Have you ever ever been sat in your sofa, holding a relatively glorious Xbox One or Xbox Sequence controller and thought to your self “That is all nicely and good, however what I’d actually love to do is play Gears of Struggle with a PlayStation controller”? Properly, if that’s the case, 1) private desire is an excellent factor, however you’re unsuitable, and a pair of) have I received information for you!
You see, someplace out within the business, somebody has heard your cries, producing a tool that can make your dream come true. Coming from Brook Design is somewhat gadget that goes by the title of the Wingman XB2 Controller Cross-Platform Converter, and it guarantees to just about allow you to play with any controller on any Xbox. So, having received my scorching little palms on one, I made a decision to take it for a spin and see what would occur.
Now, the precise gadget itself is a reasonably dinky little bit of package. It’s concerning the measurement of a USB reminiscence stick, 75mm lengthy by 20mm huge, and it has a USB-A male connector on one finish and a USB-A feminine connector on the opposite. You plug the male finish into your most popular flavour of Xbox console: I’ve examined it on an Xbox Sequence X, Sequence S, Xbox One and Xbox 360, however sadly I don’t personal an unique Xbox though it is going to apparently work on there too. As soon as the male finish is inserted (cease sniggering on the again), the controller of your desire may be connected with a USB result in the opposite finish and away you go.
Plugging a controller in, I used to be very happy with the best way that, straight out of the field, the Wingman XB2 handled the controllers I plugged in. The PS4 controller I attempted first went in and simply labored, and the PS button was mapped to the information button, and the whole lot else was the place you’d count on it to be. I absolutely anticipated having to inform the gadget what controller I had connected, nevertheless it handled it effortlessly.
This was fairly thoughts blowing, to be trustworthy, having sat there taking part in Forza Horizon 5 with a PS4 controller. Nevertheless it will get even higher. No person needs to return to taking part in with cables stretching throughout the lounge, do they? I definitely don’t, as we have now two cats in the home who see any trailing cable as truthful recreation and won’t hesitate to pounce! Properly, Brook Design have gotten you coated right here too. As you have a look at the highest of the gadget, you’ll discover that when it’s plugged in, it has a few LED’s, one on both sides. Properly, these aren’t simply to look fairly – they’re truly buttons as nicely, and in case you press them each concurrently then it’s attainable to pair a wi-fi controller to the gadget. The checklist of controllers that the gadget can deal with on this method is fairly spectacular, starting from PS5/PS4/PS3 controllers, by means of the Xbox Sequence/Xbox One (bluetooth fashions solely) together with the Elite 2 controllers, after which onto the Nintendo Change Professional controller in case you favor the texture of this. I’ve to say, the pairing process is as straightforward as pairing a controller to the console, and works very nicely.
What if you wish to attempt an Xbox 360 controller, or an Elite 1 or a Xbox One Wi-fi controller? Properly, they may nonetheless work, however you must plug these ones in with a cable, as they don’t run on bluetooth know-how. This isn’t any hardship, to be trustworthy, and the checklist of thibgs that can work when plugged in is fairly spectacular. Any arcade combat stick with a USB connection? That ought to work, though I haven’t examined it as I don’t receives a commission sufficient to to have the ability to justify a combat stick. The Xbox 360 Wi-fi receiver must also work, as ought to the Sega Megadrive Mini controller, together with the Xbox Adaptive controller. Now this information is sweet, as in case you require an Adaptive controller, you could have been restricted as to which console you would apply it to, however no extra – plug it into your outdated 360 and you’ll play with it. Apparently you can even plug the converter right into a PC to make use of the controllers on that, however once more, I haven’t been capable of take a look at this.
So, we have now seen that this intelligent gadget means that you can play with just about any controller on any Xbox, (though you want an adapter to connect it to the unique Xbox, the guide says), you’d assume that that might be sufficient intelligent stuff, proper? Properly, maintain your horses there.
The Wingman XB2 has a few further methods up its sleeve. Fancy having a turbo operate on a recreation? Possibly one the place you must hammer a button to revive or escape of a maintain? Properly, you program any button (or all of them, ought to that be your bag) to have a turbo operate enabled. And one last trick – you possibly can reprogram the gadget to assist you to remap buttons at will. Think about you’re taking part in Tekken 7 – the throws are mapped to 2 buttons, akin to A + X collectively, and this may be tough to drag off within the warmth of battle. In case you may map these two buttons to a single enter, how a lot simpler wouldn’t it be? Properly, that is attainable by means of this little surprise too.
The directions within the field are a bit fundamental, to be brutally trustworthy, however there’s a full guide on the Brook Designs web site which explains the whole lot very nicely. So, if you wish to play on the Xbox, of any age, with any controller (fancy taking part in with a Duke on the Sequence X, that will probably be fascinating!) then the Wingman XB2 Controller Cross-Platform Converter is what you want.
Large thanks exit to Brook Designs for provisioning us with a evaluation unit of the Wingman XB2 Controller Cross-Platform Converter. It’s on Amazon for round £40 too.
