PlayStation’s Accessories app lets players customize their DualSense Edge controllers on Windows PC — here’s what you need to know
Players on Windows PC can now use the PlayStation Accessories app to set up custom DualSense Edge profiles.
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What you need to know
Using PlayStation controllers on Windows PC just got better.
Sony rolled out an update to the PlayStation firmware updater for PC on Tuesday, retitling it as the PlayStation Accessories app. Using the Accessories app, players can now customize their PlayStation 5 DualSense controllers on PC. This includes button reassignment, adjusting thumbstick sensitivity, and tweaking the trigger deadzones.
Players can also set up multiple custom profiles, so if you go from playing a shooter like aCall of Dutygame to an adventure title likeGod of War, you can easily swap your settings without having to fine-tune your controller all over again. You can easilydownload the PlayStation Accessories appright now.
DualSense Edge
The DualSense Edge is PlayStation’s premium controller offering, letting players tweak and customize different aspects. Thanks to the new Accessories app, PC players can also set up profiles for games and tinker with ease.
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Analysis: A cool offering for a higher-end controller
Obviously, this rollout is mainly beneficial to those that buy the $200 DualSense Edge, with regular DualSense owners limited to continuing to update their firmware. Even so, it’s cool to see.
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PlayStation has been slowly but steadily embracing more PC support, including bringing Trophies to PC earlier in the yearstarting with Ghost of Tsushima.
With thelist of PlayStation Studios games on Windows PCcontinuing to expand, more and more games on PC are taking advantage of the DualSense’s unique haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, including previously PlayStation console exclusives like Marvel’s Spider-Man and Returnal.
Looking ahead, not much is known about PlayStation’s upcoming slate of games, but the PC port of God of War Ragnarök is hitting PC on Sep. 19, 2024. Meanwhile, both theUntil Dawn remakeand LEGO Horizon Adventures are headed to Windows PC in October 2024 and at some point later in the year, respectively.
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance writer covering gaming news, previews, reviews, interviews and different aspects of the gaming industry, specifically focusing on Xbox and PC gaming on Windows Central. You can find him on Twitter@SamuelTolbert.
