Weirdness: Be Careful When Playing Dark Souls II with a DualShock 4

BeoTeK

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Strange happenings, I know some of you have PS4, just a friendly warning.

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There’s no doubt that the DualShock 4 is an infinitely superior controller to its PlayStation 3 counterpart, providing tighter sticks, vastly improved triggers, and a much more ergonomic shape. As such, it’s not overly surprising that gallant gamers would want to use the overhauled device with From Software’s challenging action adventure Dark Souls II. However, if you happen to prefer the fresh peripheral, you may want to ensure that your PlayStation 4 is properly powered down before using it with the aforesaid title – or any game for that matter.
Indeed, while the sequel to Bandai Namco’s borderline impossible role-playing smash works perfectly with Sony’s new input device, if the peripheral is also synced to your super machine, then there may be trouble more maddening than an unbeatable boss lurking ahead. One member on the Rllmuk forums noticed that after a particularly challenging session with the recently released game, their DualShock 4 controller had also been busy buying goods on their next-gen console.
“Playing Dark Souls II on the PS3 with my PS4 controller, I leave my PS4 on as it is downloading updates,” the user explained. “Turns out that the controller can control both [platforms] at the same time. So my inputs on Dark Souls II buy me FIFA 14 on the PS4 (a game that I already own) and a British Cop skin pack (I don't even know what this is). I got an email on my tablet telling me so.”
Naturally, as this comes down to user error, Sony is not offering a refund at this time. You should use this story as a lesson moving forwards, though: if you’re going to use your PS4 controller on the PS3, make sure that your next-gen console is completely unplugged first. Additionally, it’d probably be wise to turn on password authentication on the PlayStation Store, further preventing any potential purchase mishaps in the future.
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Posting from iPad, apologize for poor formatting.
Source: http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2014...when_playing_dark_souls_ii_with_a_dualshock_4
 
hahaha... Well, that's one of the more interesting cautionary tales I've come across :D

I'd've thought that password-protecting your purchases would've been a given though. Could've saved the poor guy some grief :p
 
Wasn't aware the DS4 was compatible with the PS3, so that's nice to know. Seems pretty obvious to me that it would probably control the PS4 at the same time if it were on though so that is a user error indeed.
 
I use DS4 whenever I game on PS3 and have never had this problem. Whenever I switch controllers I just put my console into sleep mode and viola, no purchases over PSN.
 
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