{"id":21387,"date":"2018-05-23T21:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T21:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/318725"},"modified":"2018-05-23T21:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T21:40:00","slug":"sony-takes-a-page-from-microsoft-by-licensing-customizable-ps4-gamepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/05\/23\/sony-takes-a-page-from-microsoft-by-licensing-customizable-ps4-gamepad\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony takes a page from Microsoft by licensing customizable PS4 gamepad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sony’s struck a deal with controller maker Scuf\u00a0to release an official ‘performance’ gamepad for the PlayStation 4 in North America, and the controller’s design bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s own Xbox Elite gamepad.<\/p>\n

This is potentially a big deal for devs who build competitive PlayStation 4 games. It’ s also a bit unsurprising given the popularity of the $150+ Xbox Elite controller, which sold over a million units<\/a> in less than a year after Microsoft debuted it in 2015.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Sony previously tried releasing licensed ‘pro’ PS4 controllers<\/a> in Europe, the upcoming Scuf\u00a0controller is the first licensed PS4 gamepad\u00a0to do away with the DualShock 4’s\u00a0trademark parallel analog sticks.<\/p>\n

Notably, the new controller (called the Scuf Vantage and expected to bear a price tag starting at $170) has a left analog stick that’s offset slightly higher than the right stick, in much the same way as the sticks are laid out on the Xbox One gamepad\u00a0and the Xbox Elite controller.<\/p>\n

The Vantage also has a modular design that gives\u00a0owners room to swap out components like the D-Pad, the triggers, optional back paddles, and more — again, much like the Xbox Elite controller. Incidentally, Scuf\u00a0also signed a deal<\/a> with Microsoft back in 2015\u00a0to serve up custom Xbox Elite gamepads and accessories, so the company has some experience working on customizable controllers for both companies.<\/p>\n

The Vantage is expected to launch in the U.S. this summer, and devs curious to learn more about how it works can do so over on the PlayStation blog<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sony’s struck a deal with controller maker Scuf\u00a0to release an official ‘performance’ gamepad for the PlayStation 4 in North America, and the controller’s design bears more than a passing resemblance to Microsoft’s own Xbox Elite gamepad. This is potentially a big deal for devs who build competitive PlayStation 4 games. It’ s also a bit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}