Mouse & Keyboard Compatibility

Dear GGG,

Thanks for your amazing job so far, very happy to be able to play this fantastic early access.

I am (retired) old PC gamer, and now my PC is pretty old hence, I made the choice to buy the PoE 2 on PS5. I was surprised that it is not possible to switch to Keyboard & Mouse option while playing on PS5. PC allows K&M as well as controller option so I was sure PS5 would allow this... Is it a bug to report?!

Playing sorceress is not always convenient with controller, although you implemented an "aiming" option for some spells which is very nice.


Any plan to make this happen (soon) ? Would be amazing!

Thanks !!

We need mouse and keyboard on PS5!

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Need this support, please

I'd like to bump this post and share my use case, specifically Remote Play.

I have a Mac, no PC, so my PS5 is my only option. Given the money I've spent on stash tabs I don't plan on purchasing them for the Mac when you eventually release it on there. I plan on playing throughout the year if I can! I'm happy to keep paying for tabs and mtx on the PS5 to support GGG.

As to why I play via Remote Play, I like to have the trade site open onscreen when I play and I want to talk with my guildmates when we party up.

I find that the keyboard can work when I do a text search in passive tree or stash and in chat but is hugely sporadic (I would say 50/50). I have no idea what causes it to not work from the times that it does.

I think many, like me, would really appreciate the keyboard for chat: trade and guild are most important for that, almost critical. In search it's a nice-to-have. It's a serious blocker to community-building and could use the quality of life boost.

From Playstation's own info (https://www.playstation.com/en-gb/remote-play/#:~:text=Windows%20PC%20and%20Mac,their%20PS4%20or%20PS5%20console
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In games that support hardware keyboards, Windows PC and Mac users have the ability to operate the game using keyboard keys, as if they are using a hardware keyboard connected directly to their PS4 or PS5 console

I've had it work, please just make it work reliably! Thank you