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Best Controller for Steam If You're Used to PS Controllers
By Chris Punches on Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2025
This is the ideal controller for games on Steam if you're used to Playstation layout controllers. Steam doesn't like to use button indicators for Playstation pads (O, [], X, T) but is almost universally compatible with XBOX pad button indicators, so, often in Steam with a PS controller you will have to "just remember" which game indicator maps to which button on your pad, which is awkward and hurts your experience. This pad gives you the best of both worlds, with the XBOX button labels, but PS dpad and button placement, and it's a high quality controller at that. I run mine on Steam on Linux and just use the games' built in controller support and it all works flawlessly with no adjustments.
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I suspected the XBOX branding might indicate this was crap. I was right.
By Dave Rentz on Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2025
If you're hoping that this will be the same great controller that the non-XBOX Pro 2 Wired is, you're in for some disappointment; as was I. First of all, there is no way to plug this controller in as Direct Input (as opposed to X-Input). Normally a button is held down while plugging in a controller to achieve this. Not an option with this controller. It can however be placed in 'Switch-mode' by holding down the Y button while being plugged in. At least, I think that's what it's doing. So if it has a 'Switch-mode', why not let us hold a different button for Direct Input? There is also no convenient way to set a button to turbo. They claim this can be done in their software, but that's a hassle, and their software is crap anyway. Having found their software to useless every other time I tried using it, I didn't even bother to check. I mean, it doesn't even allow us to bind a keyboard key to a button. If all that weren't enough, there's currently no way to update the controller's firmware, which could've been used to address the above concerns, should 8bitDo wish to. Neither of the two applications made available by 8bitDo can even detect that the controller is connected, let alone update it. As far as I can tell, it does function as an XBOX controller should, in the most superficial sense. Though I believe that even an official XBOX controller can be plugged in to a PC as a Direct Input controller (again, as opposed to X-Input). The controller has 8bitDo's usual high-quality feel to it, but those missing features are just inexcusable. If all you plan to use this controller for is XBOX stuff, then it's probably fine. Though do keep in mind that 8bitDo's usual method of toggling a button to turbo-mode is missing from this controller. I'll be keeping it only to de-solder the hall effect sticks and mod them into the vastly superior (normal) Pro 2 Wired Controller. As, inexplicably, that model is the only 'stick-ed' controller that 8bitDo DOESN'T offer with the option of hall effect sensors.
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