PlayStation Now requires DualShock controller

There will soon be a way to play PlayStation games without even needing a Sony device with PlayStation Now. However, in order to play the games, it will require a DualShock controller.

PS marketing vice president John Koller tells The Verge that a DualShock 3 will be required to use the new game streaming service. Standard controllers for PlayStation 4 and Vita will suffice.

Sony tells us a DualShock 4 will do for the PlayStation 4, and the PlayStation Vita handheld buttons can continue to work the same way they do now. Sony's new Bravia TVs will specifically require a DualShock 3 controller, though — and so will tablets and smartphones, according to [Koller].

This is a good move by Sony. They're smart to require the DS3 because the entire library can be played on that controller. Even people that don't own a PS3 will have to buy a DS3, and that will also extend the life of DS3 on the market.

While most in the gaming industry prefer the Xbox 360 controller as the ultimate controller, I believe the DS3 is the perfect controller for so many games. The layout is compatible for so many different genres of video games, and different generations of them.

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