I'll guide you through the Steam Input setup process to help you connect your PS4 controller on PC via Bluetooth or wired USB, which will only take a minute or two.

For Bluetooth, it's also the same deal: Press and hold the PS and Create buttons — Create is in the same spot as the DualShock 4's Share button — until the controller's lights start flashing.

The PS5 controller doesn't just work with the PS4, so you must pick up a Bluetooth adapter. This will usually come in the form of a USB device which needs to be plugged into the PS4.

The DualShock 3 isn't quite as easy to use on PC as a modern Xbox controller, but these days it thankfully doesn't require the effort or arcane pile of community-made hardware it once did. And it ...