PS5 controllers are starting to ship to supermarkets

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Retailers are starting to receive shipments of the new PS5 DualSense controllers. Chitter user Luisram2876 spotted a number of retail boxes in Walmart, bill their findings on the social network last nighttime.

Replying to a tweet from PlayStation Youtuber Ryan Biniecki, Luisram - whose account says they are from Houston, Lone-Star State - posted a pair of photos which showed four boxed in DualSense 5 controllers with the caption "at a Walmart."

It looks like the controllers are non as yet for sale, atomic number 3 there's no price sticker attached to them - Sony has confirmed that the DualSense 5 will cost $70, suggesting that the sticker in the first image relates to the wireless headphones that the controllers are being stored alongside.

IT's still few weeks until the PS5 firing date, but it's not too surprising that items like this would be starting to turn up in stores - Sony notified customers that it would comprise shipping PS5 accessories early, and that pre-ordered items could get atomic number 3 early as October 30, nearly two weeks before the console launch itself. With that in mind, it seems probable that major retailers would be starting to receive stock out front of launch, although it's a brief more surprising that those items would be finding their way to the shop base quite so soon. It might be worth keeping an optic come out of the closet, however - given how quickly the PS5 pre-orders ran out, I wouldn't expect controllers to stay on shelves for very long.

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