Thankfully, that's no longer necessary. Sony has released a firmware update tool for Windows that lets you upgrade the DualSense through a USB connection on your PC — no console required.

The update's available to download right now on Sony's last-gen console, and the single patch note suggests that this is an attempt to plug up some potential software exploits.

PS4 update 6.00 is now available to download. The new firmware patch has gone live and includes multiple new features for users.

The PS4 system firmware update 7.50 had some issues, so 7.51 coming out so soon does make sense. 7.50 gave many PS4 users the Error Code SU-42481-9 when trying to download it.

Kurt Margenau, co-game director of The Last of Us Part 2, said Friday that a DualSense firmware update from April fixed haptic feedback for the PlayStation 5 controller when playing PlayStation 4 ...