Despite universal outrage regarding Bioshock 2’s lack of official gamepad support for PC, publisher 2K Games has revealed that there are no plans to add such support in any future patches.
Community Manager 2K Elizabeth recently posted the following:
“I talked to the dev team about controller support for BioShock 2, and I want to let you know that we won’t be adding this into the game in a patch. The decision not to support the controller was not made lightly, and to add it now would take a complete re-envisioning of the UI that the team worked so hard to create.”
“I’m sorry for those of you who are disappointed, and I want you to know that your comments and concerns have been heard and will be taken in to account when we are planning in the future.”
This revelation may come as a shock to some, considering that Bioshock offered PC peripheral support when it was released.
According to Shack News 2K Games abandoned gamepad support in order to get “the mouse and keyboard control absolutely right.”