Nintendo Switch Joy-Con and Pro controllers work on PC, Mac and Android

[Barkley]

maxleresistant said:

Barkley said:

You're assuming Nintendo had to purposefully make the controllers work with other devices... due to the nature of input devices these days most work on anything you can connect them to.

Virtual Console won't be coming to PC any time soon, it would be a smart move but not one Nintendo will take.

nope, for example the WiiU pro controller can be connected using bluetooth, but you need software that work as drivers. Otherwise its useless. Same goes if you plug a PS3 controller using USB.

The fact that you don't need to install anything is not a coincidence.  accessories need Drivers, to be recognized and usable. Windows has facilited the process of getting drivers, because now the get them automatically. But, those drivers are necessary

Sure you need drivers to use hardware, but that doesn't mean all hardware needs a driver that is specifically designed for that one piece of hardware. The fact that it works straight out of the box implies that there wasn't drivers made specifically for the Switch hardware.