- After that, connect PS4 controller to PS3 console with the following steps. Step 1: Connect the PS4 controller to the PS3 console through a USB cable. Step 2: Switch on the controller and the console. Step 3: Navigate to Settings Accessory Settings Manage Bluetooth Devices.If you don't have other Bluetooth devices paired, you will see the message stating that The Bluetooth device has not.
- We have mapped these PS3 commands to the wireless controller touchpad. Click the left side for SELECT and the right for START, just like the DUALSHOCK 3 controller. Make sure that you click the touchpad as this will not work if you touch or tap it. Connecting wireless controllers to PS5 consoles and PS4 consoles.
It's finally happened: Sony just made it possible for players with PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 controllers to connect them to their PS3s without tethers.
You could previously mate a DualShock 4 to a PS3 by plugging the former into the latter directly, using the USB cable, but the PS3 wouldn't recognize the DualShock 4 absent that cable. Now that's possible using good ol' Bluetooth, to the extent that tapping the DualShock 4's PlayStation button will even wake up the PS3 properly.
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The 'fix' arrived unceremoniously with a low-key PS3 firmware update (version 4.60, which dropped on June 24), or at least that's the presumption some are making at Reddit, though there was also a PS4 firmware update to version 1.72 released around the same time, which for all we know did something to the DualShock 4 controller itself.
Here's the blow-by-blow:
- Under 'Accessory Settings' on your PS3, locate and select 'Manage Bluetooth Devices.'
- Select 'Register New Device.' The PS3 will begin Bluetooth scanning.
- Simultaneously press and hold the DualShock 4's 'Share' and 'PS' buttons until the controller's light bar starts blinking. The controller should appear in the PS3's list as a 'Wireless Controller.'
Trouble is, that designation — 'Wireless Controller' — means the PS3 still sees the DualShock 4 as a generic controller, thus neither SIXAXIS nor haptic feedback nor its DualShock 4-specific features (like the touchpad) are going to work properly, meaning you're liable to run into compatibility problems with certain games.
The other piece to bear in mind is that the DualShock 4 can only sync with one device at a time, so if you pair with your PS3, you'll have to re-pair with your PS4 and vice versa if you frequent both. All told, wonderful as the DualShock 4 gamepad is (it's my personal favorite on any platform at the moment), I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. But if you want to fiddle anyway, no strings attached, now you can.
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- After that, connect PS4 controller to PS3 console with the following steps. Step 1: Connect the PS4 controller to the PS3 console through a USB cable. Step 2: Switch on the controller and the console. Step 3: Navigate to Settings Accessory Settings Manage Bluetooth Devices.If you don't have other Bluetooth devices paired, you will see the message stating that The Bluetooth device has not.
- We have mapped these PS3 commands to the wireless controller touchpad. Click the left side for SELECT and the right for START, just like the DUALSHOCK 3 controller. Make sure that you click the touchpad as this will not work if you touch or tap it. Connecting wireless controllers to PS5 consoles and PS4 consoles.
It's finally happened: Sony just made it possible for players with PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 controllers to connect them to their PS3s without tethers.
You could previously mate a DualShock 4 to a PS3 by plugging the former into the latter directly, using the USB cable, but the PS3 wouldn't recognize the DualShock 4 absent that cable. Now that's possible using good ol' Bluetooth, to the extent that tapping the DualShock 4's PlayStation button will even wake up the PS3 properly.
Ultra-fast processors, high-performance system, real-time game sharing, remote play and lots more makes it the ultimate companion device. PS4 PRO 1TB MRP Rs 38,710 /- (inclusive of all taxes.
The 'fix' arrived unceremoniously with a low-key PS3 firmware update (version 4.60, which dropped on June 24), or at least that's the presumption some are making at Reddit, though there was also a PS4 firmware update to version 1.72 released around the same time, which for all we know did something to the DualShock 4 controller itself.
Here's the blow-by-blow:
- Under 'Accessory Settings' on your PS3, locate and select 'Manage Bluetooth Devices.'
- Select 'Register New Device.' The PS3 will begin Bluetooth scanning.
- Simultaneously press and hold the DualShock 4's 'Share' and 'PS' buttons until the controller's light bar starts blinking. The controller should appear in the PS3's list as a 'Wireless Controller.'
Trouble is, that designation — 'Wireless Controller' — means the PS3 still sees the DualShock 4 as a generic controller, thus neither SIXAXIS nor haptic feedback nor its DualShock 4-specific features (like the touchpad) are going to work properly, meaning you're liable to run into compatibility problems with certain games.
The other piece to bear in mind is that the DualShock 4 can only sync with one device at a time, so if you pair with your PS3, you'll have to re-pair with your PS4 and vice versa if you frequent both. All told, wonderful as the DualShock 4 gamepad is (it's my personal favorite on any platform at the moment), I'm not sure it's worth the trouble. But if you want to fiddle anyway, no strings attached, now you can.