistance Retribution on PSP.
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chris1515 said:
They work on a survival horror game with UE 4. And they developed Syphon filter before.
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Thanks! Damn it: Syphon Filter is so long ago...I liked it!

But survival horror?!? Hm...we will see...
 
Billy Idol said:
Sony controller hardware is a joke this gen: my sticks lose their rubber and after playing Bloodborne extensively, where you basically only use the R1 button...it starts to not work properly anymore (even costed me some boss fights!).

Meh Sony!! DS4 is the new X360 gamepad wrt quality :(
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Really?? Maybe you big virile bad boys are too heavy handed.
 
So am I seeing this right, that this is still an issue and no hardware updates have ensured that the rubber sticks are more resistant?

BTW: It's my left stick too that is peeling off.

Shifty; Thanks for the link. Does anyone have any experience with these or rubber 'strap-ons' (whatever you'd call them :p)? Am I right that they'd be slightly bigger, so best to just buy enough for all my pads so that they all feel the same?
 
I've bought 4 controllers this gen for my PS4. Of those, one is already unusable (the launch one) and another has an issue where the sticks misfire occasionally and will continue to send directional information when you are not touching them. Three of the four controllers have the issue where the rubber rubs off the send of sticks to various degrees.

The only one in good shape is the newest of the 3, a white controller bought a year or so ago. Definitely not cool considering how much they charge and the fact they have crap battery life as well.
 
I still have 2 launch controllers...no new ones. And I promise that I hit R1 softly...but it occasionally stucks and doesn't pop back out...only after fiddling around a bit.
 
How do you guys use your conrollers? I have 2 controllers and none has any issues so far, They are good as new and I have been having my PS4 since the beginning of 2014
 
deathindustrial said:
I've bought 4 controllers this gen for my PS4. Of those, one is already unusable (the launch one) and another has an issue where the sticks misfire occasionally and will continue to send directional information when you are not touching them. Three of the four controllers have the issue where the rubber rubs off the send of sticks to various degrees.

The only one in good shape is the newest of the 3, a white controller bought a year or so ago. Definitely not cool considering how much they charge and the fact they have crap battery life as well.
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I bet your controllers shed tears everytime they see you come around the corner. They are probably in the midst of putting together an escape plan to get away from your vice grips for fingers.
 
Phil said:
So am I seeing this right, that this is still an issue and no hardware updates have ensured that the rubber sticks are more resistant?
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You probably wouldn't know if Sony has changed the manufacturing process for the tips of the sticks, the controller model numbers usually only change where there is an electromechanical modification. I've been lucky, both my DS4s are ok but that may be due to far less use compared to others here.
 
Nesh said:
How do you guys use your conrollers? I have 2 controllers and none has any issues so far, They are good as new and I have been having my PS4 since the beginning of 2014
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I'd generally assume that too. But in my case, I really don't use my PS4 (nor its controllers) any differently than I did on the PS3 (in fact, my general usage has gone down as a result of less time for gaming). There is definitely something wrong with the sticks in regards to quality (compared to earlier DualShocks). I think I already read about this issue by others around the launch of the PS4 (at the time I didn't have any issues myself), but as time went by, I started getting a bit of rubber "fuzz" / scraps on my left thumb. Since I play in the dark, I assumed that my controllers must have gotten some dirt or dust particles on them, sticking to the stick so I just ignored it. Then one evening, I actually bothered to look when it started to annoy me only to then find that the left stick rubber in particular had shown signs of wear. I've more or less ignored it so far, but now one of my two controllers (both showing extensive wear on the left stick), the rubber has broken that there is a hole now.

For the record, I don't play any beat'em ups (they aren't any out yet worth playing?) and my God of War 3 fix has only just started. No anger management issues either, well except for sometimes when playing Trials, but it's more my PS4 that's in danger of being put on fire. :D
I'd also add that I have really really soft skin too. No kidding. Hum. Yeah. :cool: :oops:
 
Phil said:
I'd generally assume that too. But in my case, I really don't use my PS4 (nor its controllers) any differently than I did on the PS3 (in fact, my general usage has gone down as a result of less time for gaming). There is definitely something wrong with the sticks in regards to quality (compared to earlier DualShocks). I think I already read about this issue by others around the launch of the PS4 (at the time I didn't have any issues myself), but as time went by, I started getting a bit of rubber "fuzz" / scraps on my left thumb. Since I play in the dark, I assumed that my controllers must have gotten some dirt or dust particles on them, sticking to the stick so I just ignored it. Then one evening, I actually bothered to look when it started to annoy me only to then find that the left stick rubber in particular had shown signs of wear. I've more or less ignored it so far, but now one of my two controllers (both showing extensive wear on the left stick), the rubber has broken that there is a hole now.

For the record, I don't play any beat'em ups (they aren't any out yet worth playing?) and my God of War 3 fix has only just started. No anger management issues either, well except for sometimes when playing Trials, but it's more my PS4 that's in danger of being put on fire. :D
I'd also add that I have really really soft skin too. No kidding. Hum. Yeah. :cool: :oops:
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This makes me really curious. Is it probably that some regions get controllers produced by a different factory? Is it probably that some people get sweaty? Is it the room temperature? Dust? Sun exposure?

Anyway London Boy seems to like your soft skin :p
 
Nesh said:
This makes me really curious. Is it probably that some regions get controllers produced by a different factory? Is it probably that some people get sweaty? Is it the room temperature? Dust? Sun exposure?
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I'd doubt they have different qualities by region.

My first DS4 is utterly ruined; the rubber slowly came off the left stick until it was gone completely, then every time I moved the left stick up-and-right it would actually move my character backwards! Obviously it got replaced and I have another two (blue - if it matters) pads, the first of which is getting the degradation of the rubber already.

Sony definitely needs to do something about that rubber.
 
Nesh, I think he likes yours too, because you must have even softer skin than I if you've never had any troubles with the rubber sticks so far. *muahaha* :LOL:

PS: Yeah, I guess those are all legit factors... I am pretty easy on equipment though. Room is always aruond 19-23°C (typical northern climate), no direct sunlight, air humidity not high or anything, not that much dust (or at least I clean it regularly and controllers get moved around enough so no necessity to clean them). No sweaty hands either *touches wood*.

Only other factor I could think of is that different regions are supplied differently, perhaps slight variations in the production? But I mean, I am central Europe. I am pretty sure the rubber stick issue was well documented 'issue' in NA as well. Though bear in mind that I have two controllers - so the wear has been evenly distributed among both controllers. Surely that should make it half as bad as for anyone else using just a singular controller with roughly the same usage. But I guess I'll just get another controller and see how long it takes until it develops the same wear issues. I'll report back. Sometime. :D
 
I'm on my third controller now. The first two suffered from the eroding stick issue which meant that they became very inaccurate for aiming etc. I blame Warframe entirely!!
 
Also happened to one of my controllers. Bought one of those hardplastic covers to put over the rubber thingy on the stick. Works just fine after that.
 
Billy Idol said:
I still have 2 launch controllers...no new ones. And I promise that I hit R1 softly...but it occasionally stucks and doesn't pop back out...only after fiddling around a bit.
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Actually that happened to me as well, particularly when pressing softly, and more on one than the other (have to launch controllers). It actually went away after more use! I recently bought a blue controller for use on PC and it did feel a bit better than the other two. Cool though cause now with Vita I can support four player local co-op :)
 
My EU launch DS4 controller is almost destroyed. Rubber is off on both pads, and both sticks (L1+L2) sometimes get blocked. On FPS, it emulates weapon jamming :)
I also bought those caps you put on sticks, and it seems to do the job for now.
For comparison, my launch xbox 360 pad (early 2006) is in very good condition. Nothing is damaged.
So yes I think ds4 pads are cheap and bad quality. Reading this thread was a revelation, I'm not the only one.
 
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