Highlights

  • A stunning fan-made PS5 DualSense concept inspired by Astro Bot features a white-and-blue color scheme with glowing blue lines.
  • Fans want Sony to release an official version of the controller in time for Astro Bot's September 6 release, echoing the creator's sentiment.
  • With references to PlayStation franchises and charming-looking gameplay, Astro Bot's upcoming release is eagerly anticipated by PS5 fans.

A talented artist and gamer recently came up with a stunning PlayStation 5 DualSense Controller concept inspired by the upcoming Astro Bot game. Ever since it was first revealed to the public back in 2020, the DualSense controller has been a hallmark of the PlayStation 5 thanks to its striking white-and-black design and plethora of gameplay-enhancing features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers that adjust to whatever is happening in titles like God of War Ragnarok and Marvel’s Spider-Man 2.

To many new PlayStation 5 owners, these features were demonstrated in Astro’s Playroom, a follow-up to the 2018 PlayStation VR title Astro Bot Rescue that came pre-installed on the PS5 when it launched in late 2020. Essentially a tech demo for the new system and its cutting-edge controller, Astro’s Playroom became incredibly popular with PS5 players thanks to its charming atmosphere, fun gameplay, and various references to first-party PlayStation franchises like Uncharted and God of War. Late last month, Sony announced a sequel during its PlayStation State of Play May 2023 livestream in the form of Astro Bot.

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In honor of the upcoming Astro Bot, Twitter user and PlayStation-centric YouTube channel TCMFGames shared a concept rendering for a PS5 DualSense controller inspired by the game. Said controller sports a white-and-blue color scheme with glowing blue lines along the front plates, and a touchpad decorated with Astro’s black, screen-like face and blue eyes. This controller design was actually featured in the Astro Bot reveal trailer, where Astro Bot rode it like a spaceship across colorful and beautifully rendered environments.

PS5 Fans Want Astro Bot’s In-Game DualSense To Be Real

TCMFGames says that Sony should release a physical version of this PS5 DualSense controller in time for Astro Bot’s release on September 6, a sentiment that many Twitter users in the comment section agree with. Given Astro’s Playroom’s nature as a testing ground for the then-new DualSense’s haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, this would be a fitting tie-in for the new game that already looks to deliver more of the charm that made its predecessor a hit with PS5 newcomers nearly four years ago.

Said charm involves even references and cameos from other first-party PlayStation titles, with robots modeled after Uncharted’s Nathan Drake, God of War’s Kratos, and Horizon Forbidden West’s Aloy among countless others. From these Easter eggs, it seems like Astro Boy will continue Astro’s Playroom’s incorporation of the PlayStation brand, especially in the form of a custom PS5 DualSense design that could very easily be a real controller if Sony wishes it.