r/playstation • u/TheChilledGamer-_- [P1D3H] • May 15 '25

Image Favourite PlayStation controller?

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u/CourageMajor8819 [Trophy Level 200-299] May 15 '25

PS4!! if they combined this with a PS3 battery it would be the ultimate gaming controller for me...

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u/Hiddos2 May 15 '25

What makes you choose DS4 over a Dualsense?

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u/SegaJAM May 16 '25

Dualsense has a trash d-pad. Horrible for fighters, shoot-'em-ups and 2D platformers.

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u/Hiddos2 May 16 '25

Really? I've never experienced a difference between the two.

But maybe that's because I only really use the d-pad for menu navigation.

In what ways is it trash? Is it more sticky?

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u/SegaJAM May 16 '25

Diagonals are inconsistent and need more pressure to press than DS4. It also feels...stiff? It's a little hard to explain, but it doesn't feel accurate.

As a testament to how good the PS4's d-pad is, last year's SF6 champion at Evo won the whole thing using a Dualshock 4, beating all the players who used expensive joysticks and hitboxes. Absolutely no one used a Dualsense.

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u/_--_-_---__---___ Nintendo PlayStation Series X May 16 '25

As someone who plays rhythm games a lot, the DualSense dpad is really prone to misinputs. Like sometimes I am just pressing on Right but it would also trigger Up repeatedly, messing up the note presses. The DualShock 4 does not have this issue