The controller community is continuing to thrive on the PC platform.
For a long time, it was a given that PC gamers would use a mouse and keyboard, and only in exceptional cases a controller – and were then usually relegated to rather poor alternatives from unknown manufacturers.
But Microsoft was early in its commitment to PC gaming with controllers, and when the Xbox 360 was launched in 2005, it was with a standard USB connector for controllers and fleshed out Windows support.