"My dad played back then, and I would start to cry if I didn't have the controller in my hand, so he'd give me the controller, " De Leon recalls.
The emphasis, of course, is on performance here with nary a rotary nor fader in sight (we imagine you'd be using your other controller for that, right?).
The basic operation is simple enough, with triggers, face buttons, a d-pad and everything else you'd need to ape a modern console controller.
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The controller features dual analog sticks, a d-pad, face buttons and shoulder bumpers for a console-style control experience on Android devices.
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Lag is less prominent on Socom 4, and we'd say we're pretty accurate with the controller already, though the framerate choppiness of this pre-alpha build obviously hampers that a bit.
In May, Samsung will release a Game Arcade gamepad that looks very similar to an Xbox 360 controller with dual analog sticks and shoulder, D-pad and four face buttons.
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We'd be remiss not to point out one thing: the controller in the unit we played with was merely for show.
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Corroborating reports, the pictured controller features a rectangular touchpad in between the standard d-pad and four-button setup, though it's missing the rumored Share button.
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The D-Pad can be flipped to the opposite side of the controller using the small mode key so that lefties can join in the fun, too.
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The controller, which is likely not the final product, includes a touchpad in between the d-pad and the traditional buttons, while the thumbsticks remain largely in the same place as the DualShock 3.
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