Apple just started selling the PS5 DualSense controller

Apple only started selling the PS5 DualSense controller — merely why?

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Apple has unexpectedly started selling the PS5'southward gamepad in the U.S.. The supremely comfortable PS5 DualSense controller is listed in the Apple store at its normal MSRP of $69.95, and is in stock for delivery side by side week, though notably in-store pickup is "currently unavailable."

Apple'south sales pitch only mentions the perpetually out-of-stock PlayStation 5 in passing, and the focus is more on the new native support for connecting your PS5 controller to iPhones and iPads. "Raise your game with the PlayStation DualSense wireless controller," the list reads. "It pairs directly with your compatible iPad, iPhone, Mac or Apple TV via Bluetooth, bringing signature PlayStation comfort and next-gen precision to your gaming experience."

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PS Remote Play does get a mention, with Apple highlighting that y'all can also stream PS5 and PS5 games to your Apple device over Wi-Fi. Simply it's a secondary point, with Apple understandably neat to put its own Arcade offerings front and center, given the emphasis the company put on the quality of its gaming library.

PS5 DualSense overkill for iOS?

The PS5 DualSense joins a limited selection of dedicated game controllers stocked past Apple. There's too the SteelSeries Nimbus+ (also $69.95), the Rotor Anarchism Wired Game Controller ($49.95) and the Razer Kishi iPhone grip ($99.95) which clips to either side of your iPhone for a Switch-like experience.

This betrays something important: loads of Bluetooth controllers will work happily with iOS devices, and Amazon is awash with iOS-compatible game controllers for a whole lot less than $seventy. While these vary massively in build quality and comfort, in about cases the DualSense controller volition be overkill, especially when its most striking features similar the avant-garde haptics and adaptive triggers won't be utilized past Apple Arcade titles. The Microsoft Xbox controller is also cheaper at $59.99, just as comfy and works brilliantly with iOS (even if Game Pass feels a little underdone on Apple tree's mobile platforms.)

Even if y'all program to stream a lot of PS4 and PS5 games, nigh people would exist better off saving $20 and sourcing a DualShock iv pad instead, given enough of the DualSense's features (including haptics and its built-in speaker) don't seem to piece of work remotely.

Yet, if you've been lucky enough to notice PS5 stock, having a 2nd DualSense controller for two-player couch gaming is e'er nice. And before long it looks like you lot'll be able to pick upwardly a spare at your nearby Apple Store, though information technology's not clear if the company volition be stocking the new DualSense colors or sticking to the boring old white launch unit.

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Freelance contributor Alan has been writing nearly tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine besides. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games excess. Or, more likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth fourth dimension.