DualSense

[...] All users will have trouble with the battery - eventually. My DS4s ran out of battery life in about three years of usage; I still have one of them that I use wired with my PC, but I absolutely cannot use it wireless. Likewise with my DS5s - one of them barely held a charge 2-3 years in. I'm sure with good battery management you can extend the lifespan to be closer to 5-6 years, like my M1 MBP from 2021 that still has a 9+h battery life (though down from 12 as I remember), but that only keeps them going for a little longer. [...] E: DS4 = DualShock 4, DS5 = DualSense; these are the standard PlayStation controllers for the PS4 and the PS5 respectively.

I own a steam controller and have been using it for multiple years. It's actually really comfortable with the way it sits in my hand. Far more comfortable than whatever sony had going on with the PS4 dualsense stuff

Clunk What was that? Oh my one year old just threw the DualSense out the door.

[...] Connect my Dualsense controller to my macbook 2. [...] Connect to my gaming desktop in full screen mode 3. [...] Profit Over Wifi 7 I get basically no discernable lag, which was crazy to me the first time I tried it. I also have a Minisforum attached to my large screen TV and the process is identical except I push a different combo on the Dualsense controller to connect to the Minisforum. [...]

[...] I used to only play on DualShock 4s and even skipped the DualSense because I just loved my DualShock that much. [...]

What do you mean? I have 4 DualSense controllers connected to my Steam Deck for couch co-op, and Overcooked works just fine with them?

DualSense just got wireless rumble support Linux. [...] Audio jack support has been in since 6.18 last November. [...]

One of the straight-up benefits of TV gaming that Bazzite (and presumably any KDE environment, but it's been a bit since I used another) has over Windows is that you can label your Bluetooth devices. [...] They all got saved as "Dualsense Controller" and you just had to guess which one you were reconnecting.

[...] My weapon of choice is the Dualsense. [...] I have one Dualsense and roam between PS5, Bazzite desktop and Steam Deck seamlessly.

[...] In StarCraft 2, Blizzard like every other corp wanted to see and control everything we do so you have to go all the way through the internet and lag even if you sit right next to each other. [...] Even on the PS5 when I hand a visiting guest the throwaway DualSense I have to bump through a clunky UI of choosing a user or "Quick Play" and wait while it spins up a whole new home screen and other crap for them, and then warnings about DLC or whatever in Mortal Kombat etc, just to have a short 2 minute beat-em-up session. [...]

[...]controller support is spotty[...] DualSense 4 and 5 support under Linux is rock-solid, wired or wireless. [...]

On a whim, there is a nuanced situation with some Realtek (RTL8671B) bluetooth firmware on Linux that is 'solved' by downgrading firmware version. This random gist has a nice thread ..and this fellow Nix wizard has the downgrade expressed in a nix config: I too was experiencing odd/erratic pairing issues with DualSense controllers and this RTL8671B based dongle, and using the older firmware entirely fixed it. Now four controllers can be connected simultaneously without issue.

Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth I've had this issue as well on KDE Plasma. I'm convinced it's some sort of bug within Plasma itself. If I use bluetoothctl to pair the controller, it works fine, might be worth giving that a try if you haven't.

Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth FWIW I use a DualSense controller connected to my Linux computers all the time without issue and without having to do anything special. In fact, Sony is the author of the DualSense driver on Linux[0]. Do you connect anything else over bluetooth? I'm wondering if your bluetooth setup might just be broken in general rather than specifically for DualSense controllers. [...]

[...] EasyEffects/PipeWire makes audio better compared to Windows. [...] Outside DualSense controller having issues connecting to bluetooth I can't think of anything that's worse than Windows while many things are better.

It is maybe 95% of native performance or in that ballpark, according to benchmarks I've seen. I have a dedicated M2 disk that I pass thru fully to the Windows VM in order to have snappy disk, and I reserved 64 GB ram to that VM alone using hugepages (because I multibox a old game that requires lots of RAM for my use case). I also pass thru the bluetooth hardware into the VM as I don't use bluetooth on my host, so that I can use my dualsense controller while gaming in the VM.

I have been annoyed on my ps5 dualsense controller I have ds and ds pro, no problem with either. (I own no PS4 or PS5) Probably some unintentional, accidental incompatibility rather than by design.

[...] I have been annoyed on my ps5 dualsense controller since purchase, as it wont take charge from several of my USB-C cables. Most notably it refuses to take charge from my macbook USB-C charging cable. One of those small annoyances, I need a "special" usb-c cable around just to charge my usb-c controller...

My windows machine has been basically delegated to a Steam launcher. And no, before anyone else tries to sell me on Proton, it's not there yet. It doesn't have Dolby Atmos, DualSense support, advanced gpu features, the peripheral support, half of the games don't work properly, and of course there's performance loss.

[...] I have a really weird problem in my house where I'm about 20 feet from my TV trying to use my PS5 DualSense connected to a Google TV device connected behind the TV. It uses Bluetooth, which is also 2.4GHz, and the issue I'm having is that the dongle behind the TV is really impacting my controller connection and making playing games over PS Remote Play completely impossible. [...]

[...] I own a MacMini M2 base model (retailed at 630€ new) for work and was surprised how well games last-gen games run on it (either Rosetta2 or GPTK+wine). With better software compatibility I could see the upcoming M4 mac mini as a serious game console contender. Smaller form factor and more silent than any console, add an Xbox/DualSense controller in the living room and you are good to go.

Helped out with the drift on my DualSense, now I don't have to trash it, thanks man!

By the by, I recently switched to using a Dualsense as my SD external controller and found that the gyro controls make for an excellent desktop and M+K game controller. Surprised I didn’t think to check earlier.

[...] The ability to use any controller is awesome (Wireless DualSense is my fav RN). [...]

oh i’m sure it is but the dualsense just feels better in my hands, plus it’s nice when i’ve got my deck hooked up to the tv downstairs

I bought a Saturn pad because using dualsense with sega cores is ass

Sony I don’t wanna be rude but I don’t think you need to advertise the…concept of using my PS5™️ and a DualSense™️ wireless controller…? to me on the PS5™️ that I own and play using my DualSense™️ wireless controller

My dualsense controller broke down it was my favourite and the one that came with my console on my birthday very sad 😭

[...] If the DualShock 4 PCB is half as complex as the DualSense PCB, good chance you scratched a trace whole removing the sticks. If you can locate the damaged area you can jump it with a bodge wire (think of it like a wood bridge that broke in the middle so you can't walk across, and you make a small path with planks enough for one person to still cross, restoring the connection). [...] I had a hell of a time getting out the first analog stick on a DualSense and ended up damaging the PCB. A multimeter in continuity mode is a must here for checking that the signal travels the expected path or finding the issue if it doesn't. [...] Look at the traces that go to the stick or that are near that area, look for scratches.

[...] It can label bluetooth devices (so I can have blue dualsense controller, pink dualsense controller, white dualsense controller, etc.). [...] I also use Bazzite specifically because it's atomic - so when I make the mistake of giving into temptation and updating shit once every month or so, if it's broken I can just revert it. But I will say I've had a ton of failure to wake up from power saving issues (resolved by just disabling pretty much every power saving feature, which I was gonna eventually do anyway because I want to be able to remote into the machine), and VLC can cause the UI to lock up because of some XWayland nonsense that they're still trying to fix (I just use Haruna, KDE's default mpv-based player, and it's mostly fine). [...]

The one thing I wish it has is 3.5mm audio jack. Both Xbox and SONY's dualsense controller have this. But SONY don't support audio via Bluetooth. The Xbox one need a USB adapter but its build is not as good as SONY's. [...]

It's a regression from the original in all the same ways that the Deck is, and it has less to offer over and above what conventional controllers like the DualSense do. I'm willing to give it a try, but the smaller and less central trackpads compromise the only use cases that make it distinctive as a controller. (Same for the lack of dual-stage triggers.) If I want to use analog sticks, I already have a ton of controllers with two analog sticks, some of which are generally excellent and have various advantages over the new Steam Controller. There are some things that only a Steam Controller has ever made possible (e.g., dual trackpad movement), and others that only a Steam Controller has ever done as well (e.g., programmable dual-stage analog triggers, back paddles you can hit from basically anywhere). [...]

[...] Steam controller can sort of play some of them though since it can emulate mouse + keyboard etc. [...] It's annoying that it seems to break games that actually do support the DualSense properly (though full haptics only work in wired mode) like FFXIV.

[...] I wish everything worked well with DualSense, especially since I really like its haptics, but it's basically on the many (many) game developers to provide the same kind of controller support that is standard on consoles.

I like big picture mode in Steam, but.... controller support is spotty across Steam games, and personally I think you need both a Steam controller and a DualSense or Xbox controller. Steam also updates itself by default every time you launch, and you have to deal with Windows updates and other irritations. Oh, here's another update for .net, wonderful. [...]

I returned the Steam Deck when I received it - it was larger than expected and just didn't feel ergonomic. The Portal on the other hand almost feels like holding the DualSense. It's a nice, though limited, device.

Even as a non-woman I sometimes like to have my nails done up nice, and sure it’s my choice just as it’s my choice not to purchase products that are fine excluding a chunk of the market. Out of curiosity, do you remember what controller? We are pretty much all DualSense in this house but I’d like to be aware in case we go shopping for new ones at any point

[...] I think glass-looking buttons are great (think Sony's Dualsense controller, Xbox controllers, tbh many controllers have glass-ish buttons) I think it's a nice aesthetic. [...]