As many people know Sony has maintained the similar controller designs from the PS1 which was released back in 1994 all the way up to the PlayStation 4 which we currently have right now. Ever since, since the PS1 era of the mid to late 90’s we have seen major upgrades from Sony for controllers that were developed in the 00’s and the early 10’s. Despite, keeping the same design with the inclusion of the L1/L2 & R1/R2 buttons Sony has managed make the current generation PS4 D-Pads wireless while giving players the option to turn the console on with a press of a button. The features for the PS4 D-Pad are very impressive which makes people question if Sony can possibly add anything else to their next generation control pad.

It possible that Sony will have ground-breaking feature for their next generation console the PlayStation 5 along with the console’s control pad as well. But as far as changing the general design of Sony’s D-Pad is concerned hopefully they maintain a similar look as the PS2-PS4 but with added features. At this point most gamers are accustomed to the traditional shape and buttons utilized for PlayStation D-Pads in general to a point where Sony making any drastic changes to it could backfire on Sony in the long run.