PS5 DualSense controller looks massive in new leaked images

(Image credit: Sony)

Sony's new DualSense controller for the upcoming PS5 could be a lot chunkier than the previous DualShock controllers, going by a leaked image of the controller in a person's hand.

The image popped upwards on the Resetera gaming forum site courtesy of a user going by the proper name of Lant_War, and bear witness the new controller from Sony sitting on top of a person's hand. It'southward not articulate where this photograph has come from, but it looks fairly legitimate.

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While the it's hard to tell from the bending of the photo, the DualSense controller definitely looks a good scrap thicker and larger than the PS4'southward DualShock controller, which was a high watermark for Sony'due south game controllers.

Depending on how you experience virtually the DualShock iv, a thicker controller might be a boon if you accept large hands, or information technology could be a trivial too chunky for some.

PS5 DualSense controller leak — (Image credit: Resetera)

Nevertheless, the DualSense controller doesn't expect as comically big equally the 'Knuckles' controller that came with the original Xbox. That controller was so chunky that Microsoft decided to release a smaller version that became the standard for special edition versions of the original Xbox and set the template for the now excellent Xbox Wireless Controller.

The DualSense controller is promising some interesting features to bring game console controllers into the next-generation, with enhanced haptic feedback so that users tin feel the tension of a drawn bowstring in a game, for example. But its odd two-tone livery and a design that sits somewhere between a DualShock four and Xbox Wireless Controller has somewhat divided opinion, much like the PS5's console blueprint.

However, in the leaked photograph, the DualSense controller looks reasonably attractive and the two-tone finish doesn't seem to be quite as jarring as we might have expected. But we'll reserve judgment until nosotros get a hazard to try out the controller and the PS5 subsequently in the year.

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