First PS5 hands-on: See DualSense in action right now

Offset PS5 easily-on: Run into DualSense in action right now

(Image credit: Geoff Keighley )

Sony took the wraps off of its innovative DualSense controller for the PS5 a while dorsum, just now we finally have a sense of how the gamepad will feel during actual gameplay. The Game Awards founder Geoff Keighley got an sectional hands-on with the controller, detailing how features such as haptic feedback and adaptive triggers volition work when you're playing games.

Keighley's demo featured Astro'due south Playroom, a cute 3D platformer that will come pre-loaded on every PS5. The game also seems tailor-made to bear witness off what the DualSense is capable of, making clever use of the pad'southward microphones and rumble technology to create a uniquely immersive experience.

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Keighley seemed especially impressed by the DualSense's speaker, noting that it creates a unique "harmony betwixt the controller, sound and what's happening on PS5." For example, when Keighley walked through a sandstorm in the game, he noted how the sand noises coming out of the controller complemented the growing tension created by the haptic feedback.

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"I've never felt something like this before," said Keighley.

At one bespeak, Keighley donned a frog suit in the game, which showed off the DualSense's adaptive triggers. The host called out the varying tension he felt while jumping around in the frog suit, simulating the experience of the spring that immune the character to bounce around.

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The DualSense will in one case over again feature six degrees of motion control, and the controller'southward microphone can exist used in unique ways (for case, Keighley had to blow on information technology to activate a part of the game).

As far every bit weight and feel, Keighley says that the DualSense ways more the PS4 DualShock 4 controller just "doesn't feel substantially heavier." In fact, he said that the controller'south added heft is a skilful thing, giving it a slighting more ergonomic grip.

Mike Andronico is Senior Writer at CNNUnderscored and was formerly Managing Editor at Tom's Guide. When not at piece of work, you lot tin can usually catch him playing Street Fighter, devouring Twitch streams and trying to convince people that Hawkeye is the best Avenger.