With how much blunders PlayStation had done in the recent time, this sounds believable

need a $4.99 a month subscription to unlock the use of Circle, Triangle, R2, and L2

Seems like the DualSense is an annually subscription by the way they build these things.

You gotta get the Costco family size box with 45 disposable controllers. Best deal in town. Plus, for each turtle that chokes on the plastics, they are planting two small but sizable bushes.

Honestly I could see them doing something like linking controllers to single accounts.

Want to play with a friend? They had better have a controller and PSN account!

They’d advertise it as instantly play with friends via their account without needing to log in on each console. Then the controller of course would need a pin to verify, in case the controller gets stolen or sold. Maybe you need an app for that to further link your identity, or they add a fingerprint reader and make it more expensive.

Plus, it kills off the third party controllers sucking up all your potential revenue. They’re probably used by cheaters anyways, right? You can only trust Sony. You must submit to Sony.

Don't be giving them any ideas now!

I only let my kids use the PS5 via PS4 Remote Play. I can get two PS4 controllers for $10. I never have to care if my kids drop the controllers or even throw them. We just grab another off the stack.

edit: even using them gently, and with my kids banned, I have had 2 PS5 controllers die already.

Being real, they damn near already are, if you'll forgive the hyperbole.

The standard controllers' sticks crap out way faster than they should. And their "premium" controller really only improves that by virtue of the sticks being easy to replace. The edge is good otherwise, but the lack of better sticks at that price is horrible.

Man, I was idly browsing the front page while stuck in meeting, and ate the fuck out of this onion.

I’ve gone through a controller a year on average for both Xbone and PS. I plan on swapping out joysticks on some of them one of these days. The Steam controller cannot be here soon enough. At least that one shouldn’t drift instantly. Time will tell.