PlayStation Re-Reveals Its Second Astro Bot Controller With A Difference So Subtle, Some People Haven't Even Noticed It

PlayStation Re-Reveals Its Second Astro Bot Controller With A Difference So Subtle, Some People Haven't Even Noticed It

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PlayStation quietly revealed that Astro Bot will be the first game to get two DualSense controller designs earlier this year. If you weren't paying attention, you might have just assumed the original design was getting restocked. Actually, turns out even if you were paying attention, you might have assumed that, as even after Astro Bot controller number two has been given its full reveal, some people still can't tell the difference.

PlayStation shared a new clip of the controller on social media with various bots from Astro Bot running past it. The flurry of bots makes the controller spin around, blink, and it ends with Astro's happy arch eyes rather than their regular round ones. That is, as far as we've been shown, the only difference between the new DualSense and the original that was released alongside the game last year.

The post revealing pre-order and release details for the controller doesn't spell out what the one difference is, and it turns out it's so subtle that quite a few of you haven't even noticed it. The replies are filled with people asking what the difference is. Some others have questioned whether the tweak is really necessary, suggesting that a...

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