Astro Bot PS5 Controller Announced, Pre-Orders Start 9th August

My favourite one so far.

Definitely the best looking limited edition PS5 controller! Great details all round.

Glad they're doing a limited edition controller. Hoping I can preorder it before it gets sold out. I'm so excited for astro bot, game looks like so much fun.

I buy only top tier games and accessories so I'm saving my money for the Concord-themed DualSense

THERE IS A GOD AND HIS NAME IS ASTRO BOT

First “special edition” PS5 controller I’ll buy. Take my money!

Have put the preorder date in my calendar - I think this looks really good

How come they never make limited edtion pro controllers?

Scalpers Going Love this

Everybody liked that

Simple but instantly recognisable, this seems like a winner to me. I'd love to get one, but I fear it'll be sold out quickly.

Do I need a 6th DualSense 🤔

It's kind of a blessing in disguise that I need to replace my controller every few months due to stick drift so I can justify the purchase everytime a new one comes out. This looks fire!

I really like this but I've experienced stick drift on 2 dual sense controllers so not sure I want to spend the money

Love the look of that but no chance I’d be able to land one. My one working controller is starting to die too, the drift on both sticks is just minuscule enough for the dead zone to catch on most games but it’s there. Cricket 24 makes it the most obvious as you can see direction of movement on the sticks and it’s noticeably wobbly.

Also, the wording in the blog post is a bit confusing to me as it suggests it will only be available where PS Direct is available - meanwhile in my experience 'select retailers' used to refer to retailers in countries where PS Direct does not exist (this was true for the GoW and Spider-Man limited edition controllers)

Will I use it? No, using the Edge.
Will I buy it anyway? Yes.

NEED

Immediately one of my favourite special edition controllers for any console. Buying one for sure!

Another day another Astro Bot, but I’ll give you this one.😁

Not sure I can give Sony $80, EIGHTY dollars, for a controller though. Normal is $70, colored is $75, and $80 for this? If it’s $80 so they can sell a game and controller bundle for $119 and have it look like a real savings ok, but not stand alone. And like some other people here we have stuck drift in 2 of 3 controllers,so I need another 1, but not for $80. 🤑

This is the first controller I’ve ever wanted for purely cosmetic reasons.

Id love for the eyes to be LEDs in the touchpad.

Then again, I wouldn't love more pointless lights draining the battery further.

This is torture, because I'm opposed to expensive limited edition on consumable disposable controllers, I use the Edge controller, the VRSense, and mostly my XB Elite for third party stuff....and the built in controllers on handhelds/portables..... I don't need the Dual Senses I already have that are just sitting there, and definitely don't need another PS controller.

But I wannitIwannitIwannitIwanniiiiiiiit

This controller and the Concord controller are pretty cool looking

I didn't believe in love at first sight.... until I saw this beauty

This is glorious and I WANT it

Looks so cool! Gonna try to get one. Fingers crossed!

It's a nice enough controller but I feel like they could have gone further with it to make it truly special.

People will complain saying that the eyes lighting up would be a waste of battery life, but I really doubt that anyone buying this is using it as their main controller.

I just got a new one...
Will I get this one? ...

...
YES.

This looks awesome, but I've moved on to the Edge controller. The back paddles, button profiles, and ability to switch out drifting sticks make using the standard model a no-go, despite the Edge's smaller battery.

Man that is one slick, clean controller design. I love it.

Forever gutted I missed out on the Vader PS4 controller so I am making sure not to miss out on this beauty!!

Now that is cool.

Yes. Getting this after missing out on the Spider-Man version

I'll get it...if it's available when I try to pre-order it lol. Still holding out hope for the Glorious Graffiti Astro Bot DualSense to be a real thing in the future though.

Wow, never knew I needed this until just now, take my money, that's stunning

Must resist fourth controller...... just bought psvr2 on offer so that kind of stops me.

Those eyes would follow me everywhere 😄 haha. Thats for sure.word up son

sigh

(pulls out wallet)

Shame they didn't give us Astrobot on VR2 & this controller.

I guess I can add another one to my ever growing Dualsense collection.

I don't have a problem.

Wow look nice. The blue accents with white

@RBMango
AS-TRO-BOOOT

Looks amazing but unfortunately I already have 2 Controllers and have no need for a 3rd one.

That is beautiful.

So the analog sticks are nipples 🤔 😳

Looks great but I have a thing against white electronics, they all eventually start to look dirty or yellowish.

Wow we all asked for this the other day and got it 😊.
And some of us asked for the demo as well, we still waiting Sony 🤣

First Special Edition DualSense controller that I like!

Will you be posting another article as soon as the pre orders go live? Don't trust myself to remember the date but I NEED to have this controller.

am i only person never to have used the touch pad on my ps5 does any game use it

@Anguspuss urrr astros playroom?

I'm up for this controller even if I just keep it boxed for resale. But I'll probably sell one of many existing to buy this one!

Looks really nice. Hopefully I can get one. Then I'll get the Nendoroid ASTRO figure(s).

@WaveBoy So, like the Edge, but, like Edgier? 😂

Oh no! I bought a new controller (black) at days of play, some days ago in order to use brand new controller for Astro! Still is in the box waiting for september... but now... I MUST BUY this one...

Well, that's life

@Anguspuss well yeah... a lot of games use it, It is true the majority use only as an extra buttons, but some examples that use it with more deep are Astro, Stellar blade, FFXIV, Days gone etc...

And a lot of game use it as extra button(s) to open map, or menus.

I hope ot comes to BG.