In a growing field of special edition DualSense wireless controllers, the latest is easily the most joyous so far. That’s not necessarily the way most would describe a gaming controller but the Astro Bot Limited Edition DualSense controller is cheerful in a way that many other designs aren’t. Yup, strap in and get ready for some quasi-anthropomorphization of a controller, folks.
Launched at the same time as the Astro Bot game, the controller is a perfect microcosm of the titular robot. From the conspicuous Astro eyes on the touchpad to the much more subtle robot-like details on the front of the controller, along with the splendid reproduction of Astro’s white and blue colors, it’s a controller that nails its brief of encapsulating a theme, game, or character into a physical bit of hardware.
