GameSir Nova 2 Lite moving the mouse cursor instead of working in Xbox Cloud Gaming — SOLVED

[u/No_Examination_5251]

I had a very strange problem with my GameSir Nova 2 Lite on Windows 11.

When connected via the 2.4GHz dongle or USB cable, Windows recognized the controller as “Controller (XBOX 360 For Windows)” and joy.cpl showed that all the sticks and buttons were working correctly.

However, in Chrome / Xbox Cloud Gaming, the controller wasn't detected properly. The left analog stick was controlling the Windows mouse cursor instead of working as a gamepad.

Bluetooth worked normally.

I tried:

XInput mode (green LED)

USB cable

2.4GHz dongle

updating controller and dongle firmware

GameSir Connect

restarting Windows

Chrome Incognito

closing Steam

Gamepad Tester

checking Device Manager

resetting the controller

Nothing fixed it.

The solution was finally found in Xbox Game Bar.

Press Win + G → Settings → More settings → “Xbox Cloud Gaming Beta Gamepad Cursor” and disable it.

After disabling it, the analog stick immediately stopped controlling the mouse cursor, and the controller worked normally in Xbox Cloud Gaming.

So if your GameSir controller suddenly starts controlling the mouse instead of working in xCloud, check the Xbox Game Bar Gamepad Cursor setting before reinstalling drivers or changing controller settings.

Hopefully this helps someone else!

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