8BitDo's Latest Gadget Lets You Play PS1, PS2 with Your PS5 DualSense

While neat and all where exactly are you gonna get a ps1 and 2 that doesn't have rotting tech?

PlayStation Network is more likely to go down than PS1/PS2 consoles.

Of course I have PS2. This looks like "must have" for me.

And I just bought a retro fighters Defender for use with the PS2 because my dog keeps tripping on the cable
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Still it also works with PSX and PS3 and it's better than the DualShock 3.

@Nepp67 lol what. I play ps2 all the time. Ps2 slims were made up until the early 2010s. You can get working PS2s for bugger all on places like Facebook marketplace. Also the retro scene is nuts these days.

Plus, i have a working ps1 from 97 and a psone from 2000

Recently picked up a Rad2x HDMI adapter for my PS2 and I can highly recommend. Playing Soul Reaver 2 at the moment.

Ace — finding working DualShock 1-3s these days is harder than rocking horse poop.

@Geep I was trying to play on an Xbox(To go and play Silent Hill 4) I bought a while back only for the disc tray to crap out on me. That's what's been holding me back from buying a retro system but I've been wanting to buy a retro ps2.

@Nepp67 that sucks. Yeah, some systems do fail. Especially those that weren't looked after. I had a phat PS2 fail, but I find the slims are pretty reliable.

Ah man, I have been playing a lot of PS3 lately and now I finally discover that the DualSense works with that console too already since the PS5 came out, the Sixaxis controller sucks so much, I can't believe that was the standard for like 7 years.

cool, if I ever dust off my PS1 and PS2 I will consider this. Not exactly a Retro-Enthusiast dream, since Retro-Enthusiast like to have original hardware.
But for anyone else (like me) a great device!

Don't own a PS1 (apart from PS3 b/c) or PS2 these days bur could do with a widget to allow DS4s to be used on the PS3 (if you're listening 8BitDo)

That said, I do have 3 fully working original DS3 controllers to use (the DS4 is just much more comfortable than the DS3 or DS5)

@Nepp67 just thinking, Silent Hill 4 is playable on 360 if you have one. I remember it has some odd graphical glitches here and there, but nothing game breaking

That's cool I guess, but I'd rather have one console that consolidates all those games rather than one controller and five consoles under my TV! Imagine Playstation had the desire and nous to make every game for PS1-PS5 available to play on a PS5. Now THAT would be something!

It's cool to see more third party tech become backwards compatible. I use a nice blue retro fighters controller for my PS2 but could use this as a backup for my PS1 in the other room.

@Skeletor85 are you using yours wirelessly? I can use mine fine when it's plugged in but I can't seem to get the bluetooth to work on it.

This is actually pretty cool. I wonder if the latency is okay. PS2 games were pretty sluggish already and adding more latency could make certain games unplayable.

@Geep Igave my brother my 360 since I had no use for it really, but Ill try to find slim ps2 if I can!

Sweet. Now I can play gitarooman with a good controller, and I won't have to buy PS1 or PS2 controllers ever again!!

Cool to have lots of alternatives for playing with wireless controllers, been using brook wingman on my PS2 for a while now and it works flawlessly.

@Andee I have not tried it yet on my PS3, I found about it yesterday that it was possible, but not sure yet wireless or wired. Hopefully I can also use my Edge controller on the PS3 lol

@Skeletor85 Yeah just for a lark I plugged mine in via USB and it worked immediately! Which is ace, as I've found the DualShock 3 D-pad to be far less responsive than I remember...