The news has well and truly dried up in the wake of E3 2016 – just look at the headline to this article for proof. Yes, it's true: Sony has submitted a filing to the Federal Communications Commission for a USB dongle. The proposed product was submitted by the PlayStation division, but it's unclear what it actually does. Kill us now.
Some good investigative work by DualShockers hypothesises that it could be some kind of PlayStation 4 controller adapter for PCs. The site surmises that the product code is similar to that used for the DualShock 4, while the radio specifications of the adapter match Bluetooth. It's possible, we suppose.
After all, the PS4's controller has become a popular choice for PC gamers – but it's not yet officially supported by the platform holder. A dongle and official drivers could help propel sales of the peripheral that little bit further, and while it's not in the company's interests to support the PC, it makes pure profit on accessories anyway.
[source fccid.io, via dualshockers.com]
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We've hit a new low, readers!
@get2sammyb
Why Sammy? News is news
Maybe it turns out to be some sort of cool device which sends small data packets from the PS4 to the VR processing unit where the data is unpacked to enhance the VR experience. If you read the info on DS's site it seems highly unlikely it's just a simple USB dongle for the controller due to its size, so let's speculate away!
@get2sammyb
Defo a no news day. So how was the holiday? Did you get anywhere good. Your writing seems happier. I'm off to kos in less than three weeks, I'm hoping for a great wind down from my stressful job.I've fully loaded my 64gb vita card with games many I've never played so should keep me company for 2 weeks while my wife and kids sunbathe during the day.
Yeah I imagine this is probably a wireless adapter for pc control.
Yeah I imagine this is probably a wireless adapter for pc control.
What if it connects to our smartphones and allows us to link our ps4 controller and use the phone as a virtual PS vita?! Thus allowing us to install a PS vita app on android/IOS which in effect accesses our whole PSN (Vita/psp/ps1) library. This keeps the PSN ecosystem alive, grows the gaming community, keeps cash flowing into SIE, allows developers to create games which allow physical controls and cross platform gaming rules baby! Oo... to play PSN games on vita & smart devices is so damn sexy!!!
@get2sammyb Without lows, you can't have highs!
Wouldn't be surprising. DS4 is the best controller of current gen and the PC is in need of proper gamepads.
It will join Sony's vault of weird peripherals that will stick around for a short while then disappear into the sunset.
If you do not have many news stories then run one on the closure of the playstation gear website its been closed for a while now @getsammyb
@Grawlog Err... you do realize you listed the DS4 as an example?
And despite your claims, no, there aren't many good PC gamepads.
@get2sammyb This is actually exciting for me owning 2 dualshock 4's. I really hope it's a dongle for PC's gaming!
If the battery can handle it, atm if I use my Triton headset that plug's straight into my controler it drasticly reduce's the abismal battery as it is.
I'm a huge PS fan and im absolutely love my DS4!. But for PC gaming, i use the xbox 360 and keyboard, way more convenience. The xbox 360 controller got more support, lot of games on PC don't even know what the DS3 is, lol.
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