re: I never thought I would say this, but:

I thought you could use the DualSense on PC over USB? Did they remove that?

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does it not work over BluTooth ? the MSoft dongle has been obsolete for years

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There's a few things about this. Yes, it does work over bluetooth. No need for a dongle. However, it has to be emulated by either Steam Input or DS4Windows. If you emulate, games will have the Microsoft controller button prompts vs. the dualsense prompts. Some games give the option to show PS prompts, but not many. There may be a way to change some of this inherently, but I don't know how. I just bought an xbox controller, connected it bluetooth and it works for all of my games flawlessly so far.

I think it depends on game and platform. I've had it work for me on Steam for some titles, but it is unrecognized on others.

Bought my first gaming PC over a year ago and haven’t looked back. Only reason I turn on my series X is for 2K and soon to be NCAA