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  • - Today Sony surprise announced the brand new

  • DualSense controller for the PS5,

  • and it is, well it's different that's for sure.

  • There are a ton of new futures

  • so let's jump straight in.

  • First of all is that DualSense name.

  • The idea is that as opposed to focusing on

  • the DualShock like we've had since the very beginning,

  • instead the DualSense name is more so about a

  • better haptic feedback experience.

  • So part of that comes down to

  • what is supposedly better haptic feedback

  • inside the actual controller itself.

  • So I'm gonna quote Sony as saying that it adds a,

  • "Powerful sensation like the slow grittiness

  • of driving a car through mud."

  • Which I'm not sure how that gives you a strong sensation,

  • but yeah supposedly the actual haptic feedback motors

  • have been significantly improved from the Dual Shock 4.

  • However, that is only just the beginning

  • of what makes this new PS5 controller so unique.

  • I'm gonna find a lot of interesting ways

  • to not call this thing ugly in this video.

  • There are now adaptive triggers built in

  • to the L2 and the R2 trigger buttons.

  • Now this is something that the Xbox One has had,

  • well since the Xbox One first came out.

  • However, I'm gonna be very curious

  • to see how Sony implements this with

  • the DualShock 5.

  • Where you actually get some vibrations,

  • and the actual trigger say when you're playing Forza,

  • and you brake too hard and your ABS locks

  • or something like that.

  • There have been many rumors,

  • and if you've seen any of our coverage of the PS5

  • as well as the Series X,

  • you'll know that the Series X has the lead right now.

  • It is a more powerful console,

  • and even in the best case scenario

  • the PS5 is like 20% slower in many cases.

  • But realistically, based on how much it throttles,

  • it may be even more.

  • So it does make sense to me,

  • that Sony is focusing less on

  • the actual raw pixels and the pure performance,

  • and much more so on the experience

  • of the PlayStation 5,

  • and therefore the DualSense Controller can give you.

  • Now if you take a look at the controller itself,

  • you'll see it is very clear that

  • they have changed not only the size,

  • but the shape.

  • So Sony talked a little bit about this

  • in their blog post which of course

  • I'll have linked in the description,

  • but essentially,

  • it seems to be a little bit of a sharper angle.

  • They claim that this is done partially

  • to fit a lot of these extra technologies

  • such as all these different

  • haptic feedback motors and everything,

  • but just like with the Xbox Series X,

  • I do believe that this is also a plan

  • to just make these controllers more family-friendly;

  • more friendly for all gamers

  • of all sizes, of shapes, of hands.

  • Sizes and shapes of hands.

  • Sizes and shapes of hands.

  • The quarantine is getting to me.

  • Now based on whether or not you follow

  • the PlayStation or the Xbox side of the camp,

  • you may or may not be happy to see that

  • the standard dual stick layout has returned.

  • This is not really a surprise,

  • of course the Xbox One has always had the offset sticks,

  • which I personally prefer,

  • but the DualShock has always had that

  • and of course it comes over to the DualSense controller.

  • Now, beyond that, they're also some

  • interesting design decisions.

  • So, look at this image.

  • Take a close look at it.

  • Do you see anything weird?

  • It's, again I almost called it ugly.

  • It's a unique two-tone white and black color finish.

  • Now personally I'm not against trying something different,

  • and as we'll talk a little bit about later,

  • the Xbox Series X certainly

  • does not push very far in that front.

  • Meanwhile, I'm definitely not a huge fan of it

  • in this sort of first impression.

  • I feel like as we spend more time with it,

  • it will probably start to grow on me.

  • But it's, it's unique,

  • and, side note, I feel like this give us

  • a very good idea of what the actual

  • PlayStation 5 will look like.

  • This kind of design language,

  • and certainly this two-tone color scheme

  • seems like an absolute lock for that PS5,

  • which I'm not totally against.

  • I feel like when you look at the PS4,

  • it is certainly a little bit on the angular side,

  • a little bit on the boring side

  • where this gives it a little bit more of a

  • future robot look.

  • Now because the DualSense Controller

  • still requires backwards compatibility with the PS4 games

  • which you will be able to play on the PS5.

  • It still has a light bar,

  • however the light bar has been moved

  • from the back of the controller

  • to around the touchpad,

  • which also is still prominently featured

  • on the DualSense controller.

  • This is something which I feel like

  • is almost more of a legacy thing than anything else.

  • I mean it's cool to see, you know,

  • the different lights that you have

  • on the controller,

  • but like does anyone really care about the light bar?

  • I will say one thing.

  • Sony definitely took a shot at Xbox

  • when you look through this press release.

  • Talking about how it has

  • strong wireless battery life with

  • its rechargeable battery.

  • You know the thing that the Xbox Series X

  • still doesn't actually ship within the box.

  • So, kudos for Sony for still shipping

  • a rechargeable battery like they've been doing

  • since 2006.

  • Now one thing that is missing,

  • or at least has been changed,

  • is the lack of a share button.

  • So Sony are being very coy with this one.

  • So, instead of having a traditional share button,

  • which before you would be able to use

  • to take screenshots, record video,

  • or go live on Twitch,

  • or whatever you wanted to do.

  • Instead, they're taking advantage of a create button.

  • Which quote they will be focusing

  • on sharing more details later.

  • That's actually not a direct quote,

  • that's a paraphrase.

  • Honestly, one of the biggest features

  • might actually be one of the ones

  • that you can't really see from the photos,

  • but it is the fact that the new controller

  • actually has a built in microphone array.

  • This actually seems like kind of a no-brainer.

  • Now of course you can still use a headset

  • with the controller,

  • but as far as I'm concerned,

  • this makes a lot of sense.

  • It might not be the highest quality audio in the world,

  • but there have been plenty of times where

  • I wished I had a microphone

  • and I didn't want to have to go

  • dig through like a headset or something.

  • Instead, having it built directly into the controller itself

  • while yes you might get a lot of button presses

  • and clicking noises or whatever,

  • but it is a major new feature.

  • And of course, the controller is taking advantage of

  • USB-C just like on the Series X.

  • Which brings me to I think,

  • one of the biggest comparison points here

  • which of course is that Xbox Series X controller.

  • Having spent some time really using the Series X controller,

  • it is very, very similar to the Xbox One.

  • Now yes they've slightly adjusted the grip,