We're Finally Getting a Wireless PS4 Pad Without a Light Bar

Sony is happy to support culling gamepads for the PS4, with the most contempo being the officially-licensed Mini Wired Gamepad from Hori. It's built specifically for younger gamers with smaller hands, but it is a wired controller. If you want wireless, then the DualShock 4 remained the only real pick, that is, until today.

Once again, Hori is prepare to offer another officially-licensed PS4 controller called the Onyx, only this fourth dimension information technology'southward a full-size gamepad and information technology'south wireless. It as well solves one of the biggest frustrations with the DualShock four, at least for this gamer, by not including a Low-cal Bar. The other key divergence is the configuration of the thumbsticks, which are asymmetrical like you find on the Xbox 1 controller.

Sony initially adult the Calorie-free Bar on the DualShock 4 for PlayStation VR, but it is also used to identify players, used in conjunction with the PlayStation Camera to judge position and movement, and can provide thespian feedback in sure games. You can't turn it off when not in use, though, and therefore it will get reflected in your Goggle box or light up a dark room.

The Hori Onyx solves that problem by simply non using a low-cal bar. The pad is likewise much rounder than the DualShock four and moves the Share and Options buttons below the touch pad. Information technology makes for a more traditional layout and potentially easier to quickly move a thumb to printing 1 of them. There is no speaker built into the pad, but information technology does include dual vibration motors for force feedback. As for toll, wait it to mirror DualShock 4 pricing, and then around $45.

For now, the Onyx looks to be limited to a European release, but that doesn't mean it won't encounter a release in the US at some betoken. The Mini Wired Gamepad is available in the The states, so hopefully the Onyx follows it over soon.