The PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle includes the console, a DualSense and DualSense Edge, and the DualSense Charging Station. It even has a console cover for the disc drive (still sold separately, unfortunately). Fortunately, it has a Vertical Stand and some collector’s items, including cable ties based on the PlayStation Shapes.

The PS5 Digital Edition 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Bundle includes the same items and Vertical Stand, albeit with only one DualSense and a console cover. You can also pick up 30th Anniversary Limited Edition versions of the PlayStation Portal, DualSense and DualSense Edge.

Of course, quantities are limited – the PS5 Pro 30th Anniversary bundle will only have 12,300 units, each etched with numbers indicating the date of the PS One’s launch. Pre-orders for the bundle alongside the PlayStation Portal and DualSense Edge (standalone) begin on September 26th via PlayStation Direct and retailers.

The same applies to the PS5 Digital Edition bundle from PlayStation Direct, though pre-orders at retailers start on October 10th. Finally, the DualSense Wireless (standalone) is only available to pre-order from retailers on September 26th.

Meanwhile, the “regular” PS5 Pro launches on November 7th, retailing for $699.99. Head here for everything you should know.

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It doesn’t seem to offer any other unique features or differ in price, though the height, width and depth are all noticeably less than the regular DualSense. The DualSense V2 is also a good 80 grams lighter, which should help for longer sessions. The listing could be erroneous, but given the different model numbers, it may be a light refresh and nothing more.

Sony has yet to confirm the existence of a new DualSense, so stay tuned for potential announcements in the coming months. The company recently celebrated over 50 million lifetime sales of the PlayStation 5. It’s expected to sell 25 million units this fiscal year, ending March 31st, 2024.

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The questionnaire presented to studios and publishers about controller support will affect the game’s Steam store page, allowing companies to pick between “Full Controller Support” or “Partial Controller Support”. There is also an option for special cases for games that might only work with a specific control scheme.

Valve points out that support for DualShock and DualSense controllers isn’t assumed by Steam automatically if there is support for the Xbox controller. The company states that developers will have to do specific work with their games to ensure support for PlayStation controllers.

Players will start seeing new display and filters in October that will allow players to pick games that support the controller that they have available to them. valve mentions that the update is to help the over 87 million players on Steam using at least one controller, according to recent Steam Hardware Surveys.

For studios that might have trouble developing bespoke support for PlayStation controllers, Valve also mentions that Steamworks provides streamlined APIs to help provide a game with PlayStation controller support as long as there is support for Xbox controllers.

Speaking to GamesIndustry, Shawne Benson, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s third-party portfolio and acquisitions, discussed the company’s strategy for exclusives.

“There’s room for exclusives where it makes sense, obviously, but the focus – especially with a digital distribution model that is more prevalent than in generations past – is that there are different types of gameplay out there. For example, a free-to-play game’s business model is most successful when it’s on as many platforms as possible and brings the biggest audience possible.”

Interestingly, the company isn’t concerned so much about exclusivity as highlighting the PS5’s features. “So that’s thinking about it less around exclusivity than what kind of technologies could they adopt that really make PS5 sing. What kind of innovation can they apply with the haptics in the DualSense or the adaptive triggers?

“What could they do with 3D audio in the sound design of a game, etc? So there’s a lot of things we could do and then create marketing stories around, and that’s where some of these partnerships for multiplatform games really focus.”

Though Sony isn’t explicitly paying developers to implement DualSense, if it’s a “good PlayStation story,” then it may partner with them for marketing and support. Such deals aren’t exactly uncommon in today’s industry. Despite The Callisto Protocol being a multi-platform title, it had PlayStation-exclusive bonuses and DualSense support, while PlayStation Studios Visual Arts lent its motion capture studio.

Given Xbox’s numerous acquisitions, it remains to be seen if Sony can retain its third-party exclusivity momentum in the coming years. Stay tuned in the meantime.

In a statement to The Verge, Sony confirmed that due the DualSense Edge having “many more features within the same form factor and ergonomic design as the original DualSense controller”, it will have a “moderately shorter” battery life than the latter.

“The DualSense Edge wireless controller’s operating time is moderately shorter than the original DualSense wireless controller because we’ve included many more features within the same form factor and ergonomic design as the original DualSense controller,” the company said. “We wanted to strike a good balance between wireless operating time and delivering robust, high-performance features. Additionally, the longer USB braided cable is also great for competitive players who prefer playing with a wired connection to avoid wireless interference – this option preserves battery life.”

Of course, “moderately shorter” is a pretty vague term, so questions will still be asked about what one can expect from the DualSense Edge’s battery exactly. The base DualSense’s battery life isn’t exactly the best, lasting on average about 7-8 eight hours per charge (though it can occasionally last up to 12 hours), so expect a pretty short battery life for the Edge.

Given the fact that the controller will be priced at $199.99, that might not be to everyone’s liking.

This includes the console’s solid-state drive, with “superfast data streaming” ensuring that players won’t experience any loading screens. Silent Hill can be explored seamlessly as a result. The PS5’s 3D audio is also supported, which should help indicate “the exact direction” of sounds, and WWise sound engine creates “a realistic and believable soundscape that helps players feel like they are truly inside the game.”

The DualSense’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers are also being utilized, though Bloober Team’s Mateusz Lenart didn’t outline how. There will be some “new ideas,” but the team is keeping it a surprise for now.

Silent Hill 2 doesn’t have a release date yet (with Lenart confirming that development isn’t over yet), but it’s coming to PS5 as a 12-month console exclusive and PC. Check out its screenshots and PC requirements here.

For instance, as per a new patent (via coindipender), Sony is trying to give its user the option to adjust the height of the control stick, the main goal being that the c-stick is not sticking out in one place permanently. As per the filings, the abstract reads as follows:

“A controller, thumbstick, or system comprising a thumbstick body, a thumbstick shaft coupled to the thumbstick body wherein the thumbstick shaft is configured to retract into the thumbstick body and wherein the thumbstick body and the thumbstick shaft is freely rotatable together around a pivot center within the controller body.”

The internal filing date for the patent seems to point out that Sony filed it last year on 22 July, and the same got published on 13 January 2022.

The filing indicates that Sony might be working on a new controller, though patents aren’t necessarily always indicative of concrete plans of course. PlayStation’s DualSense controllers are already feature-rich, coming with haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, among other features, so having something like this would add to an already pleasant controller experience.

In more Sony patent-related news, the company recently filed one for their upcoming PSVR2, which allows the headset to scan real-world objects into a game, along with one filed by the PlayStation 5 architect Mark Cerny for backward compatibility.

Midnight Black and Cosmic Red are already available to pre-order via PlayStation Direct, costing $55 each and releasing on January 21st 2022 (with other retailers carrying the same from February 11th onwards. Midnight Black and Cosmic Red will go on sale in the USA, UK, Germany, Austria, Hong Kong, Korea, Australia and other regions starting in January 2022 while Nova Pink, Galactic Purple, and Starlight Blue arrive in the first half of the year. Additional territories will be added throughout the year.

The Galactic Purple, Starlight Blue and Nova Pink DualSense colors can also be pre-ordered from PlayStation Direct starting from January 14th for $74.99 and from other retailers from February 11th. Of course, Sony noted that the “exact launch dates for both the new DualSense wireless controller colors and the new PS5 console covers in select regions may vary by location.” Check your local retailer for availability.

“If the previous games could be compared to movies, The Outlast Trials is more like a TV Series. Your journey to freedom will be a long one.” This seems to imply some kind of episodic approach to the story, one that could continue post-launch, but it’s not certain. One thing is for sure though – the sequel is being developed on Unreal Engine 4 which helped to “test new ideas and iterate pretty quickly.”

While it wasn’t announced for PS5, it seems that The Outlast Trials could come to the platform eventually. When questioned about PS5 gameplay features like DualSense, Morin said that, “We haven’t thoroughly investigated all these options, but we’re definitely excited by the possibilities. Hopefully, we’ll have more to announce soon.”

The Outlast Trials is currently in development for PC and is slated to release next year.

Following rumors of the same, Sony has officially announced two new colors for the PS5’s DualSense controller. Launching on June 11th, the Midnight Black and Cosmic Red variants are the first new colors since the console debuted. Check out how they look in the trailer below.

While the Midnight Black controller is modeled after space when viewed via the nighttime sky on Earth, Cosmic Red is meant to evoke the cosmos’ various shades of red. The former will retail for $69.99 while the latter will cost $74.99. Though available worldwide on June 11th, availability will vary based on one’s local retailers.

As the DualSense gains new color variants, perhaps we’ll start seeing different colors for the PS5 as well in the coming months. With demand for the console still out-stripping supplies (which could last throughout the year, as per Sony), it may be unlikely. Nevertheless, stay tuned for more updates in the coming months.