Xbox One controller - Win10 - Bluetooth

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The Mighty Favog

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Using a Costech Bluetooth dongle plugged into a USB 2.0 port, I have successfully paired my Bluetooth-capable Xbox One controller with Windows 10 on my desktop, and I have found one -- just one -- game demo that works flawlessly with the controller. (Forza Motorsport 6: Apex). Question: How can I tell by looking at the box whether a game will work with my controller? I do not own an Xbox of any kind, so the highly-touted "streaming" feature is of no use to me. How can I tell that a game will install under Win10 Anniversary and support the controller?
 
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madmatt30

madmatt30

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If your controller is showing in device manager as a Microsoft Xbox one controller you're good mate.
99% of titles now accept 360 & Xbox one pads as control options.

If a title is listed on steam or the ms store as controller compatible it will work with your pad.
 
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The Mighty Favog

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Thanks for the response, and I do see Xbox Wireless Controller in Device Manager, but I'm still not sure. You're saying that 99% of Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles will install under Windows 10 on my desktop computer's hard drive? I tried downloading some game demo from the Microsoft Store -- the Forza Horizon 3 racing game -- and after the download was complete the store informed me I'd find the demo on my Xbox One. But I don't own an Xbox One. I have no idea where the game went, but when I look at it in the Store now, it tells me I own it. I'm trying to convince myself that what you say is true, that if I buy a game on a disk at the store it'll install on my computer just as though it is an Xbox One. But I'm suspicious that there is only a limited subset of games that will treat my desktop as though it is an Xbox One. Forza Motorsoport 6: Apex obviously is in that class. But not the other game demo. Somehow they're different. I just wish there were another demo I could install on my desktop. But every demo I see wants to download to an Xbox, not a desktop computer. I will keep experimenting.
 
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James Mason

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This is how you tell if it's compatible with the PC:
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When you go to install a game, it should ask/confirm what drive you're installing it too.
 
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