PS3 SIXAXIS Controller As PC Gamepad

Unlike most First Person Shooters and strategy games which are best played with mouse + keyboard combo, other genres of PC games such as Third Persons, RPGs, racers, sports, etc which require lots of actions, controls, button combinations and most of all, a full swing 360° movement, doing all these using a keyboard just plain sucks for many gamers, of course that includes me.

Thus, we've got to have an alternative, an all-in-one + handheld device = a GAMEPAD to put us out of this keyboard misery. For folks out there who own a Playstation 3, look no more, the saviour is right beside you, go grab it and play your PC games like how it's supposed to be played (duh, why PC since we've already got PS3? Relax... This post is just about the controller).

Enough crap, now how the hell do I get the SIXAXIS to work with my PC?

1. First, a PS3 SIXAXIS Controller of course

2. A USB 2.0 High Speed A to Mini-B 5(pin), or whatsoever cable they name it, which comes together with the SIXAXIS, used for charging purpose

3. The USB driver, download here, extract all the 3 files and install libusb-win32-filter-bin-0.1.10.1.exe

4. Plug the SIXAXIS into your PC

5. Run ps3sixaxis_en.exe (this file needs to be executed everytime you plug in your controller) and press the PS button once.

Test your SIXAXIS in Control Panel > Game Controllers > Properties

If everything goes well, you're ready to ROCK! Grab any PC games (FIFA, NFS, GRID, DMC4, etc) and start slamming your fingers.

Wait, now I'm confused about the keys, what the hell are these numbers? When customizing the keys, remember this:

For demonstration purpose, I tried it on Devil May Cry 4 which doesn't seem to run well on my noob PC but the buttons work like a charm.

And a demo video over here:

Game Time!