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How Long Have Wireless Gaming Controllers Been Around For?
The wireless controller you use today has a long legacy to thank, and it stretches back to the early days of gaming.
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It took a while for controllers to work as well as they do today without cables.
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If you've been a gamer for a while, you might know that wireless controllers have been used as far back as the 1980s. Those who grew up in the PS2/Xbox/GameCube era likely have a different gamepad in mind when they think of early wireless controllers. While wireless pads were tried in various iterations over the decades, they were…
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