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Steam just added support for the Switch controller and, lo and behold, my trusty Xbox 360 controller started acting up. This controller has a low price, it should work, why not give it a shot? There are bound to be people looking for info on how this controller works with the PC after support was added and I wasn't able to find any so here's that review. The best thing about this controller is the cable length, which I had to coil up multiple times on my desk to keep it from sitting on top of literally everything, but that's a good thing! I could easily have sat across the room from my screen and had cable to spare. Unfortunately it was the only good thing I came across with this controller. The first thing I noticed was how uncomfortable it is. The back of the controller isn't deep enough to allow your hands to rest around the grips so I was always moving my fingers to find a comfortable position which I was never able to find. The angles of the grips are also a little wrong as well, and the slight angle it put my hands at relative to my forearm led to some discomfort after a while that was very similar to having your keyboard at the wrong position. Finally, it weighs almost nothing by controller standards and is somewhat top-heavy. More of a personal preference, but it feels very cheap as it is. The other thing I noticed immediately was that the triggers are not an analog input. They're digital buttons. This can cause an issue for those who may be playing racing games or anything that would involve driving cars, flying aircraft, etc. Some may not mind this, but I know some will so I've mentioned it. As for its functionality, I saw multiple outlets say that I could plug this controller into my PC, Steam would say "Oh hey a controller!" and it would work just fine. That could not have been farther from the truth. Steam did, in fact, recognize the controller but I had to manually enable the setting for it (no biggie) and switching the button assignments to the more typical "Xbox-style" layout was simple. I fired up one game only to find that the triggers had no function, the right stick would only look up and down and the left stick would only strafe left and right. That's fine, teething pains are normal, just remap and move on. Remapping didn't fix the triggers, and restarting the game reset the control configuration. Next was Rocket League! Menus worked great, the buttons worked well, but the triggers didn't work at all. Went into the mappings and made sure they were assigned properly, which they were, but nothing happened. At this point I was 2-for-2 on the failure front and a couple of hours into fiddling with it. For the PC gamer looking for a controller, this is not going to be your best bet. It looks cool and it's inexpensive, but that's where you need to take a step back and ask do you want "cool looking" or something that was designed to work with a PC in the first place. I'm sure it works quite well with the Switch, and there's the possibility that all my issues were on Steam's end, but as of writing this controller is not the best option on the market today.