Like Steam Deck and other devices, they have been well received in the portable market, Nintendo Switch dominance cannot be denied, which still dominates sales in some markets, such as Japan and even the United Kingdom. However, although Joy-Cons on this console has its advantages when it comes to a more casual multiplayer game, more and more users are choosing full control for solo playing.

Although this does not necessarily mean that we have to buy new peripherals. And that’s because if we already have a console at home, we can use these controls to play wirelessly on the Nintendo Switch. A process as fast as simple, which we will teach you step by step in this guide.

Although the console already included support for connecting audio devices via Bluetooth a few months ago, unfortunately we still can’t directly connect drivers that are not owned by the company or that are not specifically designed for compatibility with the console. Thanks to the 8Bitdo USB adapter, however we can connect any wireless controller regardless of its origin.

Whether it’s the PS4 DualShock, the new PS5 DualSense or any of the Xbox One or Xbox Series X | S, including the Xbox Elite Controller, in all cases we will need to use the same method to synchronize the controls.

First, it will have this USB receiver connected to the dock of our Nintendo Switch (we will need this particular model because a regular Bluetooth receiver will not detect the controls correctly) and access the console options from the main menu. To do this, we only need to select the gear icon and scroll through the options menu until we reach it “Controls and sensors”. We will look for this option “Wired Controller Pro”and we activate it.

Then we will have to to connect, press the pairing button on both the USB receiver and the remote control (by pressing the PS + Share buttons for Sony drivers, or the top pairing button for Xbox drivers).