Shortage of the Astro Bot themed DualSense controller has driven its prices to over twice that of its original cost.
As a result of the shortage, the Astro Bot DualSense controller is being sold by scalpers for nearly as much as 175 US Dollars (via). Fans of the Sony mascot are undoubtedly disappointed by the extremely limited supply of these controllers. Collectors and enthusiasts who weren’t able to purchase the controller at MSRP will have to pay an unreasonable amount of money to get their hands on it.
The limited edition Astro Bot DualSense controller’s design features Astro’s signature blue accents on the handles and buttons, as well as a playful pair of eyes on the touch pad. We must admit, it looks quite spectacular, and is a must-have for fans of PlayStation’s robot mascot. We certainly hope that Sony Interactive Entertainment will make more of these controllers available for fans to purchase in the near future.
Recently, during an interview with Julien Chièze on his YouTube channel, Team Asobi Studio Director Nicolas Doucet shared that the length of the main missions in Astro Bot will be around 12 to 15 hours. He mentioned that at no point during the game’s production did the development team stop and think to themselves about it needing to have a duration of 20 to 30 hours. Instead, they wanted to make a well-paced and consistent game, where each level has the same degree of quality rather than having padded content.
Doucet mentioned that Team Asobi preferred to shorten the length of Astro Bot rather than create a sense of repetition. For the open world concept, they didn’t develop a prototype but simply brainstormed among themselves. When asked about a PlayStation-themed planet, he avoided answering to prevent overhyping and spoiling anything beforehand. The development team contains a smaller team called DualSense 2.0, which consisting of around 4 people dedicated to coming up with new ideas for using the DualSense controller.
