The PS3 now supports the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller wirelessly

2 Jul 2014

Steve Wright

If you’d rather use the PS4’s far-superior DualShock 4 wirelessly on your PS3, you’re now in luck.

Sony recently enabled wireless support for the DualShock 4 on PS3 in the console’s latest firmware update.

The controller doesn’t support motion or vibration — any may not work with every single title — but it’s still much nicer to use than the flimsy DualShock 3 in our opinion.

If you need a hand getting the controller paired, you can head to a helpful Reddit post here.

The DualShock 4 has worked via USB connection with the PS3 for quite some time now.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.