PlayStation 4 review: fast, powerful, worth it

Sony's fourth PlayStation console is fast, sleek and powerful. Its new DualShock gamepad is the best Sony's ever made. And the console is just getting started. The DualShock 4 is everything gamers wanted from Sony's next gamepad.

Fast; Powerful; Great gamepad; Beautiful design; Dramatic improvement over PS3 gamepad; Clickable touchpad; The best triggers on any gamepad

Short gamepad battery life; Weak game lineup at launch; Terrible battery life; Analog stick coating isn't grippy enough

DualShock 4 controller review

Sony's PS4 is inching ever closer to release, as the company finally showed the console's hardware during its E3 2013 press conference. Up until June 10, the only part we really laid eyes on was the DualShock 4, but even then it was in the hands of others, or encased behind glass.