Hold down the PlayStation button and the Share button on your DS4 controller until you see the light bar start repeatedly flashing. The setup process is refreshingly simple. So instead of keeping the Steam Controller’s unique functionality exclusive, they opened up Big Picture Mode support for every mainstream controller, including the DS4. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late.
I started using it again a few months ago and the experience has matured considerably. I had a hairpulling – frustrating time with my Steam controller and shelved it for over a year. It was an utter market failure since the software was buggy and unreliable at launch. Valve, the company behind Steam, launched their own controller a few years ago called the Steam Controller. There’s an interesting story behind this.
If you’re a Steam user with a PS4 controller, you’re in luck: Steam’s much-maligned Big Picture Mode was updated a while back with native support for the DS4, Xbox One controller, the Switch Pro controller, and generic USB controllers.
Who it’s for: Users who are already part of the Steam ecosystem Read: How to Play PS4 on the Laptop Without Remote Play 1.
