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This Week in Games - DualSense... tingling!

Late last week, Naughty Dog posted a notice that The Last of Us Part II was almost done, but was being delayed due to “logistics issues,” as in “we want to make sure this is a global simultaneous release so some obnoxious dinguses online aren't going to spoil everything for those whose Amazon preorder is held up.”

Aren't videogames the most interactive media industry? Hands-on play is key! I don't think the same can be said for events like Comic-Con and Anime Expo. Could you imagine if those events were completely online?

I think it says something about the number of physical pre-orders for Last of Us if Sony is willing to delay what is bound to be a massive seller. It wouldn't be a good look for them if they put customers in a position of choosing whether to cancel their order and get it digitally instead. And I'm sure retailers wouldn't be happy if they saw pre-orders canceled while Sony reaped the benefits of selling on the PS Store.

"so many people are out of work right now and we don't want to risk this not selling millions so we'll wait until people have money to spend on games again before we release it" It's not as if people didn't already predict everything leaked about TLOU2 already anyway as soon as the trailer dropped. It's just Naughty Dog being their greedy selves.

Greed1914 wrote:

I think it says something about the number of physical pre-orders for Last of Us if Sony is willing to delay what is bound to be a massive seller. It wouldn't be a good look for them if they put customers in a position of choosing whether to cancel their order and get it digitally instead. And I'm sure retailers wouldn't be happy if they saw pre-orders canceled while Sony reaped the benefits of selling on the PS Store.

What makes you think it's Sony? Plenty of other anticipated PS4 came out recently like Resident Evil 3 and of course Final Fantasy 7 . If it's only affecting one game it's more than likely the developer making the call.

I do like the shape of the controller a lot, but ughhh, why can't Sony make a decent D-Pad for a change? Hard, clear plastic with segmented directions makes my thumb weep.

I do like the shape of the controller a lot, but ughhh, why can't Sony make a decent D-Pad for a change? Hard, clear plastic with segmented directions makes my thumb weep.

Aren't video game sales soaring right now? Animal Crossing sold a lot, Doom Eternal at launch sold like twice as much as Doom 2016. So I'm not sure if that reasoning makes sense.

Cam0 wrote:

Aren't video game sales soaring right now? Animal Crossing sold a lot, Doom Eternal at launch sold like twice as much as Doom 2016. So I'm not sure if that reasoning makes sense.

That's sort of my point. People are buying games now more than ever and no one cares about spoilers given FF7's entire story was known for almost a month now and streamed on Twitch for weeks. The fear of losing money by releasing it now makes no sense.

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I do like the shape of the controller a lot, but ughhh, why can't Sony make a decent D-Pad for a change? Hard, clear plastic with segmented directions makes my thumb weep.

What are you talking about? The playstation joypads are the only joypads where the digital direction... thing... isn't complete shit. Well, aside from the handhelds -- those are usually pretty solid, but for most modern consoles, only Sony has given me anything good since the Playstation 1 era. (Well... the Saturn pad was also pretty good in that respect.)

But not ANY of the Xboxes, nor the Gamecube or the Switch has decent digital control options unless you buy very specialized pads... if any is available.

Vizo wrote:

Aren't videogames the most interactive media industry? Hands-on play is key! I don't think the same can be said for events like Comic-Con and Anime Expo. Could you imagine if those events were completely online?

The only benefit to live conventions is first-hand being able to play the game, and that's something that can easily be done at home these days with a demo being put up on PSN or Nintendo eShop like we got with Bravely Default 2 and Trials of Mana. Otherwise, there's nothing to them that can't be just as effective as an online presentation. in fact, I'd say online is actually better, because you don't get pointless gap fillers like that guy playing a banjo at the last E3, or the or the shakuhachi flute guy, or those sports commentators no one cared about who were stalling for time as they set up the next panel. Everything being recorded and done in advance saves so much time and there's also no chance of things going horribly wrong like the infamous Skyward Sword E3 reveal.

While more responsive when compared to modern controllers, there is one problem with the segmented D-Pad, if you've played on it for an extended amount of time, it will hurt. Especially with fighting games, where you have to perform some complex movement combinations, where you have to slide from one side to another instead of lifting your thumb. Thankfully, the Dualshock 4 improved on it, the center of the pad was better designed, and it felt smoother, and it didn't hurt as much when playing for a similar amount of time. There was a reason why one of the Street Fighter games on the PSP came with a D-Pad cover as a preorder bonus.

It is somewhat hard to see, but it appears the Dualsense has reverted to the one found on the earlier controllers.

The article even explains what it means by "logistics issues" if you bothered to read the sentence after the one you quoted.

While more responsive when compared to modern controllers, there is one problem with the segmented D-Pad, if you've played on it for an extended amount of time, it will hurt. Especially with fighting games, where you have to perform some complex movement combinations, where you have to slide from one side to another instead of lifting your thumb. Thankfully, the Dualshock 4 improved on it, the center of the pad was better designed, and it felt smoother, and it didn't hurt as much when playing for a similar amount of time. There was a reason why one of the Street Fighter games on the PSP came with a D-Pad cover as a preorder bonus.

It is somewhat hard to see, but it appears the Dualsense has reverted to the one found on the earlier controllers.

The only thing d-pads are used for these days are hotkeying guns and items in shooters. Not much reason for companies to put out good d-pads anymore when everything uses an analog stick. Any serious fighting game enthusiasts will use a fight stick, and any retro game enthusiast probably picked up Nintendo's NES or SNES Classic controller. Or at the very least an 8bitdo.