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Ye gads, Black Friday week means the PS5 DualSense – a surprisingly great PC controller – is on sale for onceAn elusive £20 / $21 off
An elusive £20 / $21 off
Whereas some bits of games kit are in and out of the sales like they keep forgetting their keys there, ThePlayStation 5 DualSense controlleris one of those peripherals that just seems to hover around its £60 / $75 list price indefinitely. Which is a shame, as it’s a very, very good gamepad, including for PC playage. Consider theseBlack Fridayweek deals, then, as a rare opportunity to secure yourself said good gamepad without acquiescing to Sony’s stubbornness: it’s down to £40 in the UK and $54 in the US.Actually, tell a lie, the DualSense hasn’t alwaysbeen stuck at those prices – it was actually bumped up $5 from its launch MSRP back in September, mere hours before theeven more cash-hungry PS5 Prowas unveiled. These savings thus have the bonus advantage of letting you pretendthat never happened, while making the controller’s comfortable design andclever adaptive triggersconsiderably more attainable. While intended as a PlayStation USP, both these triggers and the DualSense’s high-grade haptics have since become widely supported on PC as well.PCGamingWikihas the full list of compatible games.UK dealsPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)£40 (was £60)See at Amazon UKPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)£40 (was £60)See at ArgosUS dealsPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)$54 (was $75)See at Amazon USPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)$55 (was $75)See at Best BuyThe only real drawback to using the DualSense on PC is that, spitefully, Microsoft don’t properly support it for playing your PC Game Pass games through the Xbox app. TheDS4Windowsutility can help with that, though.
Whereas some bits of games kit are in and out of the sales like they keep forgetting their keys there, ThePlayStation 5 DualSense controlleris one of those peripherals that just seems to hover around its £60 / $75 list price indefinitely. Which is a shame, as it’s a very, very good gamepad, including for PC playage. Consider theseBlack Fridayweek deals, then, as a rare opportunity to secure yourself said good gamepad without acquiescing to Sony’s stubbornness: it’s down to £40 in the UK and $54 in the US.Actually, tell a lie, the DualSense hasn’t alwaysbeen stuck at those prices – it was actually bumped up $5 from its launch MSRP back in September, mere hours before theeven more cash-hungry PS5 Prowas unveiled. These savings thus have the bonus advantage of letting you pretendthat never happened, while making the controller’s comfortable design andclever adaptive triggersconsiderably more attainable. While intended as a PlayStation USP, both these triggers and the DualSense’s high-grade haptics have since become widely supported on PC as well.PCGamingWikihas the full list of compatible games.UK dealsPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)£40 (was £60)See at Amazon UKPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)£40 (was £60)See at ArgosUS dealsPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)$54 (was $75)See at Amazon USPlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)$55 (was $75)See at Best BuyThe only real drawback to using the DualSense on PC is that, spitefully, Microsoft don’t properly support it for playing your PC Game Pass games through the Xbox app. TheDS4Windowsutility can help with that, though.
Whereas some bits of games kit are in and out of the sales like they keep forgetting their keys there, ThePlayStation 5 DualSense controlleris one of those peripherals that just seems to hover around its £60 / $75 list price indefinitely. Which is a shame, as it’s a very, very good gamepad, including for PC playage. Consider theseBlack Fridayweek deals, then, as a rare opportunity to secure yourself said good gamepad without acquiescing to Sony’s stubbornness: it’s down to £40 in the UK and $54 in the US.
Actually, tell a lie, the DualSense hasn’t alwaysbeen stuck at those prices – it was actually bumped up $5 from its launch MSRP back in September, mere hours before theeven more cash-hungry PS5 Prowas unveiled. These savings thus have the bonus advantage of letting you pretendthat never happened, while making the controller’s comfortable design andclever adaptive triggersconsiderably more attainable. While intended as a PlayStation USP, both these triggers and the DualSense’s high-grade haptics have since become widely supported on PC as well.PCGamingWikihas the full list of compatible games.
UK deals
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)
£40 (was £60)
See at Amazon UK
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)
£40 (was £60)
See at Argos
US deals
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)
$54 (was $75)
See at Amazon US
PlayStation 5 DualSense controller (White)
$55 (was $75)
See at Best Buy
The only real drawback to using the DualSense on PC is that, spitefully, Microsoft don’t properly support it for playing your PC Game Pass games through the Xbox app. TheDS4Windowsutility can help with that, though.
