Summary

  • The price of a standard DualSense has been increased at multiple retailers, including PlayStation Direct.
  • The white, black, red, purple, and blue DualSense controllers are now $75, previously $70.
  • Other DualSense designs, including the out-of-stock Astro Bot version, are more expensive, but that was already the case.

The PS5's fourth anniversary is right around the corner with the reveal of a PS5 Pro as a part of the celebrations almost certain after what appears to be an outline of it was featured in PlayStation's anniversary artwork. While the Pro will almost certainly cost quite a bit more than a base PS5, four years in, you'd expect the console and its accessories to be getting cheaper. Quite the contrary appears to be happening as this morning, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:PlayStation increased the price of its 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:DualSense controllers across multiple retailers.

Wario64 noted that the price of DualSense controllers in various colorsౠ had gone from $69.99 to $74.99 at Best Buy. Target followed suit, and then the real kicker, and evidence that this is an edict from the creators of 🦄the controller, the price increased at PlayStation Direct. Tracking the RRP of the DualSense throughout its first four years has been a little tricky as different colors and versions tied to certain games have cost more, sometimes considerably more, than $69.99.

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The 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Astro Bot controller, which once again appears to be sold out everywhere 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:after a restock for the game's release, is $79.99. However, the plain white DualSense, as well as a few other basic colors, have been $69.99 as standard. That's not the case anymore, and unless you can find them on sale, or buy them second hand, the cheapest you'll find a DualSense day-to-day when shopping from a major retailers will be $69.99.

PlayStation Has Increased The Price Of Its Standard DualSense

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PlayStation hasn't officially announced the price hike because, well, why would it? No company wants potential customers to know that the things they want to buy are now more expensive. An explanation as to why would also be nice, but that will be information PlayStation doesn't want the general public to be privy to. The DualSense price increase comes two weeks after 168澳洲幸运▨5开奖网:the cost of a 🍨PS5 was upped by $90 in Japan.

Amazon and GameStop haven't increased the price of the DualSense at the time of typing this, so if you're in the market for a new PS5 controller, buy it through them before they follow suit.

black ps5 dualsense controller
Brand
PlayStation 🍰
Platform
PS5
Battery
🎐 6 to 12 hours
Connectivity
⛦ USB Type-C
Headset Support
🌠 3.5mm headphone jack
Extra Buttons
No

The DualSense is the s🎉tandard controller co♛mpatible with PS5. Its haptic feedback and adaptive triggers made it an industry leader at the console's launch, and it's available in a range of colors and designs.

PlayStation is all over the map right now when it comes to pleasing and then annoying its player base. Unexplained price hikes will obviously not be welcomed, but the studio is and will continue to ride the wave of momentum brought about by Astro Bot's release for quite a while, maybe right into a Game of the Year nomination. It's also only been a week since it was announced Conc♚ord would be shutting dow🅠n and its players refunded just 12 days into its run. The live service game's servers were shut down, potentially forever, on Friday.

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