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> how many people actually plug in a controller and a mouse at the same time?

How many people actually unplug things when they, uh, don't need them for a second or two?

I leave my monitor plugged. I leave my power cord plugged. I leave my keyboard and mouse plugged. I leave my headphones plugged. I leave my hard drive plugged. I leave my ethernet cable plugged. Why should I not leave my controller plugged?

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Your controller will turn on and off to save battery and when batteries run dry and need to replace them.

There's nothing more frustrating than running out of batteries in a controller and the game just locks you into mouse input... on a living room PC.

Not all controllers run on batteries. You can get wired Xbox controllers for example.

I use wired Xbox controllers on pc.

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