Because the rest of the world has moved on to a more standardized way of doing peripherals. These technological leaps are not that great nor will every game utilize them. We see incremental increases now. Controllers from console manufacturers are used as a way to make money. No controller is ever sold at cost or a loss like a console is. We know why Sony is keeping up the practice, it earns them money. Only when the technological leap is great enough in something is when the requirement of a new product to be purchased should be made. Dualsense isn't that. Improvements? Yes. Paradigm shifting? No. Choice should be with that of the consumer.
Honestly, this topic feels so weird to me, because in my mind there was no expectation that when I pick up a PS5 that I was going to be able to play using the DS4, like none.
When I heard Xbox say that their controller was forward compatible I was like cool
.
Not once did I think
why didn’t Sony do this.
I feel like people are grasping at straws on this topic, if you were to poll general console gamers on this topic majority response would come back with no expectations for forward compatibility.
This “uproar” on this feels so contrived like cats are trying to mimic what happen at the beginning of this generation with the always on and strict used game policy controversy that Xbox tried to enforce. Attempting to paint PlayStation in that same light so the general backlash can occur.
Like if general and hardcore gamers are comfortable with paying for new controllers, chill the fukk out. Like this has not been the standard for a good amount years, there is no expectation for this.
