This is a big improvement over the first option available for PS4. But the buttons are cumbersome. I never got around to using it without looking at it. About a year later it just stopped working. The TV controls work all the time (power and volume) but as soon as you turn on the PS4 the PS4 controls work for about 10 seconds and then stop. If you take out and replace the battery, it will work for another 10 seconds. Even with new batteries. It's just frustrating. Why can't Sony just make a good one like they did for the PS3? I would have bought it in a jiffy instead of that third party junk. I've tried reprogramming, ripping/matching. It's always the same result. He also ate batteries like crazy when he was working.