DualShock 4 Will Be Compatible with Windows
Sony’s new controller is a strange machination to be sure, but,
according to Sony head honcho Shuhei Yoshida, the DualShock 4 will be
compatible with Windows at launch. However, only the buttons and the
joysticks will work. All the other little niceties will still be
reserved for PS4 use only.
For most of us though, this tidbit is irrelevant. How many of you are actually going to ever even think about using a DualShock 4 on your computer? Better yet, how many of you have a Mac? On second thought, don’t answer that.
This means it should be easily
plug-and-playable, but it doesn’t mean it’s going to be easily picked up
by PC games. You may still have to put some third party software to
work to get your PC games to notice your DualShock 4.
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. I’m sure someone out there
already has a method for getting the DualShock 4 to work on PC as it
does on the PS4. You may need some obscure pieces of hardware that
didn’t initially come with your computer to get all the bells and
whistles to work, but you can still do it, and that’s the point.For most of us though, this tidbit is irrelevant. How many of you are actually going to ever even think about using a DualShock 4 on your computer? Better yet, how many of you have a Mac? On second thought, don’t answer that.
