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Ok, I'm looking to finally get a controller for PC.
What are some of the best options? I have read somewhere that most games only really support the X360 controller. Is this true?
I'm not to fussed about wireless. Just needs to have a good feel and good support for games.
360 controller.
Or if you already have a ps3 then you can get a bluetooth adapter and use that.
So the aftermarket PC-controller range is basically pointless? Is the x360 controller just plug and play?
Or follow these directions and plug the PS3 controller into your PS3 port:
http://www.gamefront.com/how-to-use-...oller-on-a-pc/
Yes and yes. Get the wired one.Originally Posted by Budvar
Or if you already have one just get the wireless receiver.
Agree on 360 wired being best.
360 wired, no doubt. It's the only one that will really guarantee compatibility. Wireless has a common problem that Microsoft doesn't seem to want to fix (right trigger non-functioning) and that developers don't seem to want to work around sometimes.
I have a Logitech F510 that I like. It has an Xinput mode toggle so programs see it as a 360 controller.
http://www.cyborggaming.com/prod/cyborgpad.htm
Get this. It's a 360 controller, only much better.
Better how? Does the d-pad actually work?
I've heard horror stories about the 360 d-pad for fighting games, but I've never tried cyborg with fighting games, so I can't comment on that.
What's great, especially for me, is the ability to switch around the pad and the left stick for the playstation layout. Also, it's fully programmable.
Just get a x360 controller, wired. You plug it in and it works - amazing. I had an admittedly entry level Logitech pad that was annoying, always needed stuffing around with setup, mapping etc to get working.
If you get excited, upgrade to one of the more exotic ones later.
I got the Razer Onza recently. It's a 360/pc USB pad, and their d-pad has a different design..similar to the playstation's plus pad in that the directions are separate buttons. I haven't tried it yet, so someone else will have to give their opinion.
For fighting games: I'd recommend if you want a pad for PC: Hori Fighting Commander 3.
For a stick: go with a Eightarc stick, unless you can mind a Mad Catz TE 360 stick on sale. (PS3 sticks don't work with some AMD boards)
Then again, your only options for fighters on PC are SFIV, emulation, and possibly Skullgirls next year.
There's also BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger and Guilty Gear X2 #Reload for PC.
I'm going to try to get my PS3 Dualshock working on the PC with that Motioninjoy software via Bluetooth. Googling it I found this Bluetooth Dongle on Amazon for $0.10!
I'm hoping the PS3 controller will be better for flying in BF3.
Can you explain further? How exactly is the D-pad borked?
The real 360 controller? The D-pad is "mushy", in that you think you pushed right, but it registers up-right or down-right, or sometimes even down or up. It is impossible to many people to play street fighter and pull off a fireball or an uppercut input consistently. (SF4 works around the problem by changing the input.)
Is it weird that I can't figure out what the functional difference between the Razer Onza and the "Tournament Edition" is? If there is one? I mean, there are some Onzas that feature licensed artwork that cost $60, but I can't figure out the difference between the $40 and $50 models.
I have some old logitech wired dual shock clone (treated me pretty well), a ps3 controller (i have a ps3) and a wireless 360 controller. If i was inclined to play emulated games that i owned, I would use the 360 controller. I do plan to eventually get a bluetooth adapter to try out the ps3 controller though.
It has been a while since i looked in to it, but if you use the official drivers for the gamepad, there is no difference between wired/wireless 360 controller. Well, other than how the wireless 360 controller COMPLETELY EATS BATTERIES. The difference comes in that the wired supports using significantly better 3rd party drivers which offer much greater customization, support and features. At the time i looked in to this, the wireless 360 controller did not support them. Wireless also cost more when i bought mine.
360 controller has in my experience the best plug and play support on pc. Games just support it easily generally and in game icons for controls generally are for the 360 controller.
the ps3 controller supposedly works very well with a 3rd party driver, but i haven't tried to get mine to work on my pc (no bluetooth adapter). However, i don't see a reason to pick ps3 controller over 360 given how no game is going to directly support ps3 controller as anything but a generic gamepad (not a terrible thing of course).
If you just like the ps3 controller better or are playing playstation 1 emulated games on your pc, go with ps3 gamepad. All other situations go with 360 WIRED gamepad. if you insist on going 360 wireless, make damn sure you buy the thing that lets you recharge it via the usb.
Yes, and not just in fighting games. Any game that puts item selection on the d-pad will accidentally select the wrong item half the time. Allegedly the latest revision of the 360 controller has somewhat improved the d-pad, though.
I haven't had any problems like that with the Cyborg V.5.
I use a PS3 controller on my PC. I was trivial to get working on XP, and Windows 7 was like 10 minutes.
(I've always preferred the Dual Shock design to the 360's offset sticks. Personal preference :) )
Update: I just went to try some of the current controllers at the store, and it looks like that new Microsoft revision with the improved d-pad (called "Special Edition"!?) is still only available as a wireless controller for the console, not as a wired Windows version. Crap.
The competitors were clueless as usual. I found a Logitech F310 and a Hama (local no-brand brand) controller which had better d-pads but were worse in every other respect. Guess I'll have to order that Cyborg pad, there don't seem to be any other candidates for a superior Windows gamepad.
It doesn't work with a PC wireless receiver?
Don't know, I don't have a wireless receiver and I don't want a wireless controller for the PC anyway, nor pay extra for that feature.
Seems like it might be that the Tournament Edition lets you adjust the resistance of the analog sticks and the regular edition doesn't?
I ask because the basic 360 wireless controller didn't work in Windows without the receiver either.
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