April 11, Japanese gaming news outlets have broken the specifics on the newest in the line of Hori’s Real Arcade Pro arcade stick series, the HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa; a cross-generation PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 stick:
Functions:
- Supports both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 - you can switch between systems using a slide-switch
- “Hayabusa” stick unit and “Kuro” button unit*
- The ability to toggle the functionality of the Start and Select buttons between each other
- The ability to toggle the functionality of L3/R3 and L1/L2 between each other
- The ability to toggle stick emulation between the d-pad, left analog stick and right analog stick.
- Rapid fire button functionality (5 x a second, 12 x a second and 20 x a second)
*These are the same units that appeared in the HORI Real Arcade Pro.V3 Hayabusa series.
Dimensions:
Width x Depth x Height = 430mm x 240mm x 125mm (approx)
Weight: 2.2kg
Connector type: Wired (9.8ft/3m cable)
The specifications were followed up with a list of perfunctory disclaimers to the following effect:
- Hori are currently in the process of securing a third-party peripheral license from Sony. As such specifics of the specifications and design are still subject to change between now and release.
- The HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa will not work on the original PlayStation or PlayStation 2.
- Hori does not guarantee compatibility with PlayStation 2 software running on the PlayStation 3.
- Furthermore, firmware updates to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 may render the HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa unusable with the respective systems.
- The HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa does not have Six-Axis motion sensor support or vibration feedback.
- The HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa does not have lightbar, touchpad or touchpad button functionality.
- The HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa is a wired controller and, as such, won’t function wirelessly.
The HORI Real Arcade Pro.V4 Hayabusa currently has a tentative release date for May in Japan, and is set to be priced as ¥14,904; par for course pricing for the Real Arcade Pro series.
Shehzaan Abdulla
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Shehzaan grew up playing SEGA consoles and has a soft spot for retro games seeing as he was playing the Master System his parents bought him when all his friends had Playstations (this was also around the same time he realized he was probably adopted).
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