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Yesterday the Xbox 360 wired controller I had been using to play PC games for over a decade just randomly died while I was playing Crysis. If I buy a new Xbox One wireless controller will that work on my PC out of the box via Bluetooth without having to buy anything else? I think wireless Xbox 360 controllers needed an extra adapter to work on PC, so I wanna make sure newer controllers don't.

The DS5 works on steam no.issues, the Xbox one wireless works on everything

Xbox One to PC needs a dongle, no?

Not if your pc has bluetooth on board. Heres mine:

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MrBean wrote:

No, it connects thru BT and everything works natively, no dongle or anything.

Same with the DS5 on Steam.

longhornsk57 wrote:

I don't believe that's true with all XB1 controllers, BT was introduced later yeah? My older controllers (specifically my Elite Gen 1) require a dongle on W10/W11.

Looks like you can tell visually which gen controller has BT and which doesn't: https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/hardware-netwo...

ya the only controllers I have are the Series X ones and one Xbox One X one, so for me they are all good. I didn't think people still used the 8 year old ones honestly.

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All Series S/X controllers have BT, only newer XBO controllers do.

I was looking at this controller since it says "latest model" and is listed as being from 2020. Someone asked if it'll connect to Bluetooth without an adapter and Microsoft replied yes, but others are replying saying no and that you need to use a USB-c cable. I don't know who to believe.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/microsoft-controller-...

I have a controller that is older than 2020 and it works without a dongle.

The one you linked 100% will work without a dongle.

@PizzaTheHutt look at the article I linked or DarkFacts pic from the article, that will work on BT.

I've used an older, non BT X1 controller on my PC for years now. If you have an old micro USB cable that does power and data then you can use that to play in PC, no batteries or other interface needed.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

If it's what comes in that box and is shown in that pic, it's got BT.

Thanks for the assistance, gentlemen. I ordered it and should have it by Saturday.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:


I got the controller today. Out of the box it did connect to Bluetooth easily, but when I started up a new Steam game (Batman: Arkham Origins, "new" as in I hadn't played it before) the buttons in-game were not marked properly (X was acting as the A button, Y as B) and I had no control over the right analog stick so the camera would just spin in circles. I did have to connect via USB-c cable to update the firmware and then it was all much better from there. A lot of people complain about having to readjust when playing on Switch because "the buttons are reversed", but for me it's the opposite, Nintendo has been using the same layout since SNES, so that's what I'm used to and it's Xbox that reversed it (or technically Sega reversed it with Dreamcast and MS used their layout).

This is a damn good controller though. A little too early to tell but in the end I might actually prefer it over the Wii U and Switch Pro Controllers.

Having emulated a bunch of games recently using my X1 controller to play SNES and others yes @PizzaTheHutt the reversed ABXY is annoying. But I prefer M$'s layout since I read English from left to right and I believe that Nin went Right to Left since that's how they read in Japan - could be wrong, but BAYX feels backwards to me.
Sony didn't make things better with the blue X being in the 6 o'clock position while it's in the 9 o'clock position on Xbox... oh well.

Well ... totally missed Lost Ark and appears to be a big deal. Downloading now. Anyone else play yet?

Yep. It's a Korean ARPG alright. Nice tiddies but Amazon ain't gettin' no money from me. Also I was terribly, terribly bored before the first hour. The VAs didn't really help much, wasn't bad enough to totally rip, wasn't good. Action's basically like lining up bowling pins and then hitting eight buttons off their CDs to keep them juggling

DarkFact wrote:

Why is it so highly rated on steam? Probably the “tiddies”?

Edit: ah I see. The very high rating were prior to the official release. Now that it’s out and more people are trying it they are calling out the flaws

I mean, my first reaction was "10/10" when I saw them bobas too ;p

I think people are just happy it's not them paying $60 for the MMO again. The price is right, it's bound to attract plenty of excited players. It's fine, it's just a lot dumber than I like my ARPGs, with much worse storyline (so far)

I swear to fudge tho, my assassin looks like she's slicing her ass cheeks off with every step and her hips are 100% anatomically detached from the rest of her skeleton

People are thirsty for PoE2 and D4. You can do a lot worse for nothing

Ended up diving into Orcs Must Die 3 instead. Just good, easy fun.

Shane12m wrote:

Actually, some people are crying cause they're censoring the skimpy clothes in the Western release. Like, real porn exists. Why virgin weebs get so upset over Anime and video game females wearing more clothes is baffling.

Kommie wrote:

Why am I not surprised lol

They also run like that stupid Anime girl way. You know what I mean. I'd be more impressed if a Korean MMO didn't have terrible depictions of women.

Oh yeah. That's what gave away the origin country for me, like I was 50/50 at character creation, but when she started moving I was like "Oh, this is Korean. For sure." I've played enough MMO/ARPGs in my time to know the signs.

They're horny, I get it. It's fine.

Overwatch 2 Beta sign up https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/beta/#beta-opt-in-...

I hope they've got a way to see how quickly people click off that splash banner advertising the open beta to do what they actually opened the app to do.

Knew this was coming at some point.... Wall-E / Ready Player One is inevitable

https://www.razer.com/hypersense-suit?utm_source=s...

Well, this is pretty interesting, curios to see how they price it.

https://www.engadget.com/corsair-xeneon-flex-45wqh...

You just got a monster curved monitor you have no room for!

Glad to see this thread active again.
My GamePass is gonna expire in a few days. I started playing PowerWash Simulator with a friend in co-op. This might sound like a dumb question, but is it possible to take the save file from the GamePass version of the game and purchase the game on Steam and continue my save file on that version, or would that trigger a ban?
I just don't want to start from scratch on Steam because this is such a slow paced game, but I also don't want to keep my GamePass subscription going because my backlog is big enough as it is and it's just pointless to add to it with games that I don't even own.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Is it the pc version, or Xbox version played on PC? If pc, I'd assume you could. Should be the same binaries and save configurations that you could simply copy it over. Don't know from personal experience though.

It's PC version

@PizzaTheHutt In my experience this is very hit or miss. I got this to work with the newer Ori game, but I've also had it totally not work before. Found a reddit thread that implies the save files are not compatible between versions, but as always with something on reddit, take that with a grain (or bag) of salt

https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerWashSimulator/commen...

It REALLY depends on the developer. No Man's Sky actually saw my old Game Pass save when I installed it on Steam, but I started over instead.

Absolutely love my Razer Basilik Ultimate for gaming. Recent redo of my work layout, I want to go wireless.

Looks like the Basilik V3 came out with pro version.
https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/razer-basilisk-v.... Cheaper than retailers but still stupid expensive...

What mouse do you guys use? I miss the old Microsoft Habu mice, definitely my favorite as they were wider for fat hands. I've adapted to the Razer ones but wish they were bigger.

Also, my God, modded Slay the Spire is 100x better then original. The downfall mode is so in depth with more complex cards and strategy. If you haven't played yet, do it! So badass.

Setup the new Basilik v3 Pro. Overall pretty impressed. Glad they finally caught up to Logitech with dynamic/free-flowing scroll. There's also this new side button that slows down your DPI while pressed in ... I don't play enough serious FPS, but I'm assuming geared towards specific scenarios of slowing down your aim (sniping?). The overall build/feel is improved, it feels slightly bigger, but overall, it's not that massive of a jump from the Basilik Ultimate (which is much cheaper).

Ya my go to is the Glorious Model D but that razer is nice too.

Quake on Apple Watch, amazing...

The thousands of hours I spent on Quake growing up when online gaming (heat.net and GameSpy) was taking off. One of my all time favorites, especially after rocket arena came out. Took me like 4 days to download RA through... Man, what was it, where you could pause and resume downloads over the dial up days?

https://gagadget.com/en/165530-the-creativity-of-e...