How To Register A Ps4 Controller To Ps3

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How to use a DualShock four wirelessly with a PS3

It's a kind of magic.

It's possible to get your PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 controller working wirelessly with your PlayStation 3 following a recent update to the panel.

Sony recently issued a new update for the PS3 that quietly added back up for the DualShock 4 controller without the utilise of a micro USB cable. Previously you had to apply a cable for it to work.

Reddit user shafiggy16 noticed the change, and nosotros've verified it works.

Here's how to get set upwards:

Later downloading the PS3 update, you need to register your DualShock 4 as a Bluetooth device, which requires you hold downwardly the PS and Share buttons once you've disconnected it from USB.

After doing that, you'll exist able to utilize the DualShock 4 wirelessly, but it acts as a generic controller, and so at that place are some features that do not work, such as rumble and Sixasis Motion.

And information technology doesn't work with certain games, besides, such as Gran Turismo 6 (there'southward an in-development compatibility listing over on PlayStation Trophies which is worth a expect). But Nighttime Souls ii, for example, works fine.

Here are the steps: