Are the PS5 DualSense controller features 100% exclusive to it?

@REDRA-11 You're better off tagging EA and Codemasters staff here like @EA_Kent or shooting them a tweet.

The Impulse Triggers isn't really comparable. The Xbox controller uses a rumble motor on the triggers, the same kind it has on the handles. It's just rumble. The adaptative triggers of the Dualsense actually increases and decreases tension and can create distinct pressing stages or stops along trigger travel.

The same with the haptics. Xbox controllers still uses standard rumble motors:

Its an asymmetrically weighted contraption that produce vibrations when it spins. 

The Dualsense use a kind of voice coil actuator:

Like this on the inside:

It's a coil that will produce vibration corresponding to the current that passes through it. It's that much different from how a headphone or speaker works.

The amplitude and precision are considerably greater. Just think of how it actually needs some time for the rumble pack to get going and to stop completely on a regular controller, whereas with a voice coil/resonant actuator you can play with it instantaneously. Better yet, the haptics and feed on the audio engine of the game – so quite literally a headphone, but producing vibrations instead of sound.

All in all, I won't count on it. Will probably have good feedback but I don't think they can be equated.

Hey @REDRA-11, 

As far as I know the DualSense features would only be available on PS5 using the DualSense controller. 

In F1 2021 on PC, the adaptive trigger feature of my ps5 controller works. Would be a shame if it doesn't on F1 22.

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@D4mnr1ght wrote:

In F1 2021 on PC, the adaptive trigger feature of my ps5 controller works. Would be a shame if it doesn't on F1 22.

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Nobody above was suggesting otherwise. The question was about other controllers but as they lack the hardware functionality it can't happen.

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@mariohomoh wrote:
@Ultrasonic_77actually OP did ask "Are they available when using any of these controllers on PC as well?" and EA_Kent answer says or at least implies no.

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Good point 🙂. My bet is the performance on PC will be the same as on F1 2021 but hopefully @EA_Kent can check and confirm one way or the other.

Hello. I worked on some of these features and can confirm the haptic feedback is exclusive to DualSense. This isn't our decision, other controllers simply don't support haptics in the way the DualSense does. You'll find the vibrations on things like surfaces feel a lot more granular than they do on other platforms. The controller speaker functions will work on PS4 and PS5 controllers, again this feature isn't available on other controllers. As for the resistive triggers, this is nothign to do with my work but once again they are exclusive to the PS5 controller so other platforms will not provide this feature.

I have no idea what any of that means.