In case youve forgotten, the syncing button on the Joy-Cons is between the SL and SR buttons on the top of the gamepads.

Gamecube Controller For Steam Bluetooth And Other

Thanks to the wonders of Bluetooth and other wireless technologies, you can actually use these input devices with Windows and macOS as welland the setup isnt too difficult either.

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Advertisement If youre looking for an upgrade for your laptop or desktop gaming experience, or just a change, heres how to connect Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo controllers up to a PC or Mac.

Though in the interests of keeping the length of this article manageable, were going to focus on the latest Xbox One, PS4, and Switch consoles.

Connecting to Windows Lets start off with the easy one by connecting an Xbox One controller (made by Microsoft) to the Windows operating system (developed by Microsoft).

You can connect up to eight controllers at once, or four with chat headsets, or two with stereo headsets.

Advertisement If you prefer the freedom of wireless, you can try Bluetooth, though you need a newer version of the controllerthe one launched with the Xbox One S, with a headphone jack.

If thats yours, go to Windows Settings, then choose Devices and Bluetooth other devices make sure Bluetooth discovery is enabled.

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On Windows, choose Add Bluetooth or other device, then Bluetooth, then Xbox Wireless Controller.

You can only attach one controller this way, and headsets arent supported.

There is another option for connecting (maybe useful for older controllers you want to attach wirelessly, which is to buy an Xbox Wireless Adapter ( 20 or thereabouts ).

With these attached to a spare USB port on your PC, you can press the Sync button on your Xbox controller and the Sync button on the adapter to get connected.

Advertisement Next, attaching a PS4 DualShock 4 wireless controller to a Windows PC.

As with the Xbox One controller, you can use a USB cable: This will work with Steam without any extra software, if you right-click the Steam icon in the system tray and choose Big Picture.

Head into Settings then Controller Settings and make sure PS4 Configuration Support is on.

Screenshot: Gizmodo Advertisement If you arent playing a Steam game, or you want to go wireless, you need a piece of open source software called DS4Windows.

Once youve got DS4Windows installed on your machine (just follow the on-screen prompts), it should recognize a PS4 DualShock 4 controller as soon as its plugged in (a reboot or program restart might be required the first time around).

You can also connect via Bluetooth with DS4Windows installed.

Advertisement There is one other option, but itll cost you: Sonys official DualShock 4 USB Wireless Adapter, which will set you back in the region of 60.

You can then connect up wirelessly to a PC or Mac, without the DS4Windows program, and with slightly more reliability and stability.

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With these, its simply a question of adding them as controllers via Bluetooth, through the process weve already described above.

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