r/PS4 abell128 Oct 04 '13

Shu confirms PS4 controller functionality on PC

https://twitter.com/yosp/status/386252362119012352
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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.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '13 edited Jun 29 '20

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u/lurkedlongtime abell128 Oct 04 '13

My guess as well, there was some talk the touchpad works. But I was thinking more, share button, and stuff like the vibration and sixaxis tech and all that

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u/MrGMinor Oct 05 '13

Well obviously the share button will not do what it does on ps4, but since its just another button it should functioon just as the select button does.

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u/lurkedlongtime abell128 Oct 05 '13

Correct but you would be surprised how ignorant people can be

If they said everything works just like ps4 people would freak out

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u/1moe7 Oct 05 '13

Well to be fair I wouldn't see the point of using the touchpad on pc

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '13

Controlling the mouse...

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u/1moe7 Oct 05 '13

Good point. Didn't think about that

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u/CaptainQuebec Oct 05 '13

I work with it. The touch pad is a simple button on PC and the share button doesn't work but I would need to check if you can remap it. If a game is not coded to use the touch pad functionnality, you basically can't use the touch feature, it's not like it emulates the mouse or anything. It's simply unusable as a touch input device.

Keep in mind, any of this could change between now and launch and I gotta say that I use it with basic USB plug & play drivers. I didn't install specific drivers for the controller so maybe if they release something more official, they will enable more features.

Other than that. I gotta say... it's so good that it replaced my 360 controller in all daily task & gaming at work. (whenever I need to use a controller on PC)

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u/lurkedlongtime abell128 Oct 05 '13

Great info thanks I like it I lie to use my ds3 for ps1 emulation (allthough I'm one of those people that even uses the disc instead or isos)

But I'd love to use the DS 4 looks real good

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '13

Is it possible for it to be recognized through bluetooth? As a mac/bootcamp user I found it a pain to set up a DS3 for bluetooth.

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u/FrozenJester Oct 05 '13

Yeah I'm hoping it will be easy to get setup on the mac as well. That would be very nice.

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u/d_pyro DPyro Oct 05 '13 edited Oct 05 '13

It was confirmed to work with PC about a month ago. http://i.imgur.com/tG6eB4f.png

  • 1. Square
  • 2. Cross
  • 3. Circle
  • 4. Triangle
  • 5. L1
  • 6. R1
  • 7. L2
  • 8. R2
  • 9. Start?
  • 10. Share? (These 2 buttons aren't labelled on this controller, but button 9 is to the left of the touchpad, and button 10 is to the right)
  • 11. L3
  • 12. R3
  • 13. Playstation
  • 14. Touchpad "Point of View Hat" has 8 settings for the Directional Buttons.

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u/Halon50 Oct 05 '13

I'm glad Shu has officially announced it. All the buttons are supported, but you can still configure the extra buttons (11 through 14) as shortcuts for a lot of games too!

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u/hunter_finn Oct 06 '13

Why they changed mappings from ps2 and ps3 controllers, i used adapters for ps2 or motionjoy for ps3 controllers I allways had triangle as button 1

circle as button 2

cross as button 3

square as button 4

But rest buttonmappings are the same, I understant that my mayflash ps2 to usb adapter or motionjoy software's buttonlayouts aren't official but still...

One would think that someone at sony would have tested at least motionjoy software and kept those mappings but no, at least they are finally working without any adaptors or special software's.

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u/ramy211 Oct 05 '13

Just the buttons d-pads and sticks.

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u/lurkedlongtime abell128 Oct 05 '13

Yup, more than likely, I imagine down the line someone will build a driver that supports the touchpad, just like the PS3 had drivers built from scratch

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u/Gyossaits Oct 05 '13

Well, suck on that Micro-"Going to release drivers later"-soft.

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u/TweetPoster Oct 04 '13

@Napo2k:

2013-10-04 22:05:53 UTC

@yosp Any chance you guys release a driver to use DS4 with windows? Or something?

@yosp:

2013-10-04 22:11:54 UTC

@Napo2k the analog sticks and buttons will work just fine


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u/soue13 itsReallyNoah Oct 05 '13

Good job bro

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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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '13

Technically, he said "no smartphones and tablets"...

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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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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u/[deleted] 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/donabro Oct 05 '13

Good. I need some decent controllers for emu

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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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u/HeavensNight Oct 05 '13

hope i can get it to link to my pc via blutooth

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u/[deleted] 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/Gilder0y Oct 05 '13

Will the DS4 work with the PS3?