The chief designer of Sony’s next-gen console explains the reasons that led him to ditch the classic PlayStation colors.
The DualSense, the new controller for PS5, represents a great revolution among PlayStation control pads, both for its avant-garde design and for its new technical capabilities, such as adaptive triggers or haptic vibration, among others. Although it also breaks with some iconic banners of the brand itself, such as the absence of the classic colors in the PS symbols of the four main action buttons (cross, circle, square and triangle), in this case betting on a gray tone in in line with the pad’s own minimalist design. But why has Sony made this decision? Yujin Morisawa, Principal Designer of PlayStation 5, answers this question.
Simpler and more universal concept
And it is that the creative behind the design of PS5 and its entire family of products, Yujin Morisawa, has conducted an extensive interview with The Washington Post and from which we recently extracted another topic of interest such as the surprising size of the console, explaining This time why he discarded the four classic PlayStation colors on the buttons of the controller to bet on a more sober appearance.
“Except for some special editions, we had always used those colors. For PlayStation 5 we tried to remove what was already there. I wanted to simplify it and make it universal. The shape already indicates which button is going to be used, so you don’t really need the colors to distinguish them. For this reason, I decided that everything had a single tone ”, assures the Japanese creative.
Thus, the DualSense presents a two-color scheme: black and white. There are no colors for any button, as each button already indicates its usefulness. “That is why colors are not necessary,” Morisawa concludes. Of course, Sony already pointed out in the past that the DualSense will be available in other colors in the future; In addition, in the recent question and answer FAQ on the technical details of the console, it is ensured that the DualSense has a battery life similar to that of the DualShock 4.
