Will Sony add "impulse triggers" to the PS4 controller in the future?

SchollA from Console ControllUs - where the console controls us writes:
When I first heard about this feature being introduced for the Xbox One controller I thought to myself “That’s a really cool feature”, provided if it works as advertised. If it does however this could indeed change the way we play games forever going forward.

Let me go into why this feature being implemented on a Sony platform — namely the PS4 is most likely inevitable.

[Ksar]

I think it's a bit late... Remove that stupid lightbar first, Sony.

[-Foxtrot]

Stupid lightbar

I fail to see how it's stupid

[Salooh]

I actually like it :) . But i'm not using the mic though , i never liked to talk while playing in online , i'm not a team player , i'm a solo guy . More like a ninja or assassin :D . It makes me play at least 5 times better then playing with a team ..

[kenmid]

@the infected
lol, I think its funny people disagre with you saying that the light is pointless without the camera, in which it is.

[BitbyDeath]

The lightbar is a replacement for the exisiting LED's in the PS3 controller, it tells you if you are player 1/2 etc. Not needed for PS4eye.

[JackStraw]

@infected you do know the lightbar isn't dependent on the camera, right?

[glennco]

Maybe he wants a smart lightbar

[malokevi]

The idea behind the lightbar was to allow the originally packed in PSeye to differentiate between first and second controller, as well as track their rotation/positions.

That's how it was advertised during the PS4 reveal, if memory serves...

Funny how some people have a tendency to conveniently forget that. The lightbar is direct evidence of a pullback from the camera after the mandatory Kinect rumor surfaced.

[iamnsuperman]

"I think it's a bit late"

To add two small offset motors in the triggers. How can it ever be too late to do that. I don't think they will ever do it but saying it is too late is a bit naive

[Ausbo]

Im not an expert on patents, but is it possible microsoft patented this feature?
Sony may not even be able to implement it

[Sevir]

They can't patent something that's open sourced, MS is using haptic feedback in it's triggers, that technology belongs to Immerssion Inc, MS licensed the technology from them and applied it to it's controller in numerous ways, much like how Sony licensed that tech to improve the haptic feedback in the dualshock 4.

[thekhurg]

I would prefer not to have the extra rumble. Just another battery drain source.

[pivotplease]

Will Microsoft add a touch pad? It will probably end up being more useful lol. My favourite new feature is probably the idea they got from wii. That little mono speaker will add a lot of immersion to games and will be cool for the game to communicate through (ex. Receiving missions and tasks over a radio or phone).

[porkChop]

I gotta give it to MS there. As much as I dislike their anti-consumerism and the Xbox One itself, the impulse triggers are actually a brilliant idea. There are a lot of ways to use those triggers to provide feedback to the player, completely separate from normal vibration.

Could Sony add it in? Sure, in a future DS4 redesign, similar to the Sixaxis being replaced by the DS3. It would definitely get widespread use considering the feature is included on Xbox One as well.

[Regis]

But then if you add the cost it is about 10-20 dollars for a new rumble per trigger and well I don't think sony may do that if so then great that's awesome.

[Orange]

It's the only XBone feature I'm actually jealous about.

[No_Limit]

Hope this will be great for PS4 gamers. Rumble trigger is a great invention for the evolution of rumble.

[Majin-vegeta]

Marked for trolling.

[Smoovekid]

Tell me where it hurts.

[Belking]

They have a light bar on the controller which serves no purpose without the camera. As for the impulse triggers, they probably will. They already copied MS triggers from this gen.

[sourav93]

Oh because Microsoft was the one invented concave triggers, right? Right from the start when man started making firearms, it was Balmer and Gates tell them to make the triggers the shape they were. Please tell me more, oh wise one.

[RatchetandClank]

Doesn't the light change colors on certain parts of the game? That doesn't need a camera. Why the diss bro?

[JackStraw]

this.

[Lucreto]

The article doesn't mention the improvements of the rumble in the PS4 controller.

I am surprised there is little talk about it.

[tigertom53]

I have read many articles that say your not going to notice any difference in rumble between the two controllers

[yewles1]

...why? I'd rather have analog face buttons and L1/R1 returned.

[Izzy408]

Sony may try to copy one of xbox's good features, everyone is on board. Xbox decides to throw in a headset, everyone on this site loses their sh**.

[sourav93]

Well, Sony never said they were going to implement this feature. And I don't think any lost their sh*t when MS said they were gonna include a headset, people on remarked on it since they weren't doing it in the first place, and only did it due to backlash from the fanbase.

[Rimeskeem]

its fine with out them

[deadfrag]

They should mention that the PS4 controller actually haves a smaller dead zone than the new X1 controller and that the input lag is also lower than the one on the X1!IMPULSE triggers may be cool but i still prefer less lag and small dead zone to it!

[tigertom53]

I have not seen any info on DS4 Controller having less of a dead zone then the x1? only improved on the DS3. Do you Know that the X1 has Improved in their dead zone as well as improved the latency by 20 percent and increased the bandwidth by over 20X......

[Hexer1021]

You can plug your controller in with USB, and it acts as a wired controller. Pretty sure that beats any wireless.

[christrules0041]

You know the lightbar is LED lights and doesn't take up that much of the battery. But the rumble features do. My controller lasts a good 4 or 5 days without having to recharge it because I turned the rumble features off.

[glennco]

Options are good. I see there are people who do not want the rumble even

[christrules0041]

Yeah options are good but for the people that like the rumble features I hope it doesn't really reduce the battery life of the controller. If you could turn one rumble feature off while still having the other one on that would be useful as well. So say you use the trigger rumble while having the main rumble feature off.

I like the rumble feature don't get me wrong but the more stuff they put onto the controller the more power it uses which means it drains more out of the battery quicker.

[naBs]

I kinda hope they do, but it doesn't really bother me, would just be another cool feature to add to the list of the DS4.

[patsrule316]

I think the rumble in the xbox triggers is a pretty cool innovation, but I also think that having a speaker in the controller could be more innovative and immersive for the PS4 controller. If you can play couch co-op and have the players hearing different things can have very cool situations in the future, if the developers want to be creative.

I like some of the innovations in each controller.

[tigertom53]

I dont think am going to hear it with my gamer headphones or my 7.1 audio system... seems kinda of lame wii feature....

[patsrule316]

If you have creative game makers, they can make creative uses of multiple audio sources. If you have lame game makers, it will be a lame feature. I have faith that there will be some creative uses for it.

[Tooly]

Im Tryinq To Fiqure Out how Does Triqqer That Rumble Improve Ta Shot In fps Wouldn Ya Finger Trimble. Throwinq Yah Shot Out.

[glennco]

Certainly something to think about when the time comes. We will find out soon enough.

[JackStraw]

n4g is like fox news, i realized.

it's saddening how misinformed pretty much everyone here is.

[patb]

After reading the comments on this story all I have to say is that you fanboys are really pathetic. You guys turn everything into an argument and it's sickening.

[xkevmandc]

Monkey See Monkey Do! again... can Sony do there own thing and STOP copying MS!!!!

[spoonard]

I don't see the big deal with vibrating triggers. Is it supposed to emulate the feeling of a gun better? You know, how you only feel the recoil in the trigger...

[SSJBen]

The Dualshock 4 already has its own form of different vibration, "tilt vibration" if you want to call it.

The feature of course will be different from game to game, but basically the idea is that if you tilt the DS4 forward, to the side, or upwards, the vibration will follow suit to that area of tilt.

While it wouldn't be as pronounced as the Xbone's controller, I see it as a different form of vibration that sets the DS4 and the Xbone controller apart.