It's a whole scene I haven't gotten into--always thought of it as too much trouble to bother with, as most of my gaming had been on consoles in recent years aside from some retro stuff. Intel Macs of course had Bootcamp, which gave you a whole native Windows install on your Mac and effectively made it a Wintel PC, but I never actually tried that so I don't have a leg to stand on lamenting the loss of it.
Looking into controllers some more, I see some energetic Reddit discussions about "best game controller for Mac" that just come down to personal preference between the design of PlayStation or XBox controllers. My impression is that all the major modern wireless controllers are standard Bluetooth devices and just work. My XBox 360 and first-generation XBox One controllers don't just because they're very old. But even they can be made to work plugged in by USB (with the old USB Micro port).
I see that Apple actually sells PS5 DualSense controllers on their online store, along with a bunch of other third-party options.
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Date: 2024-10-14 12:05 pm (UTC)Looking into controllers some more, I see some energetic Reddit discussions about "best game controller for Mac" that just come down to personal preference between the design of PlayStation or XBox controllers. My impression is that all the major modern wireless controllers are standard Bluetooth devices and just work. My XBox 360 and first-generation XBox One controllers don't just because they're very old. But even they can be made to work plugged in by USB (with the old USB Micro port).
I see that Apple actually sells PS5 DualSense controllers on their online store, along with a bunch of other third-party options.