Before the Xbox 360 arrived in 2006, using a gamepad on PC was a pretty annoying experience. You'd have to manually configure buttons, games wouldn't detect the controller or show the correct icons, ...

If you just got a new Xbox controller, there are just a few steps to connect it to your console or PC. You'll be gaming in no time. To start the pairing process, turn ...

And thankfully, those advanced features work not just when connecting a PS5 controller to the console itself: they work on PC, too. Thankfully the days of PlayStation controllers being a pain to use ...