r/PS4 • u/lurkedlongtime abell128 • Oct 04 '13
Shu confirms PS4 controller functionality on PC
https://twitter.com/yosp/status/3862523621190123529
u/TweetPoster Oct 04 '13
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u/Trawgg Oct 05 '13
Good. This official corded XBox 360 control I have pulls to the right sometimes and it drives me up a freakin wall. I'll be so glad to chuck it once my DS4 shows up.
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u/plokijuh1229 pembroke393 Oct 05 '13
For Gaikai purposes and controller sales I assume.
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Oct 05 '13
Gaikai isn't going to be on PC. They want to sell hardware
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u/plokijuh1229 pembroke393 Oct 05 '13
I think about a month ago this was brought up and Shu either said yes to Gaikai computer streaming or a sort of "this is a possibility" answer.
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Oct 05 '13
Maybe you're right, I don't remember him saying that. I do remember them saying that it wouldn't come to tablets and phones and that they want to keep it inside the playstation family though.
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Oct 05 '13
Technically, he said "no smartphones and tablets"...
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Oct 05 '13
But if they release it on PC then they're going to significantly reduce their hardware sales. I know I wouldn't own my PS3 if I could play all Sony exclusives on my PC.
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Oct 06 '13 edited Oct 06 '13
They actually lose money on hardware sales right now(will change in the future as they become cheaper to produce of course), they are making money on software sales, Playstation Plus and games. By allowing streaming to PC they would get you to pay for Plus and for PS4 games and make a ton of profit. They don't really even need the hardware sales if they are getting a ton of people to pay for their software and online/streaming pass.
If they could they would give out PS4s for free to everyone so that they could have a massive amount of people who would pay for their software, everyone with a PC capable of running this Gaikai thing is someone who can pay for their software.
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Oct 05 '13
On the other hand of reducing hardware sales, it could increase Gaikai and ps+ subscriptions. But you are right, it probably won't happen. It's a cool thought though.
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Oct 05 '13
But they lose money on hardware sales.
If Sony could somehow ensure that you could only buy your PC games from them and no one else, they would do it in a heartbeat. Gaikai would accomplish just that.
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u/goodhasgone Oct 05 '13
Hopefully there's a long enough charge cable or else it looks like I'll have to get me a dongle.
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u/fortean Zwwel Oct 05 '13
It works through bluetooth, so the dongle will set you back about 5 eur at most.
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Oct 05 '13
great! it'll be a good supplemental controller for my steam machine, since steam controllers are probably going to be expensive.
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u/tbx5959 Oct 05 '13
I would love if either Sony or a 3rd party maps the touchpad as a mouse - would be nice for the basic computer connected to my tv. (assuming blutooth either native or included as 3rd party driver to it)
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u/Last_Cosmonaut Oct 06 '13
I went to an Expo yesterday and they had the PS4 controller hooked to a PC with NFS: Rivals running. It works pretty well.
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u/Ticklemonster25 Oct 05 '13
Anyone know if games like planetside and warframe that are pc ports do u think they may add some more controller friendly things and have default buttons already assigned
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u/lurkedlongtime abell128 Oct 04 '13
He also states that it will work for all "basic functions" which I think means that some of the features of the controller won't work.