These emulators are meant to act as a wrapper of sorts, so one's DirectInput controller is detected as using XInput when it's really just the emulator acting as a middleman.

The compatibility of the Xbox 360 Controller Emulator isn’t perfect, on either the hardware or software side, but it almost always works like you’d hope and has become an indispensible part of ...

If Windows can detect the controller, you can try the XBOX 360 Controller emulator. I use it to make an older controller (Logitech Cordless Rumblepad 2) work with newer games.

[Arnov] is bringing his own custom-made controller to the party and it is sure to impress. The design appears to have been inspired by the Xbox controller layout. Two joysticks for fine control of … ...

Xbox 360 emulator for Windows 10? 'Never say never' In an exchange on Twitter, Xbox head Phil Spencer suggests an emulator would be more work but not impossible.

Lets face it, the Xbox 360 controller's d-pad has never been great, but Microsoft has finally come up with a solution; a new design allows players to have both a plus shaped d-pad and a disk, but ...