PlayStation announces its own Xbox Elite Controller rival
pcgamer.comSony dropped a surprise hardware announcement at GamesCom Opening Night Live 2022. The Dualsense Edge is the Playstation 5's «first-ever high-performance, ultra-customizable controller» that could finally rival Xbox's excellent Elite Series 2 controllers.
While it features everything a standard Dualsense controller offers, Sony is packing the Edge with a bunch of welcome customization features. This makes one of the best PC controllers(opens in new tab) gaming even more appealing.
The buttons on the PS5 Dualsense Edge can be completely remapped, stick sensitivity, and dead zones can be tuned to your liking. You can even reduce the trigger travel for faster inputs in shooters, much like the Xbox Elite Series 2 wireless controllers(opens in new tab).
That's not the only similarity; the Edge's changeable sticks and back buttons can be swapped anytime as your comfort dictates. It'll be packaged with three swappable stick caps (standard, high and low dome) and two sets of back buttons (low and high dome).
The controller and all of its bits and bobs live inside its carrying case with a braided USB-Type-C cable which can be locked into the controller using a special connector housing.
The Edge will feature the ability to save multiple control profiles that you can swap on the fly using the on-controller interface. That same interface manages your in-chat balance and game volume, as well.
PlayStation will sell replacement stick modules, so if you wear them down to the nub, you won't need to buy an entirely new controller.
Daisuke Kurihara, art director, told the PlayStation Blog(opens in new tab) that they wanted to «build on the legacy of iconic PlayStation controllers by creating a controller that empowers players to
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