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I'm kind of astonished at the (initial?) negativity in this thread. Sony releases a controller for handicapped users. Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaw

I'm kind of astonished at the (initial?) negativity in this thread. Sony releases a controller for handicapped users. Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws, what is there to be negative about?

rjh29 3y ago
First time reading Hacker News?
zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
The console has been out for w couple of years. Why not design it during design of the console? Isn't there already an accessible PS4 controller? Is that not compatible with PS5? (No idea, honest question) and if it's not compatible, then why?
- boomboomsubban 3y ago
  I believe this is Sony's first controller for people with disabilities ever.
  - zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
    Yeah, I got it mixed up with the Xbox controller
addicted 3y ago
I’m guessing a big part of this is that MS had this in 2018 despite having a less successful product and being a younger participant in the industry.
endisneigh 3y ago
> Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws, what is there to be negative about? Nothing. Haters gonna hate.
grumbel 3y ago
Those effort are always a bit iffy since those very same companies go to great length to lock third party controllers out of their ecosystem, as well as fail to support even their very own controllers from previous console generations. If real accessibility would be the goal, they could just open up their ecosystem and make proper use of USB and Bluetooth so everybody can build their own controller and keep using them across console generations as well as consoles from different manufacturers.
ryukoposting 3y ago
The writer says that their experience with the controller was pretty bad. It was clunky to set up and almost unusable for many games. The article more or less concludes on "hey, at least they tried." I, for one, have higher standards for multibillion dollar megacorps.
eek2121 3y ago
I came to this thread WITHOUT reading the article because I figured they were going to try classify "people with disabilities" as singular.
Levitating 3y ago
> Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws To me it seems to have some basic design flaws. As the (disabled) author said, there's no right stick and thus most games are completely unplayable. He'd rather just have the ability to remap the buttons on a normal controller. Compared to the adaptive xbox controller this thing looks absolutely useless to me.
- grumbel 3y ago
  > Compared to the adaptive xbox controller this thing looks absolutely useless to me. The XBox adaptive controller doesn't have sticks either. The two big touchpad-looking things are just two big digital buttons without any touchpad functionality. The Xbox adaptive controller really isn't much of a controller by itself, but just a large hub where you can plug accessories into via USB for sticks and 3.5mm jacks for buttons.
  - Levitating 3y ago
    Oh I did think they were touchpad-like analog inputs. Thanks for pointing that out.
dghlsakjg 3y ago
> what is there to be negative about? It doesn’t have a full set of controls/inputs that the standard controller has. Most notably you need a regular controller or a second adaptive controller if you want to play any game that uses both control sticks. That’s a lot of games that are completely unplayable with this device
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I'm kind of astonished at the (initial?) negativity in this thread. Sony releases a controller for handicapped users. Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws, what is there to be negative about?

rjh29 3y ago

First time reading Hacker News?

zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago

The console has been out for w couple of years. Why not design it during design of the console? Isn't there already an accessible PS4 controller? Is that not compatible with PS5? (No idea, honest question) and if it's not compatible, then why?

boomboomsubban 3y ago
I believe this is Sony's first controller for people with disabilities ever.
- zoklet-enjoyer 3y ago
  Yeah, I got it mixed up with the Xbox controller

addicted 3y ago

I’m guessing a big part of this is that MS had this in 2018 despite having a less successful product and being a younger participant in the industry.

endisneigh 3y ago

> Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws, what is there to be negative about? Nothing. Haters gonna hate.

grumbel 3y ago

Those effort are always a bit iffy since those very same companies go to great length to lock third party controllers out of their ecosystem, as well as fail to support even their very own controllers from previous console generations. If real accessibility would be the goal, they could just open up their ecosystem and make proper use of USB and Bluetooth so everybody can build their own controller and keep using them across console generations as well as consoles from different manufacturers.

ryukoposting 3y ago

The writer says that their experience with the controller was pretty bad. It was clunky to set up and almost unusable for many games. The article more or less concludes on "hey, at least they tried." I, for one, have higher standards for multibillion dollar megacorps.

eek2121 3y ago

I came to this thread WITHOUT reading the article because I figured they were going to try classify "people with disabilities" as singular.

Levitating 3y ago

> Assuming it doesn't have basic design flaws To me it seems to have some basic design flaws. As the (disabled) author said, there's no right stick and thus most games are completely unplayable. He'd rather just have the ability to remap the buttons on a normal controller. Compared to the adaptive xbox controller this thing looks absolutely useless to me.

grumbel 3y ago
> Compared to the adaptive xbox controller this thing looks absolutely useless to me. The XBox adaptive controller doesn't have sticks either. The two big touchpad-looking things are just two big digital buttons without any touchpad functionality. The Xbox adaptive controller really isn't much of a controller by itself, but just a large hub where you can plug accessories into via USB for sticks and 3.5mm jacks for buttons.
- Levitating 3y ago
  Oh I did think they were touchpad-like analog inputs. Thanks for pointing that out.

dghlsakjg 3y ago

> what is there to be negative about? It doesn’t have a full set of controls/inputs that the standard controller has. Most notably you need a regular controller or a second adaptive controller if you want to play any game that uses both control sticks. That’s a lot of games that are completely unplayable with this device

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