DualSense Edge™ wireless controller

Thankfully I've a few months of pondering. It is a crazy amount of money for a controller, so I'm happy to wait a while. Hopefully GS do some trade in deal and with the Epic I might make it a more appealing price.

I'd pop into the shop and put €10-20 down. Then just use the One4All when collecting?

If people are buying this for the paddles, I bought the below last year and find it great. I can pop up pictures etc if anyone is interested.

A bit finicky with some of the ribbon cables, but worked in the end.

So giving you €40 for your normal controller?

CEX give you €40-€48 for all the Dualsense that aren't white so might be better selling directly.

Seems to be getting great reviews all around. I've no issues with the slightly less battery life, because imo the size, weight and feel of the standard DualSense is perfect, so not having to readjust will be great. Plus, I play 4 feet from my tv so cables aren't an issue. I'm looking forward to mine!

Found a link to this teardown on Reddit. Assuming the battery chemistry is the same as the regular Dualsense then that looks a decent drop in battery size. Both my Dualsense wouldn't be the best between charges so this will be far worse you'd imagine.

I'll probably still pick one up later in the year though.

I don’t know, all power to people who want a more premium controller experience, but I couldn’t personally justify the price for this, when I could get 5 dualsenses for the same total cost when they are on discount.

Well TBH.....I think it'll struggle to justify its value against RRP, and while I think it's relatively well-built, you can see the areas where Sony has shaved the cost. I think it's most certainly a control design that could have used more time in the oven, which makes its protracted arrival a little on the odd side, but the whole stick modules thing has clearly affected what they could achieve design-wise. Of course, perhaps a redesign of the sticks themselves as a fixed item would have been time better spent, instead of hoping to create a spare parts process as even Gulikit have already stated they're going to bring out Hall effect stick modules. Thankfully, I dont believe I've ever had a drift issue on any controller, but clearly its a thing so they might be ahead of things.The rear paddles do appear a somewhat clunky implementation as well, but as Potential-Monke says above, I'd probably just use the little stub yokes if I bother with them at all.

One other minor gripe I've noticed is the some sometimes accidental hitting of the function buttons. Perhaps more of an issue for those with big hands or the way some grip the controller. Hitting against these long enough pops up the profile select overlay. Now of course, you can turn this offf and turn that off, but it is supposed to be one of the key features of the device, so it's something to be aware of doing accidentally.

I got one because I had money aside for PSVR2 but got a €500 One4All from work which paid off the PSVR2, so had money to burn. Then the recent €40 off didn't hurt. I got it mainly because I've had 3 controllers, one now with drift making it unusable even for Apps, another which will probably get it soon due to the amount of time I've got out of it. So the idea of the modular sticks makes me think it will be worth it in the long run. Plus, there's surely an option of having the newer type sticks in the future maybe...

Secondly, I wanted back paddles. No specific game making me want it, but I can see some games scream out for more buttons. Even though it's taking me time to get used to using 8 of my 10 fingers now, I think it will be a great addition in some games. In Forspoken, I had them mapped to dash and jump, but I recently changed it as I'm about to unlock another power and the switching between powers may be better on the back. In Subnautica, I'm using it to change items in the inventory in the vehicles without having to leave go the steering. They're minor improvements, but most good QoL improvements are usually minor.

If you've money to burn and nothing else to spend it on, I'd say go for it. It's not a life changing experience, in fact it's quite a small change really, but it's noticeable and still to be fully utilised. The quick swapping between profiles is nice, and you can change the notifications to just vibrate to confirm the change if you've a good enough memory. It looks a bit nicer than the standard white, and the black buttons make it stand out, just like the different shape the lights make. The rubber grips at the bottom inside are a nice touch, as are the extra dimples on the triggers. I haven't used the buttons to change the triggers yet, but I could see how it would be useful in competitive FPS, etc.

My only gripe is you can't map button combos to the back buttons, but that could be sorted with a software update. Just like I'm sure the Fn buttons will have more uses as time goes on. But it's really a case of minor additions for quite a chunk of change, and hopeful for the future to make it's worth. It's also my first premium controller so I've nothing to compare it against.

Sweet! Just having that option will make it worth it imo. It may also help modular accessories become a thing.

@TitianGerm You're right, I shall be getting them! Let's just hope Sony don't stop them. If they're any good, Sony should partner with them!

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Some great features but wth is with the battery capacity? Standard dual sense has nearly 50% more battery capacity than edge according to this review. Cant help thinking that's to accommodate the stick modules. Opportunity for Sony to start using non drift sticks and at least keep same capacity or even increase it. Bit of a shame really.