The imaginatively titled “Firmware updater for DualSense wireless controller” app is now available for Windows 11 and 64-bit versions of Windows 10. (People using the 32-bit version appear to be out of luck.) The app can be downloaded from the PlayStation website.
Until now, Sony has not permitted gamers without a PS5 to upgrade the gamepad’s firmware. Sony has finally shown some mercy to individuals who bought a DualSense controller to play PC games. Despite the fact that the PlayStation 5 was released in November 2020, there is still a scarcity of the console. In principle, this shouldn’t be an issue for PC players who purchase a DualSense controller—unless Sony refuses to allow them upgrade the gamepad’s firmware without a PS5. Until now, that is.
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How to Connect Your PS5 DualSense Controller to Your PC. Will this comfort people who’ve been looking to buy a PS5 for almost a year and a half? Probably not. But at least now DualSense owners who don’t have the next-gen console on hand won’t be stuck using out-of-date firmware simply because they’re using the controller with a PC.
Sony notes that PC gamers won’t be notified of new firmware updates automatically; they have to launch the app to see if a new version is available. The company also says that only a single DualSense controller can be updated at a time using the Windows application.
