Surprises that life gives you. As we knew, the new PlayStation DualSense It would not be compatible with PS4. It is a decision that we can understand, since the technical improvements included in the controller will remain exclusively in the new generation. However, something we didn't expect is that the new controller would work with PlayStation 3.
Whimsical Compatibility
The youtuber Midnight Man He has taken advantage of the fact that the control unit is already on sale in the United States and has bought a unit to start taking a look at it, with the surprise that he has discovered a peculiarity that he did not expect at all. In addition, he calmed his desire for PS5 a little by being able to use the new controller on his current console, however, not everything went as expected.
First he tried to connect the DualSense on a PS4 through the USB cable, with negative results, and then he tried the wireless Bluetooth connection, something that, although it allowed him to discover the controller in the connection menu, he was unable to establish the connection at any time.
But the interesting thing came when he tried to do the same with his old and beloved PlayStation 3. In this case, the controller worked perfectly when it was wired, and it did the same when he connected it wirelessly. The only option that doesn't work is the PlayStation button.
How to use DualSense on a PS4
The law cheats. Although there is no direct way to make Dual Sense work on a PS4, some clever users have managed to make it work with an extremely simple and effective method. They just had to connect it to a PC or Mac via USB and use the function Remote Play. Obviously it is not the most comfortable or efficient, but it fulfills its promise.
Why is this happening?
It is clear that this is a way to lead the user to the right path. The DualSense will allow the use of certain functions in new generation games that will require the use of this controller, and knowing that many games will require one of these controllers, Sony wants to avoid any type of confusion about which controller to use. when playing.
And obviously I wouldn't want to create doubt about why a game in the PS4 version cannot be played by connecting a DualSense to the console. Surely more than one user has thought of the idea.