i_like_water

I think the issue is how the games are programmed. Some games check which controllers are plugged in only at start and some do regular checks during runtime.

You're not alone in that. I remember when Blender 2.80 was about to release and it was a big milestone and everybody online was hyping about "Blender 2.8". I think even Blender themselves went with the flow and changed the marketing.