New PS4 Slim and Dualshock 4 Details: Battery, Button Quality and More
The new PS4 Slim is still due for an official release but as it often is in the gaming industry that doesn’t stop units from hitting the streets early. Information has been coming in from Twitter user shortman82 who apparently purchased the new PS4 Slim from Gumtree. He took to the web to detail his experience, what was in the package and more. Seeing as this is not an official source of information it’s important to treat all this info as strictly a rumor until we find out more. Still, at this point, everything certainly seems convincing… especially with the included pictures.
Here’s a short summary of what the user shared over Twitter:
- No new features or resolution options could be found in the console, but the shortman82 doesn’t have the new 4.0 system software update yet.
- According to shortman82, the console runs “unbelievably” cool and quiet.
- Triggers and buttons on the new DualShock 4 feel “more solid,” with better materials.
- Buttons and sticks are exactly the same height as the original DualShock 4 controller.
- The additional light bar doesn’t actually have a light of its own. It’s just a see-through strip on the touchpad that lets the original light shine through.
- The battery is the same 1,000 mHa one used in the current DualShock 4. That said, shortman82 mentions that he has owned the console for 24 hours, and the controller is still on two bars.
- The controller comes with an option to select the communication method with the PS4, between USB and Bluetooth. This option seems to be available only to the new version of the controller, but it does appear on the original PS4 console as well.
