Your Opinion On Touchpad Controls

[DrRipley]

Since Sony has announced the inclusion of a touch pad with their new controller, I think it is very likely that they will be incorporating this feature within controls of some of their games, if not most. I honestly am very skeptical of this feature, and frankly, I'm not much of a fan of games that require you to do a lot of extra stuff with your controller - e.g. having to shake it, tilt it, and soon... swipe, etc. as they seem to have done with the Vita. I especially hate this when all they do is put up instructions onscreen to follow X action at certain points. I feel it is all too gimmicky, and I wish they would just focus on making more and better games rather than incorporating all these to seem like high tech. I think 8 buttons, a D-pad and 2 knobs are enough, and adding all these gimmicks is just overkill.

What do you think of these new features?

 

[Haze]

I like the idea but would love to see it in action first. E3 perhaps?

 

[ozadin]

Hopefully, there will be an option to disable those little controls, and offer alternatives. I also agree though, tilting and shaking is too much work, and I would rather hold the controller or touchpad still.

 

[BlackSolaris]

What worries me is that the whole touchpad is a giant button. If you see the trailers for the controller, you can hear the huge clank sound when they press it.
Why is it like that? For what is it used?

 

[RaggaJungle]

I'm not sure there's a lot to say on it before I try it, the idea of it is quite cool - if it works well then great, but there is a chance that it could be a flop too. I think they should cater for many different gamers preferences, and that would be possible if you can turn options off you don't want.

 

[lindbergh]

It would really depend on the implementation. If touch controls are not done right, it could ruin the entire game experience. But if done right, it could add a lot of depth to a game and could make it even more fulfilling. I don't have problems with touch or motion controls as long as they are correctly implemented.

 

[carclain]

It sounds interesting, and a great new feature, but I think it might become too complicated, and easy to damage, expensive, as a lot of people smash their controllers when angry in a game.

 

[RaggaJungle]

It sounds interesting, and a great new feature, but I think it might become too complicated, and easy to damage, expensive, as a lot of people smash their controllers when angry in a game.

I also imagine that a slight spillage on the touch-pad may ruin it. It's going to get sticky and damaged easily in my opinion, all of those greasy gamer hands - I hope it's durable!

 

[maurovis]

I'm personally not a fan of touch pads, tablets, cell phones that are touch (which is almost all phones now). I don't know perhaps I have very heavy or large hands and it seems that these touch features aren't meant for people like me.

 

[TinkerBell]

It doesn't matter. I'm still excited. I really don't care about how the controller looks. All that matters it fits well in my hands just like the other PS controllers we've been using over the years, lol.

 

[venomeye]

I like the idea of it and they have already got it on the Vita console my only concern is the cost of a new controller will be pushed up by the amount of tech that goes into it, I know our controllers get kicked and dropped on a daily basis and I have had to replace them on a couple of occasions which wasn't cheap so these new ones will cost a fortune I bet.

 

[lindbergh]

My main concern here is that the touch pad seems to be very small. I wonder what it would be used for. If a person has very large hands, I'm sure that he or she would have a little difficulty in using the feature. But it's a nice addition nonetheless.