Warzone 2 Pro Reveals Why PC Gamers Should Use PS5 Controllers

Warzone 2 player TrueGameData has revealed why gamers should choose the PlayStation 5 controller when playing on PC.

The controller versus mouse and keyboard debate still has plenty of fuel in the tank. While it hasn’t always been a hot topic for Call of Duty players, the launch of Warzone in 2020 brought a lot of discussion about aim assist.

PC gamers typically have more control flexibility when playing FPS games, meaning they rarely need aim assist. On console, however, that’s a different story. Some console gamers may find themselves fairly accurate with a controller in hand, but many others reap the benefits of aim assist.

For many, that’s reason enough to plug in a controller when playing Warzone 2 on PC, but TrueGameData has shown that there’s more to it than that.

According to TrueGameData, input lag is a big reason why PC gamers should consider switching to controllers. The player ran his own experiment on input lag in Warzone 1 and Warzone 2.

Using a high-speed camera, he recorded him moving the sticks and pressing the triggers. “There’s really no difference between Warzone 1 and Warzone 2 in terms of input lag,” he said.

But while there was no difference between the two versions of Warzone, there was a difference between controllers and mouse and keyboard. “I was really surprised by the input lag of the mouse. It was already pretty well known that the Xbox One and Xbox Elite controllers were a bit slower than the PS5 controllers.”

He recorded the following input lag for each method, with all times given in milliseconds:

The data shows that there is a huge gap between an Xbox One controller and an overclocked PS5 controller. So if you’re looking to speed up your games, even if it’s a matter of milliseconds, switching to a PS5 controller could make all the difference.