The DualSense is the first generation of Sony PlayStation controllers to include internal software that can be updated. Since its launch in November 2020, these updates have served in particular to optimize the operation of the adaptive triggers (the speed of the motors has been refined to reduce operating noise and parasitic vibrations), and to improve the emulation of vibrations ” standard” DualShock 4 for PS4 games in backward compatibility — a task made very complex by the fact that the DualShock 4’s rotary vibration motors have totally different inertial characteristics than the high-precision linear actuators of the DualSense.
Native PC games and streaming via PlayStation Plus Premium in the line of sight?
Until now, these updates were only applicable by connecting the controller to a PlayStation 5 console. But with the launch of this utility, Sony clearly reveals its intention: to make the DualSense a controller of choice for gamers. pc. After all, there are already a few PC games that make use of the DualSense’s signature haptic features; among them are for example the Windows versions ofAssassin’s Creed Valhalla, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition; death loop, Genshin Impactor Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade. The DualSense is also fully supported, albeit without advanced haptic feedback, by the majority of other PC games.
It is also tempting to weave a link between this novelty and the imminent arrival of the new PlayStation Now formula, the Premium variant of which will include access to the cloud gaming from PlayStation (ex-PlayStation Now), accessible from PC. To begin with, this will certainly only concern PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3 and PS4 games. But it is not impossible that Sony is already considering the inclusion of PS5 titles, with their haptic features, in this catalog.