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I am not a gamer. I bought a generic PS2 controller, a really bad controller by the way. I played some games with it normally like Tomb Raider III (Steam version).
I tried to use it to play Bayonetta for PC, but the controller is not recognized: when I press the buttons I get no response.

Is there some feature/technology that the controller has to have in order to play games "2010's games"?
How do I know if my controller is compatible with a game before buying a game?

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Considering the age of Tomb Raider III (1998), I'm guessing your controller uses DirectInput instead of XInput.

In short, there are two main ways a controller can communicate with a PC. Most older games/controllers use DirectInput while newer games/controllers tend to use XInput.

If you want to get your DirectInput controller working with XInput games you can try using Steam's generic controller support or an application like x360ce.

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  • Some controllers have a switch to select Direct- or XInput (probably not a "generic, really bad" one though).
    – Reznik
    Mar 13 at 16:39

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