How to connect a gamepad from Xbox to PS or vice versa

Fans of games on consoles can face such a problem: at the PlayStation itself, and at a friend's Xbox. In this case, you will not be able to come to visit with your joystick and chop into FIFA or Mortal Combat. Or will it succeed? British scientists have found a way to replace gamepads from two competing game consoles.

How to replace the gamepad from the Xbox 360 to play on the PS4.

It should be understood that although there are options for connecting the joystick from the Xbox 360 to the PS4, the device cannot make a complete replacement. This is especially true of the new generation of consoles. On the DualShock 4 there is such a thing as a touchpad, which is not on the Xbox One gamepad. So not all video games will calmly react to such castling. But it is still worth a try, especially, for example, if you dreamed of a new HBox, but got used to Sony's joysticks.

Old generation

The old generation of consoles - PS3 and Xbox 360 - is bad because it is old, but at the same time it wins in the number of devices that they managed to come up with. Of course, you will not be able to reprogram gamepads from these consoles, but you can buy an adapter, of which there are several to choose from.

Cross battle adapter

This is such a simple device, which is a USB wiring and a small panel with a socket. The Battle Adapter works exclusively through wire. That is, to play via Bluetooth, as it can on the PS3, will not work. When you purchase additional accessories, this flaw can be corrected. Or just play with a joystick that connects via a USB flash drive. One of the advantages is the cheapness of this adapter, it costs about a thousand rubles, much cheaper than the devices that will be discussed further.

Titan one

The device is already for those who are serious. "Titan" can not only interconnect the console from Sony and the Xbox 360 gamepad, but also configure the device for normal operation. In addition, it connects various joysticks to a PC or Android. You can set various options through the computer. Titan One consists of a small flash drive, which must be connected to the console. A gamepad is connected to it, and it transmits modified signals to the system in order to control the console.

Titan One is sold only abroad, in Russia it will not be possible to find it in any store. Therefore, the device should be searched only on sites like Ebay or Aliexpress. The price is already much higher - 6–8 thousand rubles.

Cronusmax

CronusMax has similar characteristics, but the creators do not position their offspring as something serious and professional. This is also a small flash drive inserted into the console. It not only connects the incompatible, but also performs a number of functions that some gamers would be interested in.

  • Fine tune your mouse and keyboard. This is for fans to play on the PlayStation using PC-shnyh tools. They do not always work as desired.
  • Modification of gamepads. Why do fatalities in Mortal Combat on their own, if you can “bind” the buttons? Such an application of this feature is the most innocuous, and for cheaters in online games there will be just a expanse here.
  • Macro programming. The macro here is about the same as setting up your controller. It allows you to think through various combos yourself or just download them.

CronusMax is already in the Russian Federation, but also not widely distributed. You can buy it for 3-4 thousand rubles.

New generation

With PS4 and Xbox One, things can be a little more difficult. Still, the prefix saw the light quite recently and did not have time to come up with various ways of circumventing the restrictions. However, two giants in this area have not left gamers in trouble. This is Cronus and Titan One. CronusMax Plus - the new model of the Cronus. Developers had time before all. This device allows you to play on the PS4 even through the controller of the Xbox One Elite. CronusMax Plus costs 3900 rubles.

Titan One is also not far behind. Their device supports PS4 and HBox gamepads, but you can connect wirelessly only with DualShock 4. Microsoft fans will have to stay away from the TV at a distance of cable.

More about joysticks

In fact, the controllers are not such a misfortune to look for ways out of interchange. If you have a PS3, then you should not worry at all. For this console, there are a lot of gamepads from different manufacturers. Some of them are very similar to Ixbox, but they will cost twice as cheap.

Developers at Microsoft are much stricter about this. Play with a non-native joystick will not work. With the PlayStation, in general, you can play on the third console controller from the fourth. It is possible that for PS4 there will soon be many cheap devices from the Chinese. Then an ordinary gamer will not have to spend four, or even eight thousand to buy a very smart adapter to connect the joystick from the Xbox to Sony.