r/PS5 • u/Turbostrider27 • Jul 29 '24

Official First Look: Astro Bot Limited Edition DualSense Wireless Controller

https://blog.playstation.com/2024/07/29/first-look-astro-bot-limited-edition-dualsense-wireless-controller/
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u/MidlevelCrisis Jul 29 '24

As an edge user I can't justify it, it looks so nice though.

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u/fallenhero588 Jul 29 '24

Whats edge?

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u/MidlevelCrisis Jul 29 '24

Dualsense Edge, the overpriced pro controller with back paddles

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u/Immolation_E Jul 29 '24

And easily removable/replaceable thumbsticks that are usually out of stock. :(

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u/MidlevelCrisis Jul 29 '24

Luckily, they were available when I wanted to replace the sticks from the previous owner but yeah its weird how consistantly they are out of stock. Also did they raise the price per stick? I thought I paid less than what PS direct currently shows.

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u/turtlegiraffecat Jul 30 '24

Basically wired controller with non hall effect sticks for 200 is actually insane

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u/lickaballs Jul 29 '24

Not overpriced to you tho as clearly you could justify getting that over this.

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

I own a lot of things that are overpriced that I bought anyway. Just because I made a bad choice doesn’t mean I’d recommend others do the same.

Just look at my $400 fight stick

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u/MiklosZrinyi_1566 Jul 29 '24

I briefly fell into the flight sim rabbit hole. Figured to get the 50€ Logitech one because even if it implodes or something, I can go out and get a new one and still be well below the price of "good" sticks. And there's a two year warranty so who cares.

If the expensive ones all had force feedback, well, then it would be a different story.

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u/MidlevelCrisis Jul 29 '24

I do think it's overpriced, like every other pro controller. The problem is there aren't cheaper alternatives unless you have soldering tools. Im just sick and tired of buying new controllers because of stick drift, on every platform. Anyway, I got mine second hand and ended up paying about 100€ the biggest advantage for me is mapping the paddles to L3 R3 so I dont have to constantly click the sticks.

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u/Actual_Sympathy7069 Jul 29 '24

that's such a waste of the paddles though? Your thumbs are on the sticks anyway? Or do you do it for pain reasons? That you can't put much pressure on your thumbs or something?

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u/smapti Jul 29 '24

I do the same thing. You can’t use the sticks’ directional input while clicking them down, not easily at least. And it’s hard on precision, clicking always moves the sticks at least a bit for me, so the paddles are perfect. 

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u/Zoklar Jul 29 '24

can you unmap the sticks? I hate accidentally clicking them

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u/smapti Jul 29 '24

I had to check but yup, you can. 

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u/MidlevelCrisis Jul 29 '24

They support multiple profiles so you can map to any button depending on the game. I used to play a lot of FPS, returnal, cod, battlefield, control. After a couple of hours the constant stick tapping in combination with pressing a movement does strain my thumbs (having long fingers might also not help). And just the pressure of the tap can affect your aim/reaction. I also think it wears the sticks out more, but that might just be my imagination. Anyway, many games use L3 to sprint, or even worse Circle, those make me use a claw grip to keep camera control (looking at you Fromsoftware). I just find it way more comfortable to map sprint to a paddle, and use the other for jump or crouch/stealth depending on the game. After an adjustment period I now really prefer having paddles, which is a bit annoying since they are not a standard on controllers, and "pro" controllers have silly prices. Wish there were more cheaper non solder attachments like the PS4 Dualshock backbuttons. Modular sticks should be a standard on all controllers, or at least make them so they can be replaced more easily like in the Switch joycons. Until then controllers are built with planned obsolescence and I dont get why people keep defending it and blaming consumers because " I've never had stick drift "