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Most gaming PCs don't have inbuilt bluetooth.

Everyone has USB.

A bluetooth module costs a dollar and is the size of a USB plug. The aversion to bluetooth is weird.

PC gaming culture is defined by one guy in front of his box/laptop. Wireless controllers for console make sense because its usually multiple people many feet away from a TV.

I don't want a wireless controller for my PC. Its just more needless complexity. I don't want to worry about batteries for something that I use 2 feet from my PC.

The PS3 controller works via both Bluetooth and USB. IIRC it's the same for DS4, and DS4 via USB is practically mandatory on OSX currently for some reason (DS3 works fine on both).

For gaming PCs that's true...I was referring to laptops though (on the road, less stuff to carry).

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