On the occasion of the chain’s 50th anniversary in the country, McDonald’s Australia announced in recent days a special promotion in which they would give away limited editions of a DualSense control for PS5. Said control would present illustrations of French fries and a hamburger, with the company’s logo in the center and white and red colors on the casing. In addition to yellow for the buttons and pad.
According to report of Press Start, the transmission in which these controls would be officially revealed was postponed. For its part, McDonald’s confirmed that when this was carried out, the thematic controls for PS5 would shine but by their absence.
“Sony PlayStation did not authorize the use of its control in promotional materials related to the broadcast and we apologize for any inconvenience caused,” said a spokesman for the fast food chain.
However, the reality is that McDonald’s DualSense control never had to be promoted because it doesn’t even exist. The design is part of an internal concept that never left the planning phase, therefore, McDonald’s never proposed it to PlayStation. That would have led to a multi-million dollar business alliance not unrelated to these companies.
In a subsequent statement from McDonald’s Australia, the company asserted that “the image was provided to the advertising medium by mistake and there is no commercial relationship between McDonald’s Australia and Sony PlayStation.”
Bad news for everyone hoping to add a combo controller to their PlayStation collection. Would you have liked one of them if it was real?
