Xim 4 Keyboard and Mouse Adapter for PS4, Xbox One, 360, PS3

UPDATE AGAIN: For fun, I decided to try it again with Mouse and Keyboard on a couple games. My MC Widowmaker is much, much, much better as is my Soldier 76, but some of the others are worse or the same. My Hanzo is worse iwth a mouse and keyboard. I suspect it is because I am so used to playing with him. I'm now level 8 or 900.UPDATE: I don't use it for mouse and keyboard gaming. I tried it for a while and it was simply too easy. I felt bad playing with it. It's too easy to play with, and I didn't want to have to wonder if my skill was based on it. I want to earn my victories fair and square. Now, I only use it to use my Xbox One controller on a Ps4.First things first-- why I bought this thing, so nobody will come along and bash the heck out of me for "cheating."I have a Playstation 4, an Xbox One S, and a gaming PC. I intend to fully switch to PC soon enough but right now I am sticking with Xbox and Playstation because most of my buddies play one or the other. The big question that everyone always throws out-- but isn't it cheating? Doesn't it make you better than everyone else?The short answer-- no. I'm a very good player on Xbox. I've played Xbox my whole life and I usually get three to four golds in Overwatch during a competitive game. While some characters I played better on (for instance, Soldier 76), most of the others I didn't see any improvement in. The mouse is simply more stable than a controller. It doesn't make you better. I like it more to shoot off the first shot, but it's still kinda hard to follow someone while shooting. My tracer, for instance, is absolute garbage with the Xim4. My Widowmaker, the character everyone declares is the best ever with this, has not improved. I've just never been a good snniper, though my Hanzo is decent (not as good as my console Hanzo. I'm a Hanzo main).Playstation is where I saw most of the improvement. I have owned three Ps4s in my life and sold all of them because of the Dualshock controller. I dunno why. It's just not my thing. It has a smaller frame than the X1 controller and seems more prone to break. I'm not fond of the way it's put together in general and I'm actually trash with it. I have Battlefield 4 for Ps4 and tried it with just using the Dualshock. I gave up after I was killed like six times without a kill of my own. Then I tried it with the Xim and got roughly a 1.0 KD. I wasn't glorious. I wasn't spectacular. I wasn't cheating. I didn't have a huge leg up on anyone. Time after time after time, I got killed by someone who was probably using a Dualshock. I just prefer it to using the Dualshock because I can play all three systems with one controller to make life easier.SETTINGSI went through all the online videos that Xim posts to set it all up first, but once I had a config down (it's really quite easy once you figure it out) I got to adjust everything and learn what controls that I liked. Mostly, I didn't change anything. All that I had to do was adjust sensitivity from I think 20 to 180. I am a person that enjoys high sensitivity. Brief warning-- some games will work better if you fire up the settings and change in-game settings to the highest sensitivity first. Some games like Overwatch will require you to change a variety of things first. Don't worry, it's very simple. Just follow the directions in the app and you'll be fine. I'm no very techy and I had it done in two minutes.ERROROkay, there was a significant error that I came across. It. Didn't. Work. Whenever I plugged it in, it kept flashing pink/purple. Although I had loaded up the config and all the devices were showing that they were powered on, I couldn't get a signal to connect and work. Though they were on, every time I pushed a button on the keyboard or touched the mouse key, the Xim flashed pink or purple. I'm going to save you an eternity of trouble and tell you what the issue is: you're drawing too much power. For both Ps4 and Xbox One S (I can't speak for any other system), go to your console settings and turn off vibration on your controller. In Ps4, make sure to turn off the speaker and dim the light. If you do that, the power drawing will go down and your system will work perfectly!Now, one annoyance-- it doesn't work with a microphone connected to the controller. We're going back to what we just talked about. There's just not enough juice to handle a mic as well, so you're going to need to get a USB mic and plug it into your console. Easy peasey. There is, as near as I can tell, no way to get around that.So here's the big question of the hour-- buy it? Don't buy it? Well, I bought it because I have three different systems and I wanted to be able to play with one thing on all of them. It's doing a fantastic job for me. Most people, however, aren't going to be interested in this system for that. They want it to dominate their opponents and get a leg up on the competition. For those of you out there, ignoring the possible cheating aspect and that the Xim might be outlawed soon enough when they figure out how to detect it, you'll get a mild step up. You won't suddenly be a video game god and you won't be able to beat a seasoned controller user right off the bat. Battlefield 4 is where it's supposed to shine its brightest. I tried it. I barely got a 1.0 KD on a good game. For comparisons sake, in Overwatch, it's not unusual for me to 6 or 7 to 1 KD. I don't think anyone will be reporting me to cheating or this or that, but I have had plenty of people report me for cheating when I was just using a controller. People don't like to be beaten by a "skill" character like a sniper, so they'll blame it on something. I've been reported probably a couple dozen times for using aimbot or mouse and keyboard when I was just using the trusty controller.So, who would win? If there was two of me and one person had a controller and the other had a keyboard and mouse, who would win a 1V1?It all depends. On Overwatch, it would be a strong tossup. If I was playing Tracer, the Controller Me would win. If I was playing Soldier 76, the MC ME would win.In Battlefield 4, if I was playing on Ps4, the keyboard version would obliterate the controller version. I'm just God-awful with the Dualshock. I haven't played on Xbox in so long that I couldn't tell you reliably which I play better with.In Fortnite, it would be close and it certainly would be much closer than it was a week ago, but the controller version would win because of the building aspect. Aim is much easier on Fortnite but the rest of the stuff isn't too intuitive, so you're going to need to play around for a while to figure it out. I'm a decent player in it as well. I've been a John Wick (Reaper) for a while. Last night I got two solos wins in a row with my controller. When I played with MC, everything was a little bit behind. Not laggy, but I just wasn't able to think that quickly with a MC yet. You have to be able to react quickly to do anything in that game. In long expanses with long-range firefighting, the MC won out. In close-quarters battle, the controller proved better. I've given up trying to play Fortnite with a MC for now.Beware that there are a crap ton of wires and that it's something of a pain to play with... and that I still play with it regardless. I have not seen any massive improvements in my game style in the games that I am good at already. I'm about level 600 in Overwatch and the difference is "meh." I'm a beautiful level 4 in Battlefield 4 and the difference is staggering, but that's mostly because I can't function with the Dualshocks.The app works remarkably well. I expected it to be trash. Not so! It connects easily and works just peachy. You can make real-time adjustments, which is nice even though I have only changed the sensitivity and a few button bindings.I didn't just use a mouse and keyboard because that wasn't the only reason I bought it. I also bought it to use my Xbox One controller on my PS4, and it works very well.For clarification on what I am using to know if it is compatible, I'll include a link to everything I'm using for my setup. There's no lag whatsoever.Mouse: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077BPLNZ9/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1Projector: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EAPUHYY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1Receiver (I think): https://www.amazon.com/Onkyo-TX-NR676-Channel-Network-Receiver/dp/B06XTYXH9M/ref=pd_sbs_23_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B06XTYXH9M&pd_rd_r=X7W2HFXTNMY06W2PWRNN&pd_rd_w=1eMpR&pd_rd_wg=whnMc&psc=1&refRID=X7W2HFXTNMY06W2PWRNNXbox One S: https://www.amazon.com/Xbox-One-S-500GB-Console/dp/B01MTJA6EV/ref=sr_1_3?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1524586449&sr=1-3&keywords=xbox+one+sPS4: https://www.amazon.com/PlayStation-4-Slim-500GB-Console/dp/B01M0RU6LY/ref=sr_1_7_sspa?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1524586492&sr=1-7-spons&keywords=ps4&psc=1Keyboard: Some wired keyboard I found laying aroundRegular HDMI cable, 7.2 surround. Drop a comment if you're more curious and I'll try to get back to you to clarify anything.

Just kidding... I don't discriminate. But I DO dominate with this incredible little device. Whether you really like trolling Xbox squeakers with nukes in Call of Duty, or, like me, you just can't STAND using the restrictive, inferior console controllers, this one little piece of hardware WILL elevate your game.It boasts support for all current consoles and controllers, and is virtually plug-and-play. The only thing you need to do is update the firmware and set up your specific game profiles within the intuitive Xim 4 Manager app, which can be downloaded from the Google Play and Apple stores, or installed straight to your PC via download link on the Xim website. Just be sure your device is Bluetooth capable, or has a free USB port so you can sync your configurations with your Xim 4.The physical device itself is quite a bit smaller and lighter than I expected; it fits in the palm of your hand, and weighs just a couple ounces, yet it's very sturdy, making it pretty easy to find a good place to position or mount it. The rubber feet on each of the four "arms" keep it from sliding around to some extent, but seeing as the cables you will be attaching probably far outweigh the device, I suggest putting some double-sided tape on the pads, or if you're confident you will never have to move it again, a dot of superglue (as I have done).It should be noted that not only does the Xim 4 enable the use of keyboard and mouse on console, it also allows you to interchange ANY controller for ANY modern system. For instance, you can use a PS4 controller on Xbox 360, or an Xbox 360 controller on Xbox One, etc. You just need an official version of the gamepad (wired if playing on 360) for the system you are connecting to in order for the Xim 4 to "translate" the input from the desired controller. You can still use the "translation" controller freely at any time alongside the keyboard and mouse, if a situation benefits from it (such as editing emblems in Black Ops II).The Xim 4 Manager app has an extensive list of supported games and systems, and is constantly updating with an even broader selection. Just find the game for your console of choice, and you are ready to begin customizing the controls in the user-friendly UI.Within each master game profile, there are several profiles you can switch between by assigning a "control" key. For instance, in First Person Shooters, you have the main profile, which is for running around hip-firing. But by holding right-click (the "control" key in this case), you will enter the Aim-Down-Sight profile, which can have an entirely different set of commands for each function, if you choose. There is also an "Alternate" sub-section within each profile, allowing you to assign two different commands to each function; this means you can assign Aim-Down-Sight to right click, but also assign right click to go-to-prone, and voila - now every time you aim down sight, you also go prone automatically - instant drop-shot. You can also assign a color to each different game profile and sub-profile, and the LEDs on the Xim 4 will flash accordingly to let you know which profile has been activated. While all this may seem a little confusing in writing, I can assure you, it's not. Combine all this customization with your gaming peripheral's software, and you have some truly spectacular configuration potential.*Pro Tip* Easy Rapid Fire - Assign left click to fire as usual, then assign scroll down to "secondary" fire. If you have a free-spinning mouse wheel, and spin it fast enough, it will count each rotation of the wheel as a shot fired, effectively shooting the gun as fast as the game will allow, with minimal effort on your part.In regards to general gameplay, I have encountered exactly ZERO latency between what I do and what I see on my monitor, or any other problems for that matter, such as a key press not registering, and so forth. As for online multiplayer, it is utterly untraceable, so there is no threat of being banned (though you will inevitably encounter copious amounts of saltiness from the other team as you annihilate them). While the use of this device could be morally construed as cheating, that is entirely based on your own set of principles, but Microsoft basically said it was OK to use a SCUF when they released the Xbox One Elite controller, so the difference between right and wrong is a bit ambiguous these days...The price is extremely reasonable as far as I'm concerned, considering the quality and endless freedom this device awards its users. You CAN get it for about $25 cheaper by buying it directly from the Xim website, but there are reasons to buy from Amazon as well (such as 6 months special financing with an Amazon store credit card, and faster shipping). The decision is up to you. Either way, if you're serious about realizing your true console gaming potential, you can't afford NOT to get this.The only problem I've found is, you're really gonna miss it if you go over a friends' house to play, and they don't have one of these... :(