The PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller has a sensor that can measure the air pressure outside. For example, players can blow into the controller, which also translates into the game. The feature was shown by Geoff Keighley, who was able to try out the controller.
During the Summer Game Fest, YouTuber Keighley presented a demo of Astro’s Playroom, a ‘few hours’ mini-game that comes standard on every PlayStation 5. In the game, a small robot has to walk around and collect coins. During the demo, Keighley was able to use the new console’s DualSense controller.
That new controller has, according to Keighley, better speakers with better sound. It also shows how Keighley should blow into the controller physically, on which a reel in the game starts spinning. The controller Keighley plays with is white, as seen in videos before, and feels heavier and more robust than the DualShock. When asked whether other colors will become available, Sony’s marketing head Eric Lempel, with whom Keighley spoke during the stream, did not answer.
It is the first time that Sony shows the controller of the console in operation. Earlier it was announced that the white controller adaptive triggers for example, with which an arc can be tightened with a certain strength. Players only feel that when they are in the game; they feel very much like normal triggers. The demo that Keighley played also shows how the touchpad is used more often during gameplay, and the controller uses haptic feedback that Keighley says feel different in different situations. For example, the feedback is different when a player is in a sandstorm than when he is underwater.
The prices and exact release date of the console were not disclosed during the stream. The PlayStation 5, along with the competing Xbox Series X, will be released in the fall.
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