Sony unveils PlayStation 5's wireless DualSense game controller

Sure, getting the run down of all those terraflops and megaboops crammed majestically into the powerful heft of your preferred next-gen console is exciting in an abstract kind of way, but the real show doesn't start, I'd say, until we've seen the controller - that hunk of hopefully ergonomic plastic set to be clenched betwixt your digits for the half decade. And here we are, with a first look at DualSense, PlayStation 5's new wireless game controller.

According to Sony blog post reveal, the DualSense's design has now been finalised and is currently winging its way to developers, meaning it's ready for its first public showing.

The goal this time, around, says Sony, was to retain "much of what gamers love about DualShock 4...while also adding new functionality and refining the design". To that end, the new PlayStation 5 controller features haptic feedback to "heighten that feeling of immersion", alongside adaptive triggers in the the L2 and R2 buttons "so you can truly feel the tension of your actions".

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