Here is a mock up that the original source says is pretty damn close to the images of the actual product that he saw.
Hmm, seems subtly fucked up "sony style" in a few ways:
(1) Still using the same !@#$ crappy dpad from the PS1! When is this thing gonna die already?!
(2) On the right controller, the "reject/back" (X) button is in the natural "under your thumb" position; the "confirm" (O) button is in a more awkward location. This seems backwards.
The latter point gives a clue to what seems to be the fundamental problem with Sony controller designs: they always seem to make things
look good or "make sense" (e.g., they favor highly symmetrical and regular layouts), but actual use-testing is apparently at best an afterthought, and its results are not allowed to override earlier decisions. However, what works best is very often not the prettiest or most "logical"!
[This is why the GC controller was so great -- even though things like the button layout looked kinda wonky, it
felt, and worked, like a dream. Maybe controller designers should work blindfolded...!]