15 Facts About DualShock 4

The DualShock 4 is the best-selling gamepad of all time in terms of units sold, excluding bundled controllers.

The rumble feature of the DualShock 4 is similar to that of the Japanese version of the Dual Analog Controller, a feature that was removed shortly after that controller was released.

DualShock 4 controller is widely supported; shortly after its launch most new games, including Crash Bandicoot: Warped, Spyro the Dragon, and Tekken 3 include support for the vibration feature and dual analog sticks, and Capcom re-released Resident Evil: Director's Cut and Resident Evil 2 with support for the controller added to these newer versions.

DualShock 4 is compatible with the PlayStation 2, as they use the same connector and protocol.

The DualShock 4 is fully compatible with the PlayStation 2's backwards compatibility to play PlayStation games.

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Internally, the DualShock 4 2 was lighter and all of the buttons were readable as analog values.

DualShock 4 2 has been made available in various colors: black, satin silver, ceramic white, slate grey, clear, ocean blue, emerald green, crimson red, lemon yellow, and candy pink.

Any third-party USB charger used must act as a USB host device, rather than simply providing power over the appropriate pins, since both the Sixaxis and DualShock 4 3 require a host signal to "wake up" and begin charging.

DualShock 4's buttons differ slightly in functionality from the DualShock 3.

Sony's earlier DualShock 4 controllers had wear issues with the rubber surface on both analog sticks which exhibited excessive wear or tearing after short-term use.

In early September 2016, Sony confirmed a second version of DualShock 4 controllers, known as the DualShock Version 2, which hosts slight improvements over the original DualShock 4, including USB communication, improved triggers and joysticks, a longer battery life and the ability to see the light bar from the top of the touchpad.

Original DualShock 4 is available in Jet Black, Glacier White, Urban Camouflage, Wave Blue, Magma Red, Gold, Silver, and Steel Black.

Newer DualShock 4 has been produced in Jet Black, Glacier White, Green Camouflage, Blue Camouflage, Red Camouflage, Rose Gold, Electric Purple, Wave Blue, Magma Red, Gold, Silver, Sunset Orange, Crystal, Red Crystal, Blue Crystal, Steel Black, Midnight Blue, Metallic Copper, Alpine Green, and Berry Blue.

Exclusive console bundles with DualShock 4 include the 20th Anniversary Edition, Gun Metal, Batman: Arkham Knight, Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Call of Duty: Black Ops III, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, Star Wars Battlefront, Monster Hunter World, God of War, Gran Turismo Sport, Call of Duty: World War II, The Days of Play, Marvel's Spider-Man, Death Stranding, The Last of Us Part II, and the 500 Million Limited Edition PS4 Pro.

DualShock 4 controller was given an Emmy Award for "Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers" by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on January 8,2007.