PlayStation 5 DualSense Edge Controller - It’s…expensive

[Strafe]

After the initial reveal, a release date and pricing has been announced.

 

26th January 2023 and £210 respectively. 

 

“Fuck me” was my initial response.

 

Replacement stick modules are £20.

 

You can preorder it from next Tuesday, exclusively at the PlayStation store.

 

[Pob]

I'll probably get one tbh, those back paddles are almost as essential to me as 60fps for certain games these days. It's a big reason why I tend to pick the Xbox version of multiplatform games.

[LaveDisco]

I really, really want that. 
 

But for £210? You gotta be joking. 

[Strafe]

1 minute ago, LaveDisco said:

I really, really want that. 
 

But for £210? You gotta be joking. 

That‘s pretty much my take.

[FishyFish]

Does it allow you to play the games without need of the console for that price?

[Kevvy Metal]

When announced, I was all in. 

That's a steep price! 

I can imagine this being on sale on Amazon at some point or another, and i then might bite. 

[Chindie]

I would genuinely like to see a costing for that to get that price. I would stake good money, perhaps not Dual Sense Edge money, but still, that there's a big chunk of profit in there.

[Strafe]

2 minutes ago, FishyFish said:

Does it allow you to play the games without need of the console for that price?

Yes.

 

(You can use it as a PC controller for PC ports of PlayStation games!)

[earlymodernsteve]

2 minutes ago, Strafe said:

Yes.

 

(You can use it as a PC controller for PC ports of PlayStation games!)

And the PS+ app too 😜

[Qazimod]

The case just makes me think of the kid from The Wizard and his Power Glove briefcase.

[p1nseeker]

Cheaper than Scuf controllers still. Why hasn't Razer made one yet? I loved my 360 Razer pad. 

[K]

Both the Xbox and the Playstation deluxe pads are insanely overpriced. The Xbox pad seems to be plagued by quality control issues as well. I can imagine paying over £100 for a controller if it's going to be much higher quality and will last a lot longer than the standard pads, but given that the standard pads on both consoles are actually pretty nice and seem to be fairly durable, I really don't get why anyone would pay this amount of money for a slightly better controller that has its own case. It's not like I'm in the habit of taking my controller out for a walk anyway.

[Stanley]

It doesn’t bode well for PSVR2 pricing when they are charging that much for a flippin’ controller. 

[Hitcher]

25 minutes ago, Strafe said:

£210

🤣

[Benny]

Only 10% of the price of a 4090! Bargain.

[Alex W.]

 

[Calashnikov]

 

[Strafe]

10 minutes ago, p1nseeker said:

Cheaper than Scuf controllers still. Why hasn't Razer made one yet? I loved my 360 Razer pad. 

I didn’t realise scuf were so expensive. It can’t be good for them now the official alternative has more features and will have PS5 dashboard config.

[Siri]

It's my birthday that day, so rllmuk should do a whip-round and buy it for me.

 

Spoiler

 

[Ferine]

1 minute ago, Stanley said:

It doesn’t bode well for PSVR2 pricing when they are charging that much for a flippin’ controller. 

They're totally different propositions.

 

Enthusiast controllers have been profit drivers for over a decade. Despite often having terrible build quality, there's a proven market that will pay a premium for such devices.

 

A VR headset is essentially a platform. The profit is in the continued sales of software, so you're looking to grow the addressable market by selling the hardware at a reasonable cost.

[Pob]

16 minutes ago, K said:

Both the Xbox and the Playstation deluxe pads are insanely overpriced. The Xbox pad seems to be plagued by quality control issues as well. I can imagine paying over £100 for a controller if it's going to be much higher quality and will last a lot longer than the standard pads, but given that the standard pads on both consoles are actually pretty nice and seem to be fairly durable, I really don't get why anyone would pay this amount of money for a slightly better controller that has its own case. It's not like I'm in the habit of taking my controller out for a walk anyway.

 

It's a paddle tax. I don't care about any of the other gubbins, but I need my paddles.

[Calashnikov]

Being a modern controller, no danger I’d feel confident spending that sort of money on it. It’ll break, guaranteed, through no fault of the user, and Sony customer service will give zero fucks when it does.

[Calashnikov]

Someone explain the paddle thing to me. I have them on my Switch Split Pad Pro and I have them on my Steam Deck. The only time I use them is for idly clicking them, bored, waiting for shit to load.

[LaveDisco]

It doesn’t help that the normal sense is so fantastic that it makes this upgrade seem marginal. I like paddles (think Elden ring, putting sprint on one so you can still control the right stick. It’s basically cheating) - but not for £210. 
 

Ironically if Xbox release an elite controller that add’s haptic and resistive triggers - that I would pay stupid money for. 

[Strafe]

3 minutes ago, Calashnikov said:

Someone explain the paddle thing to me. I have them on my Switch Split Pad Pro and I have them on my Steam Deck. The only time I use them is for idly clicking them, bored, waiting for shit to load.

What fingers do you press then with when you’re idly clicking them

[Calashnikov]

I give them the middle finger.

[Pob]

5 minutes ago, Calashnikov said:

Someone explain the paddle thing to me. I have them on my Switch Split Pad Pro and I have them on my Steam Deck. The only time I use them is for idly clicking them, bored, waiting for shit to load.

 

I use them primarily for functions that get relegated to the d-pad. Quite often weapon, item or ability selection controls get stuck on the d-pad, and you need to take your thumb off the left stick to press them, which means your character stops moving or loses momentum. I really hate that, and it's especially a killer in multiplayer where you can't just stop moving for a half-second. The Xbox Elite controller lets you set a paddle (or any button) as a 'shift' key, so quite often I set the left paddle as a shift key that turns the face buttons into into a d-pad while it's held down. This means d-pad directions can be selected without taking your thumb off the left stick.

[Calashnikov]

I’ve just never felt the need for like 4 more buttons or whatever on top of the 14 or so that are already on any given modern controller.

 

What are you all, that cunt out of Ghost in the Shell?

 

[Quest]

Is the battery life still complete shit?

[Stanley]

28 minutes ago, Ferine said:

They're totally different propositions.

 

Enthusiast controllers have been profit drivers for over a decade. Despite often having terrible build quality, there's a proven market that will pay a premium for such devices.

 

A VR headset is essentially a platform. The profit is in the continued sales of software, so you're looking to grow the addressable market by selling the hardware at a reasonable cost.

True, it’s still a peripheral even though, as you say, it’s still a platform in its own right. I’d be amazed if it’s less than the price of a disc version PS5.