PlayStation Gang | DualShock 4 Somewhat Compatible With PlayStation 3

DualShock 4 Somewhat Compatible With PlayStation 3

By Eric Swain On October 22, 2013 News PS4 comments

YouTube user Udetto decided to see if the PlayStation 4 controller, the DualShock 4, would be compatible with the previous console. He tried it out on camera with Urban Trial Freestyle and found the controller to work perfectly.

He was able to navigate the levels no problem and it was responsive to all buttons and combinations. However, it seem FIFA 14 wasn’t working as well. The menus were fine, but it was really iffy on everything else.

However, it seems that it only worked with the controller was plugged in. Games that require the controller to be wireless or in wireless mode will not work.

<span class="fb"><span class="fb"></span></span> <p></p> <p>Sony previously announced that the DualShock 4 would not be compatible with the PlayStation 3. Instead it seems that they would not support compatibility, but given that lot of the tech could still be the same, latent compatibility seems to be the case.</p> <p>The DualShock 4 comes packed in with the PlayStation 4, which will launch soon in November.</p> <p> </p> <div class='dd_outer'> <div class='dd_inner'> <div id='dd_ajax_float'> <div class='dd_button_v'> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> </div> <div style='clear:left'></div> <div class='dd_button_v'></div> <div style='clear:left'></div> <div class='dd_button_v'> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js'></script> </div> <div style='clear:left'></div> </div> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> var dd_offset_from_content = 50;var dd_top_offset_from_content = -220;var dd_override_start_anchor_id = "";var dd_override_top_offset = ""; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.playstationgang.com/wp-content/plugins/digg-digg//js/diggdigg-floating-bar.js?ver=5.3.6"></script>