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

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areason on 06 March 2017

How did microsoft let this happen?

They blocked Sony's controllers, guess they don't view Nintendo as competition.

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Cool! I'm strongly considering investing in a gaming PC soon!

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I can confirm Pro's directinput PC compatibility. Pro connects to PC automatically when paired.
But didn't know they'd work on Android as well! I know what I'm gonna Pro tonight.

The joycons also work? ^^

Think i try using it when I pick one up later.

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Wyrdness said:

TomaTito said:

I can confirm Pro's directinput PC compatibility. Pro connects to PC automatically when paired.
But didn't know they'd work on Android as well! I know what I'm gonna Pro tonight.

The joycons also work? ^^

Think i try using it when I pick one up later.

A friend of mine had his Switch at work.

We just tried the joy-cons on Android and they do sync but are laggy as hell! It takes 1 second to react to buttons/sticks.

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TorterraBoy on 06 March 2017

HOLY SHIT THATS AWESOME HE JOYCONS WORK ON PC YES I CAN PLAY WITHOUT CONNECTING THEM TO ANYTHING

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Platina on 06 March 2017

That's an interesting move.. definitely will be handy if I ever decide to use a controller for PC gaming.. (whenever that is :p )

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How did microsoft let this happen?

They blocked Sony's controllers, guess they don't view Nintendo as competition.

What do you mean by "they blocked Sony's controllers?"

DS4 works on PC...

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areason on 06 March 2017

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areason said:
How did microsoft let this happen?

They blocked Sony's controllers, guess they don't view Nintendo as competition.

What do you mean by "they blocked Sony's controllers?"

DS4 works on PC...

With illegal third party software, it isn't innately supported.

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areason said:

Captain_Yuri said:

What do you mean by "they blocked Sony's controllers?"

DS4 works on PC...

With illegal third party software, it isn't innately supported.

Umm no...

Sony officially supports DS4 on Windows and so does Valve with steam... Neither of those are illegal...

Just download PSNow and you will get the DS4 Drivers

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Soundwave on 06 March 2017

Anyone have luck having it work on Android (a Galaxy S7 in particular?). Being able to use a joycon for emulator play would be kinda cool.

EDIT: It works, just gotta hold the pair button down on the Joycon for a bit.

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