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Rumor: Sony considering biometrics, touch screen for Orbis (PS4) controller
by Andrew Yoon, Jan 18, 2013 3:15pm PSTYet another Orbis rumor has surfaced, suggesting that the next PlayStation console will include biometric sensors and/or a touch screen. CVG claims a "senior games studio source working on an upcoming Sony game" says Sony has been experimenting with a number of controller designs. According to the report, the long-standard DualShock controller will not be a "primary controller" for the upcoming console, but "it is likely that the range of PS3 controllers will be compatible with the next-gen system."
While CVG initially posted the rumor, Eurogamer claims that a separate source has confirmed its validity.
Adding more weight to the rumor is Sony's 2011 patent for biometric controllers. One implementation of the controller (seen above) largely resembles a DualShock, but includes sensors built-in to read skin moisture, heart rhythm, and muscle movement. Another concept (seen below) looks more like a Wii U GamePad, with its large touch screen.
It's clear that Sony is experimenting with a number of possibilities for their next-gen console. However, the company has yet to officially confirm their next-gen ambitions.
Could this be PS4's controller?
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Yet another Orbis rumor has surfaced, suggesting that the next PlayStation console will include biometric sensors and/or a touch screen.
Yet another Orbis rumor has surfaced, suggesting that the next PlayStation console will include biometric sensors and/or a touch screen. : Shacknews
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However, a couple of factors in my favor:
a) The question was "Why does Sony keep copying Nintendo?" and the two big ways this was true were PlayStation Move and this new controller. When they did PlayStation Move, the Wii had sold more units than the PS3 and 360 combined. Same for Kinect. And by your own link, the Wii has still sold more units than the PS3. So I maintain the part of my statement that says Sony is getting their ass kicked by Nintendo.
b) It depends on your definition of "win". For example, who "won" between SNES and Genesis? A lot of people would say Genesis, but by the end of that cycle, SNES had sold more units (like 55% SNES and 45% Genesis), so by sheer numbers alone SNES won. But since Nintendo had gone from 90% market share with the NES to 55% with the SNES, and was outsold by the Genesis until Donkey Kong Country came out, most people would call Genesis the winner because they dominated for so long and still had nearly half of the market at the end of the day. The Wii outsold both of the other superior-in-power consoles for so long they both scrambled to copy the main gimmick for years. And dozens of things Nintendo pioneered, like force feedback and analog sticks, were copied by Sony in the last generations. I still have to hand this round to Nintendo
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