Sony sent PlayStation employees a custom PlayStation 5 DualSense controller as a late 2022 gift – and I can’t help but be envious
Insomniac Games Senior Manager Aaron Jason Espinoza, tweeted (opens in a new tab) photos of the redesigned DualSense controller, explaining that it was a “Christmas gift” from Sony to “celebrate the fantastic year 2022”.
This stunning ‘Play Has No Limits’ controller features the iconic shapes of the PlayStation buttons, with fuzzy geometric gray lines connecting them, on the touchpad and grips, and ‘Play Has No Limits 2022’ is embossed on the back. It even comes with a black stand with “2022” written on it.
The mail arrived yesterday: a Christmas present from @PlayStation! This is a specially created DualSense controller for employees to celebrate the fantastic year 2022. 🎉 For an even bigger 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣! pic.twitter.com/aBJ5quUwv4January 19, 2023
Give me that
The first thing that came to my mind as soon as I saw this controller was: where can I buy it?
Unfortunately, I was very disappointed as this redesigned controller is currently unavailable for purchase – but there is a slim chance it will be made available to consumers in the future. In celebration of PlayStation’s 20th anniversary, Sony released a special edition PS4 for PS1. While this was originally exclusive to internal Sony employees, it later became available for purchase.
However, Sony has not announced that this will be the case with the 2022 special edition controller. And given its customization for a specific year, I don’t have much hope that it will ever be available to the general public.