Sony made a gigantic PS4 controller no one can use
Monsters.
Sony has eSports-tailored PlayStation 4 controllers, but aside from that, the gaming juggernaut hasn't made any major changes to the gamepad that shipped with the PS4. But as a Japanese promo for the recent Parappa the Rapper re-issue, the company made a gigantic version of its best controller in years. We're talking perfect-for-Wun-Weg-the-giant from Game of Thrones size.
As Japanese publication Gigazine notes, not all of the buttons are functional. Only the D-pad and square, triangle, circle, cross and shoulder buttons L1 and R1 work. Analog sticks and the L2 and R2 triggers are for show only, and we'd suspect the touchpad is as well.
If you think the bigger controller would make playing Parappa easier, that doesn't seem to be the case. Gigazine said that pressing the oversized face buttons in rhythm with the action actually amps up the difficulty versus using a standard DualShock 4. Maybe, just maybe, we'll get to test that theory out for ourselves at E3 -- similar to how we played catch with a life-sized Trico at the 2015 Tokyo Game Show.
The size might be a problem for you and me, sure, but if Wun Weg can pound trees (and White Walkers) into the ground with a single fist, he'd probably own the competition with this controller. It's too bad then that the 7-foot 7-inch tall Neil Fingleton who played the giant passed back in February. Standing him next to this giant piece of plastic would've probably given a better idea of its scale than the mere mortals in the video below.
Sure Sony isn't the first here, as we've seen coffee-table-sized NES controllers a number of times previously, but that doesn't make the gargantuan gamepad any less cool.
