Steam makes everything easiest, but with a little outside help, even games from the Microsoft Store will play perfectly with Sony's controller.

Using an Xbox controller is still probably the best way to get gamepad inputs into your PC games, but if you don't have one of those and you do have a PS5, then this is a perfectly fine alternative. From here on out you just need to load up your games and, well, play them. Press and hold the central PlayStation button and the Share button until the lightbar on your controller flashes. You might need to reboot your PC and re-connect the controller after you first install the drivers.Īssuming all goes to plan, DS4Windows will now recognize your controller. You'll be prompted to install some drivers, so go through those, and then ensure that Start has been enabled. It's a good idea to head straight into the settings and tell it to launch at startup (and minimized if you don't want to see it) to avoid having to open it manually. Download and extract the DS4Windows app, and launch it. Hook up your PS5 controller to your PC using one of the methods detailed above. I ran tests using a modified version of DS4Windows that allowed emulated controllers to be picked up, and then visualised the gyro/accel in PadTest.

DS4Windows is an extract anywhere program that allows you to get the best DualShock 4 experience on your PC. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Get the best gaming experience with state of the art features, gamepad customization and less input latency on a PS3/PS4/PS5 Controller.

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