How do you choose a PlayStation controller?
DualShock: wide compatibility
The DualShock controller is the original Sony controller for the PlayStation 4. This DualShock is suitable for every game you play on the PS4. The design of this controller has been around for years, which makes the DualShock feel familiar to every PlayStation gamer.
- Compatible with every PlayStation 4 game.
- Many different prints.
- The size and shape make the controller suitable for everyone.
- No programmable buttons.
- No extra buttons on the back.
Programmable controllers: competitive gaming
You can use PlayStation controllers with programmable buttons for competitive gaming. By programming functions for the buttons, you always have the most important functions at your fingertips. In addition, the Nacon controllers have extensive options for adding weights and long or short analog sticks. The Nacon controllers have buttons on the back for the most important in-game functions. This way, you'll always one step ahead of your opponent in a duel.
- Set functions for buttons that you find important.
- Has extra buttons on the back.
- Adjust the controller with weights and various analog sticks.
- It takes a couple of hours to adjust the controller completely.
- These controllers are often wired.
DualSense: for the PS5
The DualSense controller is the original Sony controller for the PlayStation 5. This controller has new functions, such as haptic feedback and trigger effects. Thanks to this, you'll feel the controller vibrate when you drive over gravel and the resistance of the trigger buttons increases when you draw a bow. The design of the controller is very similar to that of the DualShock. As a result, the DualSense feels familiar in the hands of a PlayStation gamer.
- With haptic feedback, you can feel what happens in-game.
- Thanks to the trigger effects, pulling a trigger in Call of Duty feels realistic.
- The size and shape of this controller make it suitable for everyone.
- You can't use these controllers with the PS4.
- These controllers are larger than the DualShock 4.
Compatibility PS4 controllers with PS5
You can only use the PlayStation 4 DualShock controller with the PlayStation 5 if you play a PS4 game with backwards compatibility. You can also control the main menu of the PS5 with the DualShock controller. The only thing that's not possible is to play a PS5 game on the PS5 with a DualShock controller. You'll have to use the DualSense controller for the PS5 for that.