APEX Keyboard Mouse Controller Adapter Converter for PS4 PS3 Xbox One Xbox 360

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?

The media could not be loaded. I mainly play on pc and haven't been on fps console in a good 6+ months. My brother told me Apex was coming out a few days before release and asked me to compare it to other emulators. We have used emulators since 2006. I instantly seen how good Apex was, well now my whole team switched from vx, xim4 to Xim Apex.The XIM Apex is the most complete, most responsive Xim and arguably any emulator I have used to date.They did an amazing job with the Apex, I have mine tuned absolutely perfect with the speed and responsiveness as close to pc gaming as I could get. Previous Xim emulators I felt had a mouse smoothing feel a slight delay "I'm over critical" maybe it was the 8ms polling rate or just the proprietary translator processing, I don't know. So I stuck with what I felt was the more twitchy responsive vx1, but she had a good 4 year run.I loved the very easy setup of the Apex iOs app, it really shortened the tuning process down to minutes. I had a slight issue and I got very quick support, I jumped into beta and WoW!Buy it! See you on the Battlefield*Pros*Apps tuningSupportGame libraryFastest polling rateLimitless tuning*Cons*NoneXIM Apex - Total package-----------------------------------------Vx4 - Very responsive, no iOs, setup cumbersome, vx4 and xim apex in DOOM.Apology for the poor video quality, better quality videos on yt. Take it easy and GOD Bless!

Great optimization and well worth the money spent!!! I researched many of these m/kb to console adaptors and by far the XIM APEX has the best reviews, best optimal use and has won my heart.PROS:least amount of lag/latency for a m/kb adaptor that I have experienced. Pre loaded games with one click optimization via the XIM APP. Sleek and simple to setup. Instructional videos and forums to help you along your APEX journey. 3 port USB 2.0 hub provided. Amazing 5 star product.CONS:Only certain mouse and keyboards are accepted by the APEX, but most everyone works. To elaborate...I tried multiple mice and keyboards including WIRELESS DONGLE KEYBOARDS AND MICE, only one keyboard didn't work and it was the Tecware Phantom. Tried LG, COUGAR, CORSAIR, HAVIT, ZEALOTES, ROSEWILL, RAZOR & THERMALTAKE combinations and all were read. Your XBOX/PS4 Controller must remain plugged in the entire time you are using APEX.Some phones will NOT work properly via the app due to lack of support from your phone software. Most of the time, if you try to connect continuously over and over you will get a connection by the 3rd to 10th try. I tried many phones from SAMSUNG, ASUS, LG & MOTOROLA (DID NOT TRY IPHONE) the only one to give me issues was the ASUS ZenFone line.Conclusion...This little device is worth every penny, just do your research prior to purchase, as you should with any product, the XIM forums, Reddit, & YouTube are great sources of information and compatability lists.(!!! I am a normal PC Tech enthusiast/consumer. This review is strictly based on my experience upon purchasing the product. I have not been given/paid anything to write this. I just believe that this product is really that good for anyone looking.)