This could well be Sony reducing costs by a tiny amount (matte grey must be cheaper than gloss black, right?) but the difference is barely noticeable, let alone something worth getting upset about. In fairness to those guys, maybe it will, but the rest of us can safely file this little change in the *shrug* file.įinally, the D-pad and face buttons have been changed from gloss black to matte grey.
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At least it isn’t unless you’re a pro gamer who thinks the teeniest, tiniest drop of lag is going to make a difference to your performance. One other little change is that the new version of the controller can transfer data over USB, whereas the previous version used it only for charging. That’s right this is a window rather than a separate light, which seems a sensible move from the point of view of battery life. It always seemed a bit silly that the lightbar would be used to deliver instant information (flashing red for low health, for example) considering its position meant you couldn’t really see it, and now that’s been rectified by this front-facing window. Until, that is, you turn it on, at which point you see the small strip of light along the top of the controller’s touch panel.
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PS4 Slim controller: a DualShock 4 with a differenceĪt first glance it’s very tricky to spot the differences between the new DualShock 4 (which comes with both the Slim and Pro) and its predecessor. That’s probably not a big deal to many people, but the more you know and all that. They still switch between blue and white as necessary and light up sequentially as the console boots up, but they’re also significantly harder to see from across the room. That’s right, the seductive, glowing strip that runs right up and along the original PS4 has been replaced by a row of 10 tiny LEDs on the Slim. The oval-shaped power button also contains the console’s only lights. Anyone who’s owned a PS4 will know how easy it is to accidentally turn the machine on or eject a disc (one Stuff staffer’s cat even managed it once), and these buttons, tucked onto the console’s bottom lip, take a good old-fashioned press to activate. The little touch-sensitive strips that acted as the on/off and eject buttons on the old console have been replaced with actual buttons on the Slim, and despite that sounding like a technological backwards step it’s actually a good thing. On the one hand it’s nice that Sony has made it even easier than before to swap the factory HDD for something bigger and/or faster (you will still need a screwdriver though), on the other hand the fact that the flimsy panel tends to slip off whenever you move the console feels just a little weird. And while at 2.1kg it’s a fair bit lighter than the old model, it still feels reassuringly solid – with the exception of the cover for the hard drive.
Like the original PS4, the Slim looks sort of like a sandwich on the lean, but here the top and bottom surfaces are completely square, giving the console a much squatter appearance.