How to Fix PS4 Controller not Connecting with PlayStation 5

Mar. 1, 2021

Even though the PlayStation 5’sDualSense controlleris pretty great, and I really love the newCreate buttonon it, your old DualShock 4 isn’t useless. In fact, you can easily use the PS4 controller with your PS5 to play PS4 titles on your new console. That’s pretty great, but sometimes, you might find that your PlayStation 4 DualShock controller isn’t connecting with your PS5. If that’s happening to you as well, there’s a very easy fix. Here’s how to fix PS4 controller not connecting with PlayStation 5.

PS4 Controller Connection Issues with PS5 (Fixed)

Even though I play a lot of the new PS5 titles, some of the games I enjoy playing with friends are made for the PS4. Things like Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat, and Cricket 19 are all PS4 games. That means I can easily connect a PS4 controller to the PS5 and use it to play local multiplayer games on PlayStation with friends. Plus, you caninstall PS4 games on an external hard diskon PS5 which is great to save storage.

However, recently I came across an issue where the PS4 DualShock would just not connect to my PS5. Pressing the PS button simply flashes the light strip white for a bit before the controller turned off again. I tried charging it, and using a USB cable to connect it to the PS5 but to no avail.

In this article I will tell you how to solve this problem easily, so read on.

If your old DualShock 4 isn’t connecting with your PS5, here’s what you need to do.

You can now select the user that is using the DualShock 4 controller and start playing local multiplayer games on your PlayStation 5 without two PS5 controllers.

Since the new DualSense controller is miles ahead of the PS4 DualShock controller, you can’t play PS5 games with the old PS4 controller. However, every PS4 game that you have installed on your PS5 can be played with the PS4 controller without any issues.

Most of the time, you can easily connect the DualShock 4 with the PlayStation 5 and play your favourite games without a hassle. However, sometimes things do mess up a bit, making it difficult for the controller to pair with your console.

Now that you know how to fix this seemingly tiny, but really annoying problem, go ahead and play all your favourite PlayStation 4 games in local multiplayer mode with your friends. Also, if you are keeping the old PS4, click on the link to check out how you canuse PS5 remote play to play games on your PS4.