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Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick

Sony is delaying the launch of its FlexStrike fight stick controller for PS5 and PC, which had been set to launch on August 6th, to an unspecified date in the future. The company blames the launch on "unexpected production delays." The original planned launch of the FlexStrike would have lined up wi...

Sony delays its new PS5 fight stick
Image: The Verge

Sony is delaying the launch of its FlexStrike fight stick controller for PS5 and PC, which had been set to launch on August 6th, to an unspecified date in the future. The company blames the launch on "unexpected production delays." The original planned launch of the FlexStrike would have lined up with the release date of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, a Marvel-themed fighting game developed by Arc System Works that PlayStation is publishing.

"We wanted to share an update on the launch timing for FlexStrike wireless fight stick," Sony says in an update to a PlayStation blog post about the controller and other accessories. "Due to unexpected p …

Read the full story at The Verge.

Originally published at The Verge

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