Everything to know about the PS5 DualSense Edge controller: Features, buttons, thumbsticks and more

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(Pocket-lint) — At Gamescom 2022's Opening Night Live, Sony took the opportunity to announce a very exciting new accessory for its most eager gamers — the DualSense Edge.

This is like a super-powered version of its already-impressive DualSense controllers, and packs in extra buttons, swappable parts and more besides. Here's everything you need to know about the upcoming controller.

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We'll get the bad news out of the way immediately — we don't yet know when the DualSense Edge will be released, nor do we have a price for it. Sony unveiled the controller but didn't specify either of those two major factors.

Based on our extensive experience with third-party controllers, though, we can make some estimates. Given that the standard DualSense retails at £59.99 or $69.00, we'd expect a decent uplift for the features that the Edge offers, so don't be surprised if it's up at around £150 or $160 (even that may be wishful thinking).

If that was its price point, it would undercut a lot of third-party options from the likes of Scuf or AimControllers, so we think it'd be smart, but there's no guarantee that'll be the approach.

On the release date front, we're not equipped to estimate when the controller will arrive, but if it was due in 2022 we suspect PlayStation would have said as much, so brace yourself for a launch sometime in 2023.

If you look at the DualSense Edge from the front, it really doesn't look very different from a normal DualSense, although it has a black touchpad instead of a white one like the normal model.

It's clear that that controller will feel very similar in the hand, then, which is a good thing given the excellent ergonomics of the standard DualSense.

There are two hints about a major difference, though, when