/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10806828]

This is the best all around controller for retro gaming

[Anonymous No.10806830]

The PS5 dpad sucks.

[Anonymous No.10806832]

>>10806830
It's fine and no worse than the usual dualshock dpad.

[Anonymous No.10806870]

>>10806830
This, Series controller is far superior. And I say that as someone who doesn't own a Series console or any Xbox for that matter and uses that controller to play on PC and on PS2 through Blueretro.

[Anonymous No.10806872]

>>10806828
And now it actually plays retro games

[Anonymous No.10806878]

>>10806870
dpad in the wrong place

[Anonymous No.10806882]

op clearly fishing for (you)s here so

ds4 >>>

[Anonymous No.10806889]

>>10806872
I don't know which one's more pathetic between that device and the actual PS Portal, actually. At least that chink knockoff has some local storage and can play games offline.
How far we've degenerated from the times of PSP and PS Vita makes me fucking sad.

[Anonymous No.10806892]

>>10806889
>How far we've degenerated from the times of PSP and PS Vita makes me fucking sad.
What happens when your headquarters move from Japan to California.

[Anonymous No.10806924]

>>10806828
Sorry, wrong pic

[Anonymous No.10806925]

>>10806924
>that button placement
yikes

[Anonymous No.10806926]

>>10806892
Becomes more successful?

[Anonymous No.10806927]

>>10806925
kek, thumblet

[Anonymous No.10806946]

It's pretty cozy, but the battery life could be better.

[Anonymous No.10806956]

>>10806828
Playing Ps1/2 with one of these using the bluetooth adapter rocks. Particularly enjoyed Gran Turismo 3 where it seems like they programmed more rumble data than DualShock2 was capable of representing. With a DualSense you get a very vivid range of rumbles corresponding to different terrain, engine, and tire conditions. I was really surprised by it. I will note however that hitting Squall's blade trigger feels a lot less satisfying. The full throttle DualShock rumble is superior for that case.

[Anonymous No.10806958]

>>10806878
I know that this is most likely bait, but I'll reply seriously anyway because I'm sure there are people who actually believe that.
Whether D-pad is above or below the left analog stick ultimately matters less than what kind of D-pad it is.
The first one is largely a matter of preference and what the person in question is used to, the latter has the potential to contain some objective qualities.
Unlike with handhelds, the ergonomics of a controller are always constructed so that you can reach both the left analog stick and the D-pad with ease. The angle between those two is just more natural because controller designers don't have to make compromises.
Just like you say that the D-pad is in the wrong place I could say that the left analog stick is in the wrong place because I prefer my thumbs to be symmetric when I play 3D action games.
>inb4 3D is not retro
3D games exploded during the 5th and 6th gens, which is half of the time frame of this board. No one cares about 2nd gen and below. Not to mention that even some 2D games are better played with an analog stick than a D-pad, like shmups.

The Series controller D-pad has qualities that make it objectively better than the PS5 D-pad. It uses microswitches instead of membrane, which gives it less actuation time and more precise and noticeable tactile and audio feedback. Well, I'll give you that the last one is not a pure positive because there's a chance you play with headphones on and don't want to piss off nearby people with the sounds of your D-pad, but that's a rare use case scenario. The fact that rubber over membrane persisted in controllers for so long that some people now prefer it because "it gives them retro feel" is a travesty. Controllers where the objective while designing them was different than to make the cheapest possible piece of shit that was still acceptable to the average consumer always used microswitches, arcade sticks for instance.

[Anonymous No.10806972]

>>10806926
>more successful
PS5 has been underperforming and Sony acknowledged it.

[Anonymous No.10806985]

>>10806958
>Not to mention that even some 2D games are better played with an analog stick than a D-pad, like shmups.

[Anonymous No.10806992]

>>10806972
But the PS4 is more successful than the PS3.

[Anonymous No.10806996]

>>10806992
>PS4 release date: 2013
>Sony moves its headquarters to California: 2016

[Anonymous No.10806998]

>>10806985
It's true. With shmups you end up doing circular motions more often than not anyway, so a stick is better.

[Anonymous No.10807042]

>>10806828
I do not like the way the ds5 feels. The handles aren’t comfortable

[Anonymous No.10807049]

>>10806830
I have more clears than anyone on this board and use a DualSense, so must be a personal problem

[Anonymous No.10807050]

>>10806878
Funny enough the whole "d-pad in wrong area" specifically applies to the analog stick being the primary input method over d-pad. For someone who plays a lot of retro/2D games, the D-pad placement is perfect

[Anonymous No.10807070]

>>10806985
Not that anon but shmups do have a lot of diagonal movement and are usually designed to be played with an arcade stick (not exactly the same as an analog stick but still), some also prefer using it for fighting games since they also require a lot of circular motion

[Anonymous No.10807091]

>>10807049
If you’re not using original controllers, you didn’t beat the game.
If you’re emulating, you didn’t beat the game.
>b-b-but! 1CC
You didn’t beat the game

[Anonymous No.10807094]

>>10807091
look at this guy who travelled to japan to beat dodonpachi in original hardware
>b-b-but home conver-
you didn't beat the game

[Anonymous No.10807119]

>>10807094
This is a good point actually. Official console controllers were not the original controllers in most games ported from arcades anyway. And it's not like all arcade machines were the same either. A single arcade game could be present on a number of different machine types that only shared the mainboard. The exact arcade stick and button types between those could be wildly different.

[Anonymous No.10807268]

>>10807094
>he doesn't have a time machine to beat games the day the came out
lol, plebs

[Anonymous No.10807271]

>>10806828
I'd never heard of 'stick drift' before this gen and yet my ps5 controller and joycon controllers both had this issue. Lame!

[Anonymous No.10807295]

>>10807271
how else are you gonna buy expensive controllers, goy?

[Anonymous No.10807306]

>>10807091
shitter cope

[Anonymous No.10807351]

>>10806832
Crazy that retards will assert this when there is an entire scene of fighting game players (many of whom play on pad nowadays) whose livelihood depends on knowing what a good d-pad is, and the majority of the non-Basketball ones agree the PS5 d-pad is shit

[Anonymous No.10807378]

>>10807351
Citation needed

[Anonymous No.10807441]

>>10806926
If by "successful" you mean "retarded", then yes.

[Anonymous No.10807464]

>>10807351
most of the time they are just sponsored to use certain shit. They don't really care, otherwise they would be using a shitbox

[Anonymous No.10807548]

>>10806832
Yes, the DualShock D-pad is equally shitty. Play some fighting games and you'll see just how broken diagonals are.

[Anonymous No.10807572]

>>10806828
Xbone has the best dpad I ever used. It’s too bad Xbox has been shit the last few gens, because I’d rather use their controllers on a PS5.

[Anonymous No.10807689]

>>10807094
If you down own your own cab and your own PCBs you didn’t beat the game

>>10807306
You didn’t beat the game. Emulation is pure cope

[Anonymous No.10807924]

>>10806828
If you're playing a 1st person title, or a 2D title, it's indeed the best, but for 3rd person 3D stuff, an asymmetrical layout feels better.

Still, it's ideal for 2 use cases and less than ideal in just 1, while asymmetrical controllers are the opposite, and by default it's a better all rounder than anything without analogs, so I agree, OP.

[Anonymous No.10808027]

>>10807049
Yeah and you would have enjoyed all that way more with a good dpad.

[Anonymous No.10808040]

>>10806985
I always trade the dpad for the stick in 'free-roaming' sections like DKC underwater stages. Just feels right.

[Anonymous No.10808045]

>>10806828
no
it is not
and while we are at shitting on this piece of shit
all the silly rumble features only work if you use it WIRED on your PC like how fucking retarded is sony even

[Anonymous No.10808168]

>>10808045
Wrong! DualSense has full wireless capability over bluetooth, and you are a nigger.

[Anonymous No.10808297]

>>10806830
according to the internet there are no good dpads

[Anonymous No.10808408]

>>10808297
real dpads have never been tried

[Anonymous No.10808591]

>>10808168

No it doesn't. You are the nigger that doesn't know the hardware but this isn't retro related but still if you want to play horizon forbidden west (I don't) or any PlayStation 5 titles on pc you need to wire the ps5 controller to your pc otherwise you won't get all the new features it offers
It doesn't just send those via Bluetooth
Works on ps5 but not on pc
Do your research but why would a nigga like you be able to read in the first place