The first Sony PS5 DualSense teardown arrives. The Next-Gen console has not yet arrived except in the editorial offices for the first tests and reviews, but in fact its arrival in the stores is only fixed for the next 19 November. In all this, however, we have the first real disassembly of the next generation controller that Sony has particularly changed. The DualSense , which we have tried and described in these first impressions of ours, has some interesting secrets especially as regards the construction of the new adaptive triggers. Aesthetically they are practically identical to the old ones but from them they can achieve a different pressure resistance according to the demands of the game.

DualSense: how it is made and how the triggers are adaptive

The Sony DualSense is undoubtedly a completely renewed controller not only in appearance but above all in its components. In this case, we have seen in our first impressions, how the new generation wireless controller is different in size but also in appearance with a slightly larger footprint and with thicker and longer “ horns ” that allow you to take it in. hand more safely and comfortably.

Opening it, however, you discover so many new features that Sony has inserted to make the interaction with the user new. And in this case, in addition to providing an idea of ​​the complex trigger mechanism, the disassembly also compares the controller with the DualShock 4. The video shows how the new DualSense has a larger battery than its predecessor , most likely to support more advanced touch technology. But not only because the DualSense’s tactile motors, motherboard and chips are also larger, which is not surprising given what Sony’s controller can do in engaging the user while gaming.

The buttons have a double cushioning system which is not present in the previous controllers. In this case the Sony engineers have used the same analog sticks present in the DualShock 4 but as observed by TronicsFix, the authors of the disassembly, we hope that they have still solved some problems that with Dual Shock 4 they had proposed over the years.

What is most striking, however, is the adaptive trigger mechanism. The gear of Sony’s new component is somewhat ingenious because it is moved electronically and varies its angle of the flat fin so as to change its distance from the trigger base. In this way, when the trigger is pressed, it touches the flap which causes the gear to move in the opposite direction. This allows you to move a worm module connected to a module that increases or decreases the friction allowing precisely the hardness or not of the trigger.

It is a truly brilliant idea that Sony put into practice and which differs greatly not only from the PS4 and PS4 Pro’s DualShock 4 but also from any other competitive controller. There is technological complexity that will allow, however, to have an incredible response during the game, especially in the future when developers will be able to associate a certain action with the pressure or not of the trigger. For the rest, Sony’s DualSense is an evolution of 264 degrees or almost even if, looking at it in detail, it turns out that the controller allows you to replace all the most important components quite easily.