The official name of the object, the Access controller, has just been unveiled by Vice President Hideaki Nishino in a post on the PlayStation Blog, posted on the occasion of World Awareness Day. ‘accessibility. The impressive tool takes the opportunity to reveal itself in more detail by means of new photos but also in-depth explanations of its functions.
Designed hand in hand with people and organizations who are experts in the field of accessibility, the Access controller should allow each gamer to develop a controller adapted to their specific needs in terms of motor skills. For this, the Access controller comes with a range of joystick caps and interchangeable keys, the list of which is detailed on the blog. Gamers can use the Access Controller on flat surfaces, rotate it 360 degrees, or attach it to an AMPS-standard mount or tripod. The distance between the analog joystick and the gamepad is also adjustable, and the presence of four 3.5mm ports makes it possible to integrate its own switches, keys or joysticks.
We also discover the user interface of the controller once it is connected to a PlayStation 5. In the settings, the player can choose the orientation and the inert zone of the stick, its sensitivity, assign different inputs to the keys or even assign two different entries on the same key. As with so-called professional controllers, it is also possible to create command profiles for different games or genres (one profile for fighting games, another for driving games, for example).
” A maximum of two Access controllers can be combined with a DualSense (or DualSense Edge) wireless controller to form a single virtual controller. So players can pair different devices or play collaboratively with others “, can we also read.
” Players can enable toggle mode for any programmable input. For example, if a game requires holding down the L3 key (the left analog stick) to sprint, which can be tricky for some players, you can change the behavior of this input to “click L3 key to activate or disable sprint” by activating toggle mode for the key you assigned to the L3 key. »
The release date and price (also accessible?) of the Access controller will be revealed in the coming months.
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