Do some controllers have better support on PC?

[DeadlyPilot]

What do people mean when they say that games have good 360 controller support? Does that mean that some games will only work with certain controllers? I want to get this one 

https://www.amazon.com/Bluetooth-Wireless-Controller-Smartphone-Playstation-3/dp/B019H5II8Y/ref=sr_1_3?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1468308833&sr=1-3&keywords=wireless+controller+pc

which seems like an awesome controller for the price but considering its not as popular as a 360 controller, would a 360 controller work/work better with more games than the cheap one?

[Rodniz]

The 360 / one works best in nearly every game. I had such cheap controllers, i regret it.

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It means things like the 360 and xbone controller are truly plug and play - they are detected properly by the computer right away, and games support their button layouts with a set of predefined controls. Things like a playstation controller usually require some sort of adapter cable, and additional program to make them function.

[DeadlyPilot]

5 minutes ago, Rodniz said:

The 360 / one works best in nearly every game. I had such cheap controllers, i regret it.

do you just mean the cheap controllers wherent good controllers, or they just didnt work properly in certain games?

[DeadlyPilot]

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

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It means things like the 360 and xbone controller are truly plug and play - they are detected properly by the computer right away, and games support their button layouts with a set of predefined controls. Things like a playstation controller usually require some sort of adapter cable, and additional program to make them function.

So basically any controller should work fine for any game that supports a controller correct?

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1 minute ago, DeadlyPilot said:

So basically any controller should work fine for any game that supports a controller correct?

it's just that the 360 controller for example was designed to show up to windows as a valid controller device and all that.  Generally when people use controllers from other consoles, it takes a custom program to interface with it.  Depending on how that program works, games may or may not work out of the box with your controller of choice.