New PS5 DualSense controller color could be coming soon

New PS5 DualSense controller color could exist coming soon

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Ever since Sony revealed the PS5, its color and blueprint take split the player base. But it looks like we might finally see an official product launch that volition offer gamers a way to customise their colour scheme — in the DualSense controller department at least.

According to The Gamer, Castilian website Areajugones claims that a source with access to Sony employees has tipped ii new DualSense colors for release "before long." And then if red and black, or black and gray audio like they might accept your fancy, yous're in luck.

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The original story seems to have been taken down at the time of writing, but the site has been on the nose in terms of PlayStation leaks before.

The PS5'southward white and black aesthetic is a striking departure from the conventional blackness rectangle of previous generations. While both the Xbox Serial X and PS5 hardware tin be customised with unofficial skins and faceplates, Microsoft continues to offering the Xbox Wireless Controller in an array of colors.

Information technology introduced Pulse Ruby-red before this year, and the more recent Electric Volt, and Daystrike Camo in March. Simply Sony has even so to offer official alternatives to the standard offering.

The PS4 DualShock four controller is available in a range of colors, so it's probable Sony will follow suit with the DualSense at some signal. It'southward just a question of when. The company has previously teased "more beautiful (and hopefully radical) special editions" (via VG247) of the panel.

PlayStation vice president of UX Design Matt MacLaurin has said that "customization with special editions will be beyond anything seen before," although nosotros've yet to hear anything on that forepart. News of new DualSense options is promising though, indicating we might finally run into these rumored special editions in the near futurity.

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