Sony introduced a brand new mannequin for its standard PlayStation 5 DualSense controller at Gamescom at present. Known as the DualSense Edge, Gamescom host Geoff Keighley described it as a “high-performance, ultra-customizable” gamepad.
Of all of the issues that marked the launch of the PS5, few impressed greater than the DualSense. Not solely does it have a heft not current in its predecessor, the PlayStation 4’s DualShock 4, however it additionally has spectacular haptics all through the entire thing—together with pressure-sensitive triggers.
In video games like Housemarque’s motion roguelike Returnal, you may actually really feel the controller rumble with the cadence of a drizzle throughout wet segments. For Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, while you went to swing down the avenues of New York Metropolis, you may really feel the triggers tense up as you reached the apex. And a few of us really useful getting Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5 over Xbox Collection X/S solely on the energy of its incorporation of the DualSense’s haptic capabilities.
However the DualSense wasn’t excellent. Shortly after the PS5’s launch, gamers reported points with drift—principally, the thumbsticks appearing of their very own accordance with none participant enter—and stated repairs had been a ache. Immediately’s transient trailer for the DualSense Edge confirmed a crosscut of the controller’s thumbsticks.
The brand new DualSense Edge will function “customized management profiles, custom-made to your playstyle,” Keighley stated. In a weblog publish, Sony expounded on that: You possibly can remap button inputs and deadzones, and save a number of profiles for various customers. You’ll additionally have the ability to fully substitute the stick modules, which ought to handle any lingering problems with controller drift, and may swap out stick caps and rear buttons.
Additionally, it includes a snazzy jet black contact pad. (A couple of 12 months after the discharge of the PS5, Sony unveiled official jet black console covers, alongside a handful in different colours.) In some methods, the DualSense Edge feels like Sony’s reply to the Xbox’s extremely customizable Elite controller. Thought to be the most effective gamepads in the marketplace, the Elite Collection 2 sells for $179.
Sony didn’t announce a launch date, or a worth, for the DualSense Edge.
Replace, 2:50 p.m. ET: This publish has been up to date to mirror further particulars that had been made obtainable after the reveal.
