Short battery life and a high price tag turn an otherwise great PS5 controller into a bit of a luxury.
DualSense Edge MSRP $200.00 Score Details “The DualSense Edge offers excellent customization options for PS5 fans, but its high price point makes it a luxury purchase.” Pros Cons There’s a dirty secret about PS5 controllers: No matter how great a third-party one is, a Sony-developed one is always going to be best-in-class. That’s not because the company produces better hardware than PowerA, Victrix, or Scuf; it’s simply because Sony holds the patents for the DualSense’s signature features.
Related Build quality At first glance, the DualSense Edge looks almost identical to a regular DualSense … and that’s a good thing. Sony’s standard PS5 controller sports an “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” design and the Edge takes that device. In terms of aesthetic difference, it swaps the D-pad and face buttons from white to black. The touchpad gets a slight makeover here, with a black textured surface.
Granted, most people don’t play a game for more than six hours straight and a lengthy cable makes it easy to play from the couch when it needs a charge. Still, users shouldn’t be making trade-offs with a piece of tech that’s more than double the price of what came bundled with the console. The DualSense Edge should feel like a step up in every way and this is one key area where it notably doesn’t.
Once the faceplate is off, you need to lift a metal level to release the stick module, allowing you to pop a cap on and off. Doing so disconnects the controller from the PS5, though, so it’s a bit of a pain to naturally pull this off in game if, say, you want to experiment with a different stick height mid Call of Duty match. I’ve gotten the hang of it and can swap a stick quickly, but it’s a bit more of a hassle than other similar controllers I’ve used.
This might all sound like a nitpick, but once again, we’re talking about a controller that retails for the price of a Nintendo Switch Lite. If it sounds like my expectations are high, it’s because the bar for a product like this is. I just don’t feel like I have too much to play with on the front end, which is part of the appeal of something like this.
That level of control is ultimately what wins me over with the DualSense Edge, despite its flaws. A good pro controller is all about offering players flexibility and that’s exactly what I feel when I flip between profiles on the fly. While I’d love to tinker with more buttons and parts, the reality is that the basic DualSense design is already top of its class; there’s not much I’d want to change about it even if I could.
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