for The Verge, wrote an article examining the microtexture and its creation: The company decided to apply a microtexture to the DualSense controller's entire lower shell [making it] Sony's most grippable gamepad yet because of the thousands upon thousands of tiny squares, triangles, circles, and crosses literally at your fingertips. ... These tiny symbols are stacked on top of each other, jutting out in three dimensions. They're not a single, evenly spaced layer at all ... Morisawa, the senior art director of Sony's Design Center product design group, explains that a variety of designs were handcrafted, digitized, mocked up, applied to actual prototype gamepads, and tested over and over again until the teams found the balance they wanted: good-looking, textured enough to be comfortable and non-slip, but not so sandpaper-rough that it'd hurt your hands over a lengthy gaming session. Hollister's article did mention one downside to the microtexture: "it picks up dirt extremely easily and doesn't want to let go". Reception The DualShock controller was given an Emmy Award for "Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers" by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on January 8, 2007. References External links Official North American DualShock 3 wireless page Official European DualShock 3 page Official European PlayStation 4 site, which includes details of the DualShock 4 Official North American PlayStation 4 site, which includes details of the DualShock 4 PlayStation 4 accessories PlayStation 3 accessories PlayStation 2 accessories PlayStation (console) accessories Game controllers Products introduced in 1997 Virtual reality Haptic technology