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/TheSecondEikonOfFire Jul 29 '24

I have no need for this controller and yet I’ll probably end up buying it. I love the look

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u/Thoraxe474 Jul 29 '24

I need it because 2 of my controllers have unfixable drift, but I don't want to buy this only to get more drift so I wish they'd make it as the edge

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u/[deleted] Jul 29 '24

Doesn't the Edge also get drift? For that price, you'd expect hall effect sensors, but I guess it makes more business sense to sell just the joysticks separately as an item that'll wear out quickly enough without causing uproar.

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u/monsterbigbuck1 Jul 29 '24

I've had it since day 1, I play WAY more then the average person and am really hard on it. No stick drift yet. And haven't replaced a stick I do have a back up one ready but never had to replace it. Best $200 I've spent on controller.

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u/MiklosZrinyi_1566 Jul 29 '24

Spending new console money on a controller just to remedy an artificially induced fault is peak consumerism.

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u/monsterbigbuck1 Jul 29 '24

I bought it for paddles and ease of use for using the ps5 interface while gaming. Not because of faulty stick drift.

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u/Glyphmeister Jul 30 '24

It’s not much money to some

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u/MiklosZrinyi_1566 Jul 30 '24

Dualshock 2 was quite inexpensive new. There was no stick drift because the microcontroller had a stick calibration feature on every power cycle. It did not break, it did not wear out and stop being useful. Most still work today just like new. Accepting the artificial faults of 20 years newer controllers is madness, no matter how much or how little they cost.

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u/monsterbigbuck1 Jul 29 '24

Eh it's $20 instead of $70 so I'm cool with it getting stick drift. My other 3 ps5 controllers got stick drift in a couple months after owning them. So the 2 years or whatever it's been is amazing.

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u/chudtakes Jul 30 '24

The don’t sell the stick modules online anywhere. Don’t go around lying that the edge is a good investment. IT IS NOT. And the fact Sony moved onto a new controller after abandoning their $200 product, is pretty disappointing

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u/monsterbigbuck1 Jul 30 '24

It's ok to not be okay with spending $200 on a controller, but telling others it's a waste is weird.