E3: Feature: How a French Firm Created PS4's Answer to the Xbox Elite Controller
Talkin' 'bout a Revolution.
Microsoft had Sony sweating in 2015. The American organisation had just announced the Xbox One Elite controller at E3 2015, a souped-up handset designed for serious gamers. With customisable button mapping, a premium-grade steel chassis, interchangeable rear paddles, and “hair trigger locks” enabling users to personalise tension, the device quickly established itself as the go-to pad for hardcore players. The problem? PlayStation didn’t have an answer.
Around the same time, the Japanese giant was at Nacon’s headquarters in Lille in order to sign-off on some unrelated licenses. The relatively new firm – established in 2014 as a subsidiary to publisher BigBen Interactive – was busy beavering away on a pro controller for the PC, and it had a prototype in its office which PlayStation paid particular attention to. The manufacturer had a task for the French company: could it pivot, and build a premium peripheral for the PlayStation 4 instead?
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