DualShock 4 Back Button Attachment Review
In spite of continued and widespread availability issues, I managed to find a DualShock 4 Back Button Attachment. Sony rolls out a new shipment of the $30 accessory every so often on their official web site without notice, and retail partners like Best Buy have also finally received one or two replenishments, though it’s still not the easiest thing to get. This awkwardly named small device adds two buttons to the back of your DualShock 4, and you can assign them to nearly any function using the built-in OLED screen.
I say nearly any function because the touch pad button and the Share button are both off-limits. That bummed me out right away, as I love to take copious screenshots while playing games, and tapping a back paddle to capture a quick image is one of the things I love the most about the Xbox Elite Controller. It’s much easier to get a cool screenshot in the heat of battle if I don’t have to move my thumbs off the important controls to tap a different button. It seems like it’d be frightfully easy for Sony to add Share button mapping to the device in a future update but given the fact that they announced it then dumped it on the market and never spoke about it again…I’m not letting myself be hopeful.
