Yeah about the xbox thing. I recently got into gaming at the tender age of 36 and bought my first joystick for MSFS, Gamepad with two little joysticks for playing platform games and a steering wheel with gear shift for car games.
So during this whole process I realized that most gear has two versions, a PC/PS4 version and a PC/Xbox version.
The PC/PS4 version doesn't actually work in Windows. I had to get the PC/Xbox version to work in games like Forza Horizon. Even though their website lists the same brand and model, but they don't say which version.
I figured that obviously Microsoft will have the best support for the Xbox version of the gear.
I also use a cheap Logitech F310 gamepad in Linux for games like Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Streets of Rogue and Unto the end. Worked with no setup, out of box.
while non-steam games on windows don't quite support ps4 controllers out of the box, for games on steam (except for a few old titles that don't play well with steam input) you can simply enable ps4 controller configuration support on steam input, and they will work seamlessly, no workarounds required, with many newer games even showing proper ps4 button prompts
So during this whole process I realized that most gear has two versions, a PC/PS4 version and a PC/Xbox version.
The PC/PS4 version doesn't actually work in Windows. I had to get the PC/Xbox version to work in games like Forza Horizon. Even though their website lists the same brand and model, but they don't say which version.
I figured that obviously Microsoft will have the best support for the Xbox version of the gear.
I also use a cheap Logitech F310 gamepad in Linux for games like Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Streets of Rogue and Unto the end. Worked with no setup, out of box.