Hopefully, you’ll be able to show off your PS5 to guests without them commenting on the brown hand grease all over your controller.

Finally, a chance to shut mouse and keyboard devotees up by adding a trackball to a gaming controller. According to the patent the controller is also aiming to be a Jack of all trades that hews closer to the versatility that PC gamers have at their beck and call:

What the DualSense is right now, is an impressive step forward in input technology that finally brings the peripheral closer in line with the next-gen experience. Games like Astro’s Playroom are groundbreaking not only to experience but because they represent the future of what’s possible. And right now, that future has me very excited.

Here’s where an old adage comes into play though: Looks can be deceiving. Microsoft’s new controller ties into an idea of refinement for its latest generation and thus results in a controller that works in an ecosystem of consoles. While it looks exactly the same, the actual physical sensation is something completely different and far more subtle.

Good good good, good vibrations!

The PS5's DualSense aims to rectify many of the shortcomings of the DualShock 4, while introducing a few new features of its own along the way.

Sony has detailed how your arsenal of peripherals will function on the PlayStation 5, and for the most part in which you can read the next line in a Professor Farnsworth voice, it’s good news everyone!

Which sounds impressive, until you realise that really only means a battery life of 4-5 hours in general. (We're joking, send us hate-mail for our stance on Marmite being rubbish please.)