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Sony gifted PlayStation employees a custom PlayStation 5 DualSense controller to mark the end of 2022 – and I can’t help but envy
Senior Manager of Insomniac Games, Aaron Jason Espinoza, tweeted (opens in new tab) photos of the redesigned DualSense controller, explaining it was a “holiday gift” from Sony to “celebrate a fantastic 2022”.
This stunning ‘Play Has No Limits’ controller features PlayStation’s iconic button shapes, with faint, geometric gray lines connecting them, across the touchpad and grips, while the back is stamped with ‘Play Has No Limits 2022’. It even comes with a black stand that says “2022”.
Just arrived in the mail yesterday: the @PlayStation Holiday Gift! It is a specially made DualSense Controller for employees to celebrate a fantastic 2022. 🎉 To an even bigger 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣3️⃣! pic.twitter.com/aBJ5quUwv4January 19, 2023
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The first thing that came to my mind when I saw this controller was where can I buy one?
Sadly, I’m very disappointed as this redesigned controller is currently not for sale, but there’s a slim chance it will be released to consumers in the future. On the 20th anniversary of PlayStation, Sony released a special PS1 edition of the PS4. While this was originally intended exclusively for Sony’s internal employees, it later became available for purchase.
However, Sony has not announced that this will be the case with the special edition 2022 controller. And given the year-specific adjustment, I’m not really hopeful that it will ever be available to the general public.