Maybe that. But back then he even highlighted the voice assistant and the microphone in the controller. Having a controller back then with more features than the final one is kinda weird tbh.
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[RUMOR] image of 2 PS5 devkits and Dualshock 5 controllers leaked
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Maybe that. But back then he even highlighted the voice assistant and the microphone in the controller. Having a controller back then with more features than the final one is kinda weird tbh.
I hope they remove that V thing on the retail version, I just want a bland black box so it looks good on my set, I don't want tacky looking system
I wonder how they will track PS VR games via BC if lightbars are removed.
this does nothing for me. it's just a devkit and doesn't represent what we'll have sitting beside our TV this time next year.
the only thing i guess we can take anything from is the controller. i'll be pissed if we have to put up with a controller with a touchpad/torch for another generation.
the only thing i guess we can take anything from is the controller. i'll be pissed if we have to put up with a controller with a touchpad/torch for another generation.
I wonder that too and not just PS VR but also PS Camera games and some games make heavy use of the lightbar that it can become crucial to it, unless they have a workaround for that.
Maybe they'll just do this, this time around?
Nope. Just read muy previous posts about it. No single hint for lightbar, the LED isn't there to start with neither from the back nor from the top.
Theres no way to tell if there's an LED or not if its not active.
Priorities, if I made hardware, cost and power would take priority over noise level.
Fans will complain far more about power + price then fan noise.
It's a short thread, you will find my posts there easily:
I detailed everything there and in the next-gen thread too but here I rewrite the reason quickly.
There is 100% not a single single sign for lightbar in the back of the controller from both the patent and now the leaked photo and the USB type C is taling its place.
The purpose of the lightbar to start with was to be tracked by the camera and it's normal position must be the back of the controller, and on DS4 V2, they just made a little line transparent at the top of the trackpad to show the light from the LED which is stuffed inside the controller and revealed from the back.
What's the purpose of stuffing an entire LED light inside the controller now if it gonna be masked by the back, not being read by any camera or otehr device and just leave small transparent line to show it? Why such waste now for no purpose at all?
There is no lightbar in the controller and this is a fact.
Have you seen a ds5 controller turn on?
I have a hard time believing they will leave the touch pad for BC but not have some sort of led for psvr games.
The patent and the leaked photo don't show any sign of lightbar, 100000000% it doesn't exist on the back. You don't need a video proof for that. But I am still not sure how they gonna have a workaround for that if the lightbar isn't there and mostly in the back.
The patent doesnt show the internals. We dont know if light can shine through the touchpad or not.
That is why I said the patent and leaked photo don't show any proof of the lightbar in the back because it obviously it doesn't exist there and that is the most important reason for it. If the back doesn't have the lightbar, what's the use of including a LED inside the controller itself and make it shine through a tiny line from the trackpad to not serve in anything? Is there any logics for that?
Anyway from supposed leaks the DS5 was supposed to include IR in the back to be tracked somehow.
I ask again, have you seen a DS5 turn on?
In the patent there is small notch in the top-middle of the touch pad. Unlike the DS4 photo.
You want a lightbar in it while it won't be eventhough I explained how this would be so useless and irrelevant with physical and logical proofs from this design?
I'll answer your question, I didn't see a DS5, but I am being pragmatic and analytic here, not imagining or believing or hoping or wanting like you are. Anyway, it's good to hope or imagine things you want, I myself really want the lightbar to stay, but don't get shocked if it won't.
And I would be very surprise dif they stuff a stealth or magicla lightbar in it in way that no rational person could imagine.
PS: a detective doesn't need to have seent he crime happening in fornt of his eyes or record it to confirm the crime and the perpetrator but he actually looks for proofs that lead him to the final conclusions.
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A lot of projection going on. I honestly dont care, i use move controllers for VR. Im just speaking objectively, it makes no sense when so many games use it. That and the notch on the top of the touch pad looks like it has a function.
The trackpad is used in games as a gameplay feature unlike the lightbar which is mostly a gimmick and an eye candy effect. If they find a workaround for the conroller to be tracked somehow by the PS4 camera or the PS5 camera through the rumored infra red sensors, that would work fine, otherwise, all they gonna have to do to ensure 100% BC with old games is to hook a DS4 and you will be done.
I won't lie to you I would really miss it tbh and especially in many games that use it very well in different conditions.
I really hoped for it to be replcaed by a touchscreen but it seems this is not happening.
That notch in the patent is just the USB type C port project in the front projection and not a slit. There is nothing carved or engraved on top of the touchpad.
Looks hideous and thankfully wont look anything like that.
The small light bar on the touchpad could be used for many different things. Local multiplayer to differentiate the different players through the Touchpad light color. There was always a small light indicator on any generation of controllers to indicate player 1,2...4 etc.
Think about it like this.
Sony will want a console that's cheap and easy to produce, quick and simple to open up up and repair, and that appeals to as many people as possible. The flying V we're seeing here is none of those things.
You're getting a black box.
I would of thought PSVR2 will use inside out tracking (cameras on the VR unit), to keep costs lower.
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I hope we get into the meaty phase soon. I want an article to pop up on some page saying "PS5/XB2 specs revealed"
'Entire LED light?'
A pair of Joy-cons has 9 LEDs between them, I think Sony will be able to stretch to a RGB one.
Exactly, retaining the light strip through the touchpad would be the simplest way to deal with BC.
Iirc XBox One controller is the only exception to this idea, I think it was meant to use Kinect to number players or something.
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I'm expecting a bland black box, but I think they will incorporate the V thing somewhere, not as prominently as this one though
How do you know that light doesnt shine through the touchpad? Which isnt indicated in the ds4 patent.
I swear on me mum, I am going to be very angry if the controller has a lightbar and Sony does not allow us to it turn it off. For that matter why, why, why in the name of all that is good, efficient and energy saving, did Sony never release a firmware that allowed users who DO NOT use VR or PS camera oriented games to turn off the damn LED?
I don't need a lightbar, but I damn sure want an RGB light somewhere, preferably on the controller face, that can be used to identify which controller belongs to which player and be available for devs to do cool shit with (displaying health status, changing colors in different modes, etc).
I think they're going to tell people use Moves or DS4s if they want to play backward compatible PSVR games. There's no point burdening DS5 with any obsolete light stuff.
yeah it's neat but totally pointless because you don't look down at the controller 99.9% of the time so never see the colour changes
You can see it alot from the reflection in the TV tho. Or just being in a dark enough room and it reflecting off of stuff around you. The first time I noticed reflections were Tomb Raider 2013 and GTA V.
Its on the back of the controller, you would never have a reason to look at the front of the controller while playing unless with other folks in the room.
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Having a light on TOP of the controller wouldn't make any sense for tracking purpose... camera wouldn't be able to see and track that, it MUST to be on the back of the controller like DS4.
[the light that go through the touchpad of DS4 V2 has no tracking purpose, is there just to be easly seen by the user without moving the pad]
They've been inspired by the cybertruck and it will now be a silver triangle.