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[RafterXL]

What's the difference of using the controller via BT and this? BT has worked great for years, for me at least. Genuine question.

Because half the features don't work over BT.

 

[BlackTron]

I can not believe its this easy and Sony in all their infinite wisdom couldnt release a dongle for PC that does this.

Sony does not want PC to work as well as a Playstation.

 

[BennyBlanco]

yeah, kinda retarded at this point.

Especially given other Playstation accessories like their pulse headsets have wireless dongles that work on PC.

And they made a dongle for DS4, before they released any games on PC

 

[Durin]

And they made a dongle for DS4, before they released any games on PC

Lol, omg I forgot about that thing.

Never cared for the PS4 controller shape though, and the dualsense fit my hands way better.

Yeah...I don't get it, especially given the increased frequency that multi-plat games on PC will regularly ship with dualsense support. Even games like Dirt 5 where they weirdly left it out on PC, people modded it back in.

 

[A.Romero]

I've been using the Xbox One dongle for years with regular Xbox One controllers and Elite controllers. So far this has worked better. I've had random disconnects with Xbox since always and despite how nice Elite controllers are, they are lacking modern features.

Steam Controller is not available in my region so this gets my preference as the best solution for controllers on PC.

 

[Giallo Corsa]

I've been using the Xbox One dongle for years with regular Xbox One controllers and Elite controllers. So far this has worked better. I've had random disconnects with Xbox since always and despite how nice Elite controllers are, they are lacking modern features.

Steam Controller is not available in my region so this gets my preference as the best solution for controllers on PC.

The only thing you have to do now is put some TMR sticks/sensors in it and you'll be golden

 

[A.Romero]

The only thing you have to do now is put some TMR sticks/sensors in it and you'll be golden

That doesn't sound bad, actually.

A couple of my controllers already have some drift. Will still work or they have to be installed before drift shows up?

 

[Giallo Corsa]

That doesn't sound bad, actually.

A couple of my controllers already have some drift. Will still work or they have to be installed before drift shows up?

Personally, I've sent both my DSs to a guy I found on Ebay and i couldn't be happier man...
The whole stick drift thing had reached a point where I'd actively change the assigned functions to L3 and R3 in EVERY Gdamned game to other buttons as to prolong the inevitable 'cause frankly, after 3 DSs going bad I couldn't take it anymore.

The fact that MS and Sony sell these pieces of shit for 70-80 eurodollars a pop is disgusting and frankly a scam/planned obsolescence - especially since 8-bit do and Gamesir have 20-30 Eurodollar joypads that have HAL/TMR sticks...

It's the best investment you can do for your gaming IMO, fuck the 220 Eurodollars "alternative" of the Edge "pro" controller (which also has its own share of problems much like MS's Elite one).

And yes, you can install them even after getting drift on the original Alps modules

 

[BlackTron]

Lol, omg I forgot about that thing.

Never cared for the PS4 controller shape though, and the dualsense fit my hands way better.

Yeah...I don't get it, especially given the increased frequency that multi-plat games on PC will regularly ship with dualsense support. Even games like Dirt 5 where they weirdly left it out on PC, people modded it back in.

I think back then, it didn't really matter to them. It was like "why not".

Now that they have some games on PC. They are careful that you can't have as good an experience on PC as a real Playstation.

 

[Gitaroo]

I hope Sony will make one, there is a new official PS arcade stick coming out and it comes with a dongle I think, wonder if that will work

 

[A.Romero]

Personally, I've sent both my DSs to a guy I found on Ebay and i couldn't be happier man...
The whole stick drift thing had reached a point where I'd actively change the assigned functions to L3 and R3 in EVERY Gdamned game to other buttons as to prolong the inevitable 'cause frankly, after 3 DSs going bad I couldn't take it anymore.

The fact that MS and Sony sell these pieces of shit for 70-80 eurodollars a pop is disgusting and frankly a scam/planned obsolescence - especially since 8-bit do and Gamesir have 20-30 Eurodollar joypads that have HAL/TMR sticks...

It's the best investment you can do for your gaming IMO, fuck the 220 Eurodollars "alternative" of the Edge "pro" controller (which also has its own share of problems much like MS's Elite one).

And yes, you can install them even after getting drift on the original Alps modules

Thanks for the info. You are right on all accounts

 

[peish]

Pico 2 is a computer how we know this wont be a security backdoor risk??

 

[Horatius]

Pico 2 is a computer how we know this wont be a security backdoor risk??

it's open source

 

[peish]

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE HAPTICS ADAPTIVE TRIGGERS AND SPEAKER FUNCTIONALITY ON NATIVE BLUETOOTH

I could be wrong but my dualsense can output audio and have haptic trigger, ie the triggers can resist my fingers in steam games, using bt5.3 here

 

[Durin]

I think back then, it didn't really matter to them. It was like "why not".

Now that they have some games on PC. They are careful that you can't have as good an experience on PC as a real Playstation.

I feel like if they were doing that, they'd just disable the features when plugged in via wired too, and also not add additional features for PC versions of games which they've done like 21:9 support, etc.

Either way, someone coming up with a makeshift solution that makes it work wirelessly on PC just seems like they're missing out on money. It wouldn't be that hard to dethrone xbox pads on PC.

 

[BlackTron]

I feel like if they were doing that, they'd just disable the features when plugged in via wired too, and also not add additional features for PC versions of games which they've done like 21:9 support, etc.

Either way, someone coming up with a makeshift solution that makes it work wirelessly on PC just seems like they're missing out on money. It wouldn't be that hard to dethrone xbox pads on PC.

I don't think it's supposed to look like intentional nerfs, they just want the console to represent a turnkey solution. They already know PC beats them in graphics and don't necessarily want PC to just be an automatically better Playstation. Plug in an Xbox receiver and multiple controllers connect to it for multiplayer games like you just turned it into a real Xbox with no effort. I think Sony actually likes if you have to suffer through Windows bluetooth settings to do that because it makes the console look better and somewhat passive aggressively punishes you until getting one. At one point their PC strategy was said to be luring in new customers with IP they will need a system to play timed sequels on. I'm not saying it works, but it was their MO.

 

[KuraiShidosha]

Absolutely embarrassing that Sony couldn't do this themselves. The profit margin they'd probably pull off would be stupid high per unit and I know there are a ton of PC users who use the DualSense and would just buy it by default.

Now with this particular method, I feel kind of iffy on it. I really don't like it just silently running in the background without any direct control over it. Send super sketchy to me. I get that it has a GitHub page and all but this goes way beyond running some open source software on your PC. It's like buying your own physical tool to connect to your PC to give someone local access to your PC you know like how every spooky boogyman security hole requires local access so it doesn't actually matter? This is handing the keys over to someone on your own. I don't know if I can trust it.