Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 3′s controller, the DualShock 3, won’t work with the new PlayStation 4 console. The news was confirmed in a statement by Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida, and it doesn’t come as a huge surprise: the new DualShock 4 controller is very different in terms of features — the new PS4 controller sports a touch pad, speaker, light bar for PS Move, and more.
While PS3 controllers won’t work with the PlayStation 4, players will be able to use the new PS4 controller when playing their PS3 games on the new console. It’s interesting that Sony wouldn’t allow older PS3 controllers to work when streaming PS3 games, but that probably has a lot to do with the new functionalities of the PS4 which require the new controller, such as browsing the menus and using the many social features.
