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I'll use a controller if I'm emulating a console game(obviously.) The only PC games I use a controller for is strictly driving a vehicle in GTA5 and Cyberpunk, or racing games. WASD isn't pressure sensitive, and it does my head in trying to feather the throttle to take a corner, or creep past an enemy so my companion can shoot them from the window. Just makes more sense to use a controller for that. Also too broke to buy a decent wheel and pedal setup.
I can definitely relate, similar experiences were my initial reason for getting a controller for myself. I ended up becoming a controller geek, though. Right now, I have a PS3 DualShock clone, a Logitech controller with DualShock ergonomics but Xbox face buttons, and then I have retro controllers for Sega Genesis and the SNES. Looking to expand beyond that eventually but virtually any game type works flawlessly with that setup haha
I have a 3bitDo SNES style controller. I barely use my computers for emulation these days though. I've got a plug-in/clip-on phone controller, and my phone is beefy enough to do everything up to the switch. Obviously some games and systems run better than others, but I mostly play PS1/2 with some 3/DS and SNES occasionally. I own the actual hardware for all of those, and for 3ds and ds they're portable. It is a bit of a faff lugging around multiple handhelds though.....
I'd love to set up emulation on my phone but I don't have a controller for my phone and I have a Steam Deck for portable emulation. Still, using the actual hardware is ideal, I just wish I knew where my DS and its charger went!
When I moved from Canada to the UK, my now wife and I had our very first actual fight. She didn't understand why I wasn't willing to give away or sell off my game collection. I have NES, SNES, N64, OG Xbox, 360, PS1, PS2, PS3, PSP, Vita, GB-DMG, GBC, GBA, DS and 3DS. With a load of games for each one. It was when she was helping do research on reasonable value for all of them for insurance to ship it all she finally got why I wasn't willing to sell it and try and rebuild the collection over here.
Yeah, a lot of people don't seem to understand just how valuable our retro game collection can be. A lot of people think it's just about holding onto the past, but it's more than that. Not to mention the fact that the games you really loved for the consoles you really loved can hold very deep sentimental value that you shouldn't be forced to give up.