A well-known zrada from Apple: after upgrading to Xi's 11th iteration (Big Sur), all controllers suddenly stopped working. Wireless - not all, and again with the aid of software crutches; wired - everything and forever; famous creators of software "crutches" over the past year unable to propose a solution.
A wireless controller that is not MFi-certified will not work with macOS 11 and later. Among these are:
There is a good chance that the Microsoft Xbox Wireless Controller (Model 1708) will function, but there is no assurance that this is the case; for people who aren't immersed in the xbox theme (like me), it can be tough to tell version 1708 apart from others that aren't functioning.
SteelSeries Nimbus (the only one officially authorized by Apple) trumps the unintelligible, exotic, and hard-to-find Horipad Ultimate, which appears old and whose performance may rely on the gamepad's revision.
Oddly, it is unclear if this certified gamepad will still function. The site describes…