Sorry about all the PS5 threads, excitement of a new owner and all. I thought this thing would be a gimmick and had people telling me it's no different than HD Rumble in the joy cons. This could not be further from the truth, this thing changes the way games feel to play and adds to games in a way that makes them better, turning off the feature in returnal and the game feels lesser for it. The triggers especially are next level in immersion for the sense of touch. 

9th gen is much of the same but this is clearly a huge step up especially for games with Guns and driving (Cyberpunk driving is so fucking gool). I'm super excited about the future of haptics now and hope this thing succeeds. The motion controls and touch pad survived the jump, two great features, I hope this will survive the next jump and evolve in some way. 

Gimmick. I turned that crap off. More distracting then valuable.

I was not expecting to hear out right gimmick. Different strokes and all.

Pretty much.  Rumble was cool in the N64 era but just is whatever for me.  

I wouldn’t say it’s a “game changer”, but I also hesitate to call it a gimmick. Complements the games it works for very nicely! For instance, TLoU:Pt1 with its wide range of trigger resistance. Helps make the game far more immersive, as well as giving the player a greater sense of feel with their inputs.

It’s sort of a take-it-or-leave-it thing with me. I’m glad it’s there but I wouldn’t lose any sleep if it was suddenly gone.

I'll put it this way. If a game was available on Switch, PS5, and XBox, whether or not it took advantage of the Dualsense's features would have zero impact on my purchasing decision.

How do you feel when you turn it off in a game that's making good use of it? Does the game feel less... impactful and weighty?

I don't think I ever turned it off. I felt at some points it worked well and other points it was kind of annoying. But never annoying enough that I felt the need to turn it off. 

I still use a PS3 gamepad when gaming on my PC, despite having a PS5.