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This is completely anecdotal, of course, but I recently noticed a couple of Finnish big box retailers not carrying Xbox controllers on their shelves at all. Didn't check if they sold consoles since I was just looking at controllers but I was surprised to see it was just PlayStation, Nintendo and cheap 3rd party PS4 controllers. Very healthy brand
Weird decision since it's the de facto standard for PC gaming.
The standard for pc gaming is m+kb. If you must have a controller, an 8bitdo is better and cheaper than a first party xbox one.
In my experience, physical retailers are most likely to either have nothing for PC gaming or just
Yeah, I can think of like one or two PC games out of my whole collection that it makes sense to use a controller with, and they're both fine with mouse and keyboard, enough that I don't feel the need to get a controller just for that. Now, if I were to end up with one someone was getting rid of, or pick one up dirt cheap gently used, I'd use it, but I don't feel the need to go looking for one.
When it comes to the overall experience, I massively prefer PC gaming, it's just a much better experience for 95% of what I like to play, but as far as the sensory experience, I do really like certain console controllers for their shape in my hands and the button presses. And if you're going to play a shooter game, or really anything with decent combat and good ranged options, something more like an actual trigger than a mouse button to fire does feel really good. (And force sensitive buttons and sticks from older systems are just the best. Mashing the crap out of a button that feels crazy good to press is just peak sensory experience.)
i mostly play games that use controllers and have my pc hooked up to my tv.
Ah, yeah, that's a neat way to do it if that's the type of thing you like. I tend to enjoy things that are more "menus and spreadsheets, the game", and so a controller makes for a simply horrible experience. Like, they're unwieldy enough with the precise pointing you get with a mouse, and keyboard shortcuts, controllers and complex menuing don't mix.
Though I grew up in the Halo era I never had a console so I never picked up the thumbstick aiming skill, and I also favor menu and spreadsheet type games. So the only thing I use a controller for is half assed console ports they didn't bother to make a sensible m+kb setup for like FF7R.