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XIM APEX Console to Keyboard Adapter

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amazing device, but shouldn't you just buy a PC instead?
By David J. on Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2019
What XIM APEX does is amazing, but it also begs the question "why spend money on consoles and XIM APEX instead of getting a PC?" PS4 Pro + XIM APEX + 1 year of Playstation Plus = $645. GTX 1060 Gaming PC (~30% faster and 10x better than PS4 Pro) = $750. The good: What XIM APEX does is operate as a "man in the middle" for USB connected console controllers, pretending to be your controller in a way that the console doesn't know is happening. My limited experience with it so far is that it works pretty well, but I did have some weird issues not registering simultaneous key-presses on my USB connected keyboard. I'm not yet sure if it's an issue with XIM, the keyboard itself, or what the console will accept. I'm going to do some testing. The XIM APEX smartphone configuration UI, especially in advanced mode, is very powerful. It lets you map mouse/keyboard to controller actions, and you can make several different mode pages per game. These can either be operated by the in-game keybinds, or custom toggle/hold mode keys. For example, when I hold my in-game (ping) key to bring up the APEX Legends ping spin-menu, my XIM APEX config automatically switches to a different mode, which has a custom mouse-response curve, to make operating the spin menu feel "natural" on the mouse, as well as bind the mouse buttons to operate menu confirm/cancel. It's pretty amazing that this just works seamlessly, whenever I hold my ping key. Their advanced configuration UI is much more confusing than it could be, and means they can't ship "default" configs which use all these fancy features. For example, when I have a game-button related config, such as making the mouse work differently when I hold the ping hotkey, XIM doesn't know the two are connected. One is a button mapping, the other is just a custom mode page.. If XIM knew that the custom mode page was related to the button mapping, then it could ship with that custom page already setup in the default config, and whatever I changed the button mapping to would automatically activate that mode page. This isn't a huge deal, it just makes the out-of-the-box experience more complicated than it could be. The bad: The big problem is, why are we using XIM APEX to begin with? Using mouse and keyboard requires a desk, which begs to ask, why are you not just putting this money into a PC gaming setup instead? $400 for a PS4 Pro, $125 for a XIM APEX, and unless you're only playing F2P games like Fortnite and APEX Legends, you get to pay $120 a year in idiotic console online multiplayer fees on top of that... and for what? To get super-pixelated 1080p on a device that can't run a real web browser, can't run PC games, can't alt-tab during the game, and where the translated mouse feels like a sluggish mess compared to the PC version. The PS4 Pro GPU is said to be a bit slower than a GTX 1060, with a CPU that is underpowered compared to a PC eqivalent. Two minutes of searching turned up a $750 GTX 1060 gaming PC at best buy, and I bet with a bit more searching I could do better. This PC will have at least 30% better gaming performance, have none of the weird XIM APEX mouse-to-controller translation issues, and be massively more usable than a console. So who is this consumer that wants XIM APEX? A kid who's going to borrow the family console into their bedroom and try to "get more serious" with mouse keyboard? A streamer being paid to promote console titles and wants every advantage? Someone who really wants to play console exclusive titles, but refuses to pick up a controller?
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Disappointed
By india peterson on Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2021
I’ve been waiting to buy this when the time was right. I heard so many good things about it but I’ve had nothing but problems since I installed this device. I’m truly disappointed. If XIM Apex is made to turn your controller device into a keyboard and mouse, then the usb hub it comes with should be strong enough for just that. Mine had done nothing but continuously crash out while I’m in the middle of a game, sometimes important competitive games! (Which causes me to rush to unplug the device, turn my ps4 controller back on and still play shitty because all of my sensitivity and settings were adjust per XIM apex’s directions). I did more research as to why this keeps happening to me and it turns out the usb hub is not strong enough for my keyboard, mouse and controller together. How does that make any sense if that’s what it was supposedly made for? I decided to buy another hub that was stronger but still, I can only get through 1 game until it goes out in the middle of the next game. It’s completely frustrating. Spending over $100 on a device that barely works is completely worthless to me and a slap to the face. The concept for this device is amazing but the outcome is pure crap. I haven’t been this frustrated in a long time. I wouldn’t recommend it unless you buy a very cheap low powered non-gaming keyboard and mouse or an expensive 2.0/3.0 hub that could be a hit or miss, if it’s a miss then you’ll be spending more pocket money to find one that works...and I’m not the only one.

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