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Sony announces Project Leonardo, an accessibility focused controller for PS5
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On the one hand, this is excellent, and it's also exciting to see SpecialEffect and Able Gamers involved.
On the other hand, the lack of support for the PS4 controller with the PS5 is still frustrating for folks who need it.
On the other hand, the lack of support for the PS4 controller with the PS5 is still frustrating for folks who need it.
Yeah, honestly my main thought is what's the cost gonna be.
... also how feasible would it be to have one as a Drive Impact foot peddle in SF6, haha.
Very cool. I hope Nintendo does something similar soon. I still remember when some journalist asked Nintendo if the motion controls in Let's Go Pikachu/Evee could be disabled and Nintendo replied with a video of a Switch laying flat on a table with someone pressing the throw PokeBall button as if that in anyway resolved the issue of accessibility with mandatory motion controls.
It sometimes feels like parts of Nintendo are like… antagonistically anti-accessibility. I feel like we're still a LOOOOONG away from Nintendo catching up to baselines some studios set years ago now, let alone hardware like this or MS's controller. Nintendo swing SO extremely in the opposite direction, that even the most basic of basic control and configuration options standard in some games for DECADES now are often still missing. But hey, maybe being 2v1 will finally force their hands.
Awesome! The more accessibility the better. Now just make sure this is actually affordable and not overpriced af like most products in this category.
It's in the blog post
Project Leonardo is expandable through four 3.5mm AUX ports to support a variety of external switches and third-party accessibility accessories. This enables users to integrate specialty switches, buttons or analog sticks with the Project Leonardo controller. The external accessories can be dynamically connected or disconnected, and each can be configured to act like any other button.
The most important question because we know Sony love dumping support for older controllers
This is awesome!
I love that Sony is really pushing for this. All their major games have a great list of options and now this... Just, keep doing it! 👏
I love that Sony is really pushing for this. All their major games have a great list of options and now this... Just, keep doing it! 👏
Looks cool and so pleased to have Sony getting in on this.
Hope it works well, everyone wins.
Hope it works well, everyone wins.
very cool
current and last gen ps controllers use d-input so i really doubt this will somehow be console exclusive
current and last gen ps controllers use d-input so i really doubt this will somehow be console exclusive
It is good to see that they are also making one, I guess it took them so long as they also wanted this controller to have an aesthetic design without compromising its functionality.
I hope that happens too.
Seems something that everyone wins if they support each other
Nintendo can't even be arsed to have the most basic accessibility features in their games outside of a couple titles.
hopefully at least the plug in extensions will be compatible. They use the same 3.5mm jacks so hopefully they extended that to also use the same communication methods (I don't know if they're literally just switches or they can support analog input too)
I do wish they'd take it to the lengths of the accessibility controller and have 3.5mm inputs for literally every function on the controller for complete customisation, but it's a promising start.
I hope this comes alongside a patch to make PS4 controllers work on PS5 games alongside for those that have modified controllers from that gen.
I hope this comes alongside a patch to make PS4 controllers work on PS5 games alongside for those that have modified controllers from that gen.
We were discussing accessibility in that other thread and how important it is for all the industry leaders to be more inclusive both in hardware and software side. Very glad to see this step from Sony. Hopefully the industry can start looking into the software side of games more consistently as well; with an eye to accessibility.
Microsoft offered to help make the adaptive controller support PS5 and Sony's response was to make this, so I'm guessing no.
Great step forward.
Would still like to see them support DS4 on PS5 games though, in the current financial climate asking folks who already have custom PS4 accessibility controllers to shell out more money for a new PS5 specific one is a bit heartless.
Cherry on the cake would also be supporting the MS adaptive controller with its wider range of customisation for the ultimate commitment to accessibility but there's no profit in that so can't see that happening.
Would still like to see them support DS4 on PS5 games though, in the current financial climate asking folks who already have custom PS4 accessibility controllers to shell out more money for a new PS5 specific one is a bit heartless.
Cherry on the cake would also be supporting the MS adaptive controller with its wider range of customisation for the ultimate commitment to accessibility but there's no profit in that so can't see that happening.
Third parties already have the Switch covered.
The Hori Flex controller:
Hori Flex Controller
Flex Controller provides 18 sockets of 3.5mm monaural plug and 2 USB ports.You can make your best controller by connecting external switches and joysticks. To learn more about this product, visit the HORI site for more details.
ablegamers.shop
Exactly. With this not having Dualsense features they have no excuses with DS4 not being possible on PS5 games.
Fucking finally! This is awesome news, indeed! I'm very glad that Sony took a note from Microsoft here.
looks kinda confusing to me
one of those things that's much more intuitive when you actually have it in front of you I guess
one of those things that's much more intuitive when you actually have it in front of you I guess