Still, if you want a keyboard and mouse on the PS4, this is the way to do it.Īll the sources and layouts are up on ’s github where you’re free to create your own. Because the PS4 constantly issues challenges and responses of the authentication procedure, a real DualShock controller needs to be connected to the device at all times. ’s device solves this problem by taking the USB output from a keyboard and mouse, doing the CRC calculations, and sending them out over Bluetooth. To that end, they made the console issue challenges to a DualShock controller to make sure the official controller is always connected over Bluetooth. Sony engineers decided – or were told – that the PS4 shouldn’t be able to connect to any old USB device.
It took a while, but has figured out why keyboard and mouse doesn’t work on PS4, and created a device to enable these superior input devices. Sony implemented a fair bit of software to make sure only officially licensed controllers are able to talk to the console. If you’d like to play BattleCallSpaceMarine on the Playstation 4 with a keyboard and mouse – and have an unfair advantage over everyone else playing on a console – you’d normally be out of luck.
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