Tuesday, April 7, 2020

PS5's Controller, the DualSense, Revealed

Sony has revealed the DualSense, PlayStation 5's new controller, one that will "bring a sense of touch to PS5 gameplay." Announced on PlayStation.Blog, the DualSense will keep "much of what gamers love about DualShock 4 intact, while also adding new functionality and refining the design." Touch was a big inspiration when designing the DualSense, and haptic feedback is one of the ways this new controller will help bring PS5 games to life. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=playstation-5-dualsense-controller&captions=true"] Sony mentions that these feedback will add " a variety of powerful sensations you’ll feel when you play, such as the slow grittiness of driving a car through mud." Adaptive triggers have also been incorporated to the L2 and R2 buttons, which will help "feel the tension of your actions, like when drawing a bow to shoot an arrow." Fitting these new features into a brand new controller was a challenge for the design team, and they worked closely with PlayStation's hardware engineers to make the controller somehow feel smaller than it would end up being. The angle of the hand triggers was changed and some subtle updates were made to the grip. They also took  "thoughtful consideration" into how to keep a strong battery life for the DualSense, and to ensure the weight of the controller did not get out of hand. Developing...

source https://www.ign.com/articles/ps5s-controller-the-dualsense-revealed

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