As highly praised as they have been, the offering of different colors for the PS5 DualSense controller has been sorely lacking since release. That looks to be changing, as Sony has finally announced that the highly praised PS5 DualSense controller is getting three new colors. PlayStation is now starting to flush out its DualSense color options a year after the release of the PS5 and eight months after its first new colors were made available.
ThePS5DualSense colors are sticking to the space-themed naming convention, adding “Nova Pink, Starlight Blue, and Galactic Purple” into the fold. These flashy new colors will join the Cosmic Red and Midnight Black offerings that were released in early 2021. These new colors now bring the color options of the DualSense controllers to six, including the base White.
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According to PlayStation, these new colors will be released in January 2022 and will cost US $74.99, a bit more than the standard price for PS5 DualSense. These new colors match the PS5 covers that were announced in the same PlayStation Blog post. The controllers will be released through “participating retailers” as well as PlayStation Direct. A specific release date has not yet been finalized.
The controller has been popular in the gaming community since its announcement thanks to its haptic feedback system that gives players an added dimension of immersion in the games they play that have DualSense support. It has received praise from a wide range of figures throughout the gaming industry, from first-party studios, third-party collaborators, to evenPhil Spencer of Xbox.
It’s still the early days of the PlayStation 5 and the DualSense controller. Even so, fans have been clamoring for more color availability and customization while Sony cautiously times the release of their products.Sony fans have reverted to creating their own custom controllersin the interim, with some unique and creative results. There also has been a glut of options for that would rather not have a DualSense and prefer controller options from other sources. Third-party peripheral makers Scuf only recently released their line of colorful, but pricey, PS5 controllers as an alternate to the DualSense.
Sony finally feels comfortable adding new colors to its controller line-up. Can’t help but feel like Sony is on the backfoot when it comes to having more color options for its controllers as Xbox has been offering not only a kaleidoscope of new colors for the Xbox Series X/S controllers but a fullDesign Labthat allows players to make their own custom controllers. That may not be Sony’s game though and it is content with the strategy with the galaxy-themed colors.
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