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It’s really here, everyone. It’s officiallyAstro Botweek. ThePlayStationmascot’s first proper single-player adventure releases this Friday and judging by the push the game has been given between its reveal and its release, Astro is about to rank right up there with Kratos and Ellie in terms of importance for the platform he calls home. Astro even has his ownDualSense, although many of you who tried to pre-order one when store pages went live were left disappointed.
You might have thought you missed your only chance to own an Astro controller on which to play the upcoming Astro Bot gameoutside of paying over the odds for one from a scalper, but that’s where you’re wrong. Against all odds, Walmart has some of PlayStation’s Astro DualSenses back in stock. Provided you have seen this article in time informing you of such, you may place a pre-order now through the link in the box below.
It was evident fromthe opening seconds of the Astro Bot reveal trailerthat this game was going to have an accompanying DualSense controller. After being woken up by a Fennec Fox bot, Astro jumps up out of the sand he was passed out in and grabs hold of a sentient DualSense that propels him into space and proceeds to carry him between worlds and levels. It’s the design of that controller-turned-spaceship on which the real-life DualSense is based.
Another Chance To Get An Astro Controller
Astro Bot DualSense Controller
PlayStation’s Astro Bot Dualsense is everything that’s good about the controller with the added bonus of looking like the controller Astro uses to fly around in the game.
The controller has haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, and all of the other features you’ll find on a regular DualSense. It’s just the design that makes it different and special, and what a design it is. Mostly white with shiny Astro blue on the handles, and the PlayStation shapes in light blue on the buttons. The coup de grace are the glowing blue eyes on the touchpad. I still don’t have the controller myself - it’ll be here on Friday - but I’m almost certain those eyes aren’t interactive. They’re simply printed onto the pad. That’s a good thing - just imagine how quickly the battery would run down if they did light up and follow you around.
PlayStation’s DualSense options are pretty limited compared toNintendo’s Joy-Con, which come in a variety of colors, andXboxcontrollers which you can design yourself using Design Lab. That makes it feel like an event when a new design or range is released, though. Well, unless it’sthe Concord controller. The live service hero shooter didn’t receive the same level of fanfare as the Astro controller when it was revealed last month.The game’s player count since launchdemonstrates why that was.
