Same shite with the little speaker in the dual sense last gen! It was a great feature that was certainly not used enough.. Hopefully this new controller will be utilized in all games on the PS5 going forward.

Dunno if I agree with the sentiment in this article. Demons Souls, Retunal, Astrobot, Call of Duty Cold War, Dirt5 and some others I know of had great haptics as far as I’m concerned. Game changer for me when used fully. And I’m sure more and more games that use it are on the way. Not concerned, great gamepad.

Sadly this typically is true of most single platform features, unless you're 1st/2nd party, you likely won't invest the time and resources to properly support a feature that only exists on one platform.

We'll see wider adoption when Xbox and/or Nintendo (I'd say more likely Xbox than Nintendo) implements something similar.

Or Sony could mandate it via TRC's, but developers/publishers will be annoyed. You need to show them why it's worth supporting, not force them to do so (for any feature).

DualSense is pretty cool. Returnal and Deathloop used it well. My only gripe with it is the battery doesn’t seem to last very long - especially on games that do use the haptics and triggers a lot. I had to go buy a big long cable so I could keep playing.

I’ll be curious to see how it’s used in the future - especially on multiplatform games. Is it a lot of work/development time that’s not necessarily worth it for studios or is it pretty straight forward and easy to roll in.

Surprise surprise

In bf2042 I like how you can feel your footsteps. But yea they should do more like in ASTRO bot.

And it'll remain underutilized for the rest of the gen. Most of the features on the DS were in the DS4 which was mostly ignored by devs. I'm sure most don't remember the touch pad acts as 2 buttons depending on which side you're touching. A feature that way too many games would benefit from seeing as devs continue using the triangle button for multiple actions. Instead it's been used to open menu and maps.
I use the DS4 on PC and the touch pad can be used to aim around as if you're using a mouse. I know games like Minecraft on PS4 actually let you use the touchpad to move things around the inventory. The light bar was always meant to be used as you would a move controller and yet shooters which would benefit most from it don't support MOVE despite every DS being 1. Hell gyro is something every shooter should have and nope most don't.

Underutilized is a understatement

Idk, I think that this haptic feedback will be like the touchpad on PS4 controller, the touch controls were only utilised by some initial games and then nobody cared, not even Sony first party studios.

Well, besides first party games there weren't many great games released in 2021. RE8 used it well too I think. Their main complaint seems to be about a lack of gyro aiming. It's a fun feature but I prefer the analog sticks. Trying to use gyro aiming while also utilizing the rest of the buttons on the controller is too much like patting my head and rubbing my belly at the same time. Maybe I could get used to it but since MS have still not put a gyro in their controller don't expect third parties to support it very much.

i feel like this will always be the case.

i love the controller but its not a priority for most devs.

Still early days, and Astro's playroom is still the best use of Dualsense.

So, author of this article MISSED so many games and basically he is wrong. Over 180 games are utilizing Dualsense features. Some extensively like CODs, Borderlands, WRCs, Dirts, Returnal, Kena, Wreckfest, Mortal Shell..... Some less like Sackboy, Demons....

Here is the full list :

https://mobile.twitter.com/...

It's normal for first year. Look at other accessories for older consoles when they were launched. I'm not fuss about that.

Gran Turismo 7 is the game I look forward too. Looking forward to feel wheel spins or brakes when using haptic feedback on shoulder buttons.

When you play something like Astros Playroom and can actually feel surfaces it makes you realise how many games aren't using the features of it. Hopefully GT7 and Forbidden West are going to utilise them well

Not the case for me. Every game I've played on the PS4 has utilized it in some way. About to try out metro Exodus with haptic integration...should be really fun

Unfortunately this is a problem because of pc and xbox 3rd party devs just dont want to bother with it because only 1 console has this feature.

Plenty of games use it. Even freaking World of Tanks uses it pretty well. Not sure what the author is on about.

No surprise there. Every new console these days seem to have a least one gimmick that never really pans out for the average consumer. Other than 1st party studios, other exclusives or indies most devs don't care about the extra bells and whistles each controller has. For anyone who expects it to get better in year 2 or beyond history is not on your side because as we've seen in the past companies sour on certain things after a while. Suddenly something that was pretty much mandatory year one or two isn't in later years. The Switch still has HD rumble for instance but Nintendo sure doesn't seem to care to bring it up these days. You'll have to go to the games page for that info and read. lol Can't forget the PS4 map button also known as the touchpad. Unless the game your playing has a photo mode the touchpad is essentially a giant pause button in most games.

Clickbait article just that. Gamerant need some clicks.

Though I am a ps gamer , I really wish Microsoft bring the same features to xbox controller soon. Only with the joint push from both Sony and Microsoft, 3rd party support can be a real thing.

It's good to see devs taking advantage of the controller because when it's not implemented correctly it feels like a case of why can't I just use the ds4 I have lying around for this I recall being disappointed by the GTA trilogy because it was the first game I brought that did absolutely nothing with the duelsense

My kind of dev. Full support means full purchase. It's that simple.

So far Astros play room has been the only game to showcase what the controller can do