{"id":163288,"date":"2022-12-20T14:55:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hands-on-with-sonys-dualsense-edge-the-200-ps5-gamepad\/"},"modified":"2022-12-20T14:55:14","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T14:55:14","slug":"hands-on-with-sonys-dualsense-edge-the-200-ps5-gamepad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hands-on-with-sonys-dualsense-edge-the-200-ps5-gamepad\/","title":{"rendered":"Hands-on with Sony’s DualSense Edge, the $200 PS5 gamepad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How do you build a better controller than the best gamepad that’s come along in years? Sony’s strategy with the DualSense Edge \u2014 arriving January 26th for $199.99 \u2014 was familiarity. Instead of changing how buttons feel or where they’re located, Sony’s designers took an entirely additive approach, making a highly configurable version of its original PS5 controller that does more<\/em> while feeling practically identical. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Edge is the same size, the same shape, and has the same buttons and joysticks as far as my fingers can tell. Only now, you get two kinds of rear paddles, adjustable hair triggers, swappable stick tops (including the classic PlayStation domes), the ability to remap almost every button on the controller and adjust joystick sensitivity curves, new dedicated function keys to hot-switch profiles, and \u2014 get this \u2014 toolless quick-swap stick modules so you can replace a broken joystick in 30 seconds flat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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I spent two hours at PlayStation’s US headquarters trying all of the above, and unless there are hidden flaws or the battery runs out mid-session, I’m pretty sure this will be the best PS5 controller you can buy for $200. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Let’s go down the features one by one. I’ll tell you what I liked \u2014 and where I still want more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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