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With regards to cheaters, unfortunately, they exist. Some people can't play fair and will do whatever it takes to ruin a game. The best defence against them is a good server with good admin, they can ban them and let you play a clean. fair game.
Alternatively, consider running your own server, you will then have the option of banning anyone you think is cheating, a word of warning though, some players are very good and although they might 'appear' as though they cheat, they are clean.
I'm partial to PS controllers as well. I have, unfortunately, just adapted to XBox layouts instead. Occasionally I'll encounter a game with native PS controls and it's wonderful grabbing my PS controller off the wall. All other times, I'm using an Xbox controller.
Most of the time they dont bother. Thats simply because something like 90% of PC gamers that use gamepads use Xbox ones. Its just a near monopoly , reason being that only Xbox controllers had perfect compabilty in the past, its better now for other gamepad brands but old habits die hard.
Also Microsoft as the creator of Windows heavily promotes the use of their controllers, the drivers are build into Windows and its just the easiest way for most people who want to use a gamepad on PC.
Shame about the hackers/cheaters though, i wish their would be some better grip on the situation, but thanks to your information, i understand now that this is an "developer issue" and not from Steam.
Wish you guys the best, have a nice day
I don't believe that
No. That is on the developer. Some add a detection for PS controllers, some have setting in their menu for it, most do not.
You can mod the PS controller for Xbox buttons or try something like this:
https://shop.8bitdo.com/products/8bitdo-pro-2-bluetooth-controller and those are the only options aside from using the Xbox controller.... or just adapt your mindset to convert the buttons. You do get used to it, eventually.
Even console has cheaters/hackers. I've ran into them in the past on Playstation and Xbox games.
The nature of PCs being open, however, makes it more prone and easier for them to exist. A good Anti-Cheat may limit them, but they will still be there at time.
I mostly play co-op or single player, so don't really have an issue with them. If I do PvP it is usually with a group of friends, on a private server, so there are no issues with anyone hacking. I avoid highly competitive games like the plague. They are nothing but toxic cesspools these days.
Steam is a massive open platform, hosting games from AAA to complete indie nonsense, with wildly varying levels of anti-cheat enforcement. Of course you'll find cheaters. The platform's sheer scale guarantees some bad apples, but suggesting 50% of players cheat is delusion born from either terrible matchmaking, unlucky encounters, or confirmation bias. Playstation? Tighter walled garden, closed ecosystems, and Sony's stricter certification process inherently reduce cheating. It's not some magic hacker-free utopia ... it's simply a smaller, more controlled environment.
The real issue isn't "hackers exist" ... it's you acting like the existence of a few spoilsports ruins the entire experience. You claim you "feel disgusted" and can't trust achievement legitimacy anymore, but here's the thing: achievements and trophies have zero real-world value. They're pixels on a screen. Digital baubles for people with way too much time. If your entire joy is shattered because someone faked their "all achievements" badge, congratulations: you ruined it yourself.
"There's not much we can do!" You've only been here for a few weeks, so there's no need to get worked up about it - yet. There's still time.
And here's a reality check: achievements don't equal skill or honor. Cheaters inflate numbers, but their "accomplishments" mean nothing beyond a hollow "leaderboard rank". Maybe focus on your own gameplay and integrity instead of policing strangers who have zero impact on you.
So here's your mind-easing argument: yes.
There are cheaters.
No, they don't represent half the playerbase.
Yes, they're annoying ...
... but no, they don't diminish your genuine achievements.
The rest is just you, choosing to let a minority spoil your fun. Get over it. Or better yet, stop caring so much about meaningless digital trophies and find something worth your time.
i feel much better now about the whole situation, to me this case is now finally closed.
Some games allow you to change button prompts to PlayStation controller, but most don't.
The X button still confuses me sometimes though. When I come back to a PlayStation after a long time, and the game prompts me to press X, i press square instead, because that's where X is on Xbox/PC style controller.
Welcome to the PC World brother.
You can get a proper PC controller with the analog sticks parallel as they should be, and has a button or switch to toggle between proper directinput and worthless xinput, but in-game icons has to be done either by the developer or with a mod.
You can get proper controllers fit for PC gaming like the 8BitDo Pro 2 and Scuf Envision Pro, but the software for mapping buttons and setting macros is always really bad. Valve really needs to expand their controller settings menus so you can map extra non-xinput buttons without needing fugly, unintuitive, incompatible crap like icue. Not to mention insultingly calling all detected xinput devices Xbox controllers.
As for cheaters the best way to avoid them is to play games they naturally avoid. They prefer to not play games with high price points, that actually require a real time investment, and where the developer has actual paid administrators. Anything where a burned account costs real money to replace, and where there are monthly subscriptions to keep playing. Puts them off rather quickly.
Anything where the game is cheap, the community is expected to self police, and they can get to their antics fast. Those are the games they gravitate towards. Massive multiplayer online games are relatively clean as a result. They tend to be more expensive, they often have subscriptions, have paid administrators, and require a lot of legit play. Just to get to a point where the can cheat.
Lastly think about them like internet trolls. They gravitate towards where there's heat, and where they can make a buck off of cheating. That means older less popular games. Tend to have fewer cheaters to deal with. Basically avoid the usual suspects like Rust, CS GO, Day Z, and so on. If it is popular, cheap, and easy. They'll usually be there in droves.