New PS5 controller will let you take the battery out says rumour

The newest PS5 console model revision is already out in the wild, and a new version of the DualSense controller will apparently follow suit.

There has been a lot of chatter this month, of Sony launching new PlayStation 5 models, with one having less storage space yet still costing just as much as the current version.

The other rumour is for the PS5 Pro and although it apparently won’t see a downgrade in storage, any improvements or changes are so minor that they won’t be discernible to the average customer.

Sony itself has yet to formally acknowledge either of these rumours, but now it’s claimed that there are plans for a new model of DualSense controller as well – one that comes with a removable battery.

Sony had previously launched a V2 model of the controller with improved battery life, so this new one is apparently labelled the DualSense V3. The only reported change, though, is that you can physically take out the battery.

This is according to Polish website PPE, which itself says it obtained the information from the same source who leaked Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024’s PlayStation 5 port ahead of last week’s State of Play reveal; as well as details about a physical release of The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, which has since become available for pre-order.

By removable battery, PPE likely isn’t referring to AA batteries or anything, but instead the internal battery that you normally can’t get to without dismantling the controller.

Game controllers nowadays come with chargeable batteries, although you typically can’t take them out yourself. If this new DualSense is legit, then it will make swapping in a new battery much easier, in the event it ever needs to be replaced.

PPE adds that the controller launches this November and will not only replace the current model but be bundled with a new model of the PS5 Pro.

Presumably, it’s referring to the same model that was rumoured last week, with PPE saying it’ll use 3% less energy than the current Pro model.

All these hardware revisions are no doubt happening because Sony has figured out a way to make these versions cheaper to manufacture, allowing the company to keep selling its products at a profit without further raising prices, as it has already done due to US president Donald Trump’s tariffs.

It seems like these revisions will arrive with zero fanfare from Sony, as evidenced by how the first rumoured PlayStation 5 model is now available for purchase without any sort of announcement.

You can find it listed on the PlayStation Direct website (replacing the previous 1TB digital edition), and YouTuber Austin Evans recently secured one and posted a video comparing it with the previous model.

According to Evans’ findings, the newer model is notably lighter and has a full matte finish, whereas the top half of the previous model was made of glossy plastic.

He also found the new model has ‘the exact same performance, the same thermals, the same power delivery’ as the previous one, which he would praise Sony for were it not for the reduced storage size.

‘They have saved themselves even more money, but they have taken none of that savings and passed it down to you,’ said Evans.

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