Yorkshire Tea: a staple of the British diet – and now also the design of a custom PS5 controller, for some reason. England’s finest sippable export has been transformed into a DualSense you can actually buy, and it’s sure to offer some reassurance as you butt your head against PlayStation’s most difficult titles, like Elden Ring and Returnal.
“How’d this happen, eh?” the product blurb ponders. “This all came about because POPeART (controller designer extraordinaire) tweeted us to show a design he'd come up with. We really liked it, his followers really liked it, and quite a lot of ours did, too, so we had a bunch of Zoom meetings and turned it from a pipe dream into an actual thing you can hold in your real, human hands.”
The catch is that this cup of “proper” in controller form will cost you £150, which is more than triple the price of a traditional DualSense pad without the Yorkshire Tea logos. We suppose wearing your allegiance to such an iconic British brand comes at a cost, and to be honest, this is a better looking peripheral than the majority of Sony’s official limited edition options.
[source littleshopofproper.com]
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Need a Scottish Blend one. This is admittedly kind of cool.
Yorkshire tea is probably the best tea
@trev666 oh sweet baby Jesus and the orphans no..its ghastly..tetley tea all the way and no milk.
Yorkshire Tea, full fat milk with no sugar. Sorts my day right out. Especially when you dunk a Coconut Macaroon Hobnob into it.
That controller looks as awful as a cup of tea.
Absolutely rank.
I can see this escalating. “Xbox. Sponsored by Hovis”
Although i do love Yorkshire tea, pairing this with a PS5 controller.... I smell trouble brewing.
I will see myself out 😏
Put the PG Tips Monkey on one and I'll consider it.
Wonder if the analog sticks still drift.
Yorkshire is by far the best tea. There is a reason why it is a quid dearer than the other brands.
Absolutely love Yorkshire tea but this controller is not it unfortunately😂.
Seems like a cheap skin/sticker from Ebay that I can apply myself
@RainbowGazelle Yoooooo, that's my boy man😂. I've still got a Christmas edition monkey chilling somewhere in my room.
Something that Youtuber, The Spiffing Brit would appreciate 🤣
Now if it was twinings yeah I'd be tempted.
“No one saw it coming. All eyes were on the politicians, the countries, the fracturing of relations. But no one was watching the tea brands. First it was novelty controllers. Then it was novelty drones. Then came the novelty missiles. War came and mankind divided over their favourite cuppa, none would survive.”
@dellyrascal i can imagine he will probably mention this in a future video XD and that he bought every single one XD
Bought it and boiled it in a kettle. The tea was mediocre at best. Never again.
£150 though, it's a bit too rich tea for my tastes.
Pfft. PG Tips or GTFO.
"Dad, do you know the piano's on my foot?"
Well, my parents always swore by PG. I've always preferred coffee myself.
English tea is absolutely ghastly. It shouldn't even be allowed to be classified as tea.
If this was a Caffe Nero one, then maybe.
This is April Fool worthy material.
This will likely become the next ultra collectable peripheral. Like a 500 million PS4 controller, or the 500 million headphones.
This is crazy expensive, and that in itself makes it less likely to be bought in huge numbers.. this scarcity will drive the price up for collectors..
I have way too many controllers.. but I'd love this one of they want to send me a review sample to keep!
Yorkshire Tea marketing team are absolutely insane haha
“…….War, war never changes”
Sorry, is it April 1st?... I quite like it but would never pay £150. One for the collectors I suppose. Speaking of tea, off to make my 4th cup of the day
I wanna see a Guinness Dualsense
Because the original ones still drift.
Got the original one with the new red color for €49.99 I rather get two extra then this one . 😁
@Czar_Khastik you don't put the tea in the kettle, that's where you went wrong 🧐
Stick the controller in the cup, or pop a couple in a tea pot if you're feeling fancy, and pour over that not-quite-boiling water, leave to brew for a good few minutes, remove controller, add a splash of milk to the cup, boot up a game, and you're golden 😁
@Ravix Aaaah, now I get it. See, this is why people should read the manual before using this gamepad.
Thanks for the clarification, I will pop a few of those suckers in a tea pot and enjoy my evening round of LOTR: Gollum.
I’d have bought it for a regular price, but not 150
@DrVenture69 they're doing Xbox ones too🤣
Anything less than twinnings tea is floor sweepings... Its a truth in life that you get what you pay for.
........apart from this controller which is stupidly priced!
As for the design, I find it rather attractive except for the brand name in the middle, but its a weird collab for sure!
Going to come across snobby here but Clipper Organic or gtfo.
Yorkshire Tea is the best brand of tea for it's price, hands down. It's got a decent strength to it.
Tetley and PG Tips are both shockingly weak teas, I will never drink them.
Twinings English Breakfast and Assam Teas are also very good but way over priced.
Stick to Yorkshire for a strong cheap cup of tea. Head to Twinings for your Earl Grey kick.
Spiffing brit is gunna be passed that this isn't YT Gold 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Looks absolutely horrific! For me it’s got to be Tetley tea not a fan of Yorkshire tea
Day one.......(nothing else to say)
I used to think Yorkshire tea was ok, until I tried their loose leaf, which is better than a lot of premium teas
One for the Spiffing Brit fan?
A weird choice of branded controller, will likely be with a lot to collectors in the future.
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