{"rewrite":{"id":"r_97be47f88066f1ae75fe4a63","clusterId":"c_cb18068f9043661af7cce7a1","slug":"bandai-namco-addresses-flight-stick-support-for-ace-combat-8-on-pc","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bandai Namco Addresses Flight Stick Support For Ace Combat 8 On PC","summary":"Bandai Namco Entertainment said in a Steam news post that some flight sticks that worked with Ace Combat 7 have configuration features that cannot be used in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. The company said fixing this will take time and that it will work on improvements so the devices run in an environment close to the previous game, with further details to be announced later.","whyItMatters":"Bandai Namco is telling PC players before launch that its stick support will not match Ace Combat 7 at release, and the fix it is promising is parity with the older game rather than anything new.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe Steam post arrived one day before Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve leaves early access for its October 2 official launch at 7:00 AM. The game is in early access on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam, and the PC build has drawn reports of crashes in some environments, which Bandai Namco has said it is investigating. Alongside the compatibility note, the fourth making-of video for ACE COMBAT HOUR ZERO, the live-action prequel short, went out. The short runs four episodes up to an epilogue, and four making-of installments have now been released, so all the live-action material is out.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Ace Combat 8 broke the flight stick profiles Ace Combat 7 players built. Bandai Namco says it will rebuild them toward the older game's behavior, which means PC players wait on hardware before they wait on the game.","twitterPost":"Ace Combat 8 can't read some Ace Combat 7 flight stick setups. Bandai Namco wants the old behavior back, and fixing it takes time.","threadsPost":"Ace Combat 8 kept the PC audience but dropped the flight stick profiles they set up in Ace Combat 7. Bandai Namco says the mismatch needs time to fix and that it is working toward the older game's environment. PC players now face two waits: hardware support, then the game itself.","newsletterBlurb":"Bandai Namco used its Steam news post to address PC flight stick compatibility in Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, saying some sticks that worked with Ace Combat 7 have configuration features that cannot be used this time and that improvements will take time. The game's official launch is October 2 at 7:00 AM, following its early access run on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. The fourth and final making-of video for the live-action prequel short ACE COMBAT HOUR ZERO also went out.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/01/172999.html\",\"title\":\"Ace Combat 8 PC Flight Stick Compatibility Addressed Officially - Improvements Planned to Match Ace Combat 7 Environment; Full Prequel Live-Action Short and Making-Of Released\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4747,"outputTokens":656,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791245280,"createdAt":"2026-10-06T00:04:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T00:06:09.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T00:06:09.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_cb18068f9043661af7cce7a1","canonicalTitle":"『エースコンバット8』PC版フライトスティック対応状況に公式言及―『AC7』に近い環境で利用できるよう改善へ。前日譚の実写短編映像の全編とメイキングも公開","representativeArticleId":"a_9a5e524545fe44bbb18dc5ff","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Ace Combat 8\",\"Ace Combat 7\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-01T04:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-01T04:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-06T00:06:09.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/01/172999.html","title":"『エースコンバット8』PC版フライトスティック対応状況に公式言及―『AC7』に近い環境で利用できるよう改善へ。前日譚の実写短編映像の全編とメイキングも公開"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Ace Combat 8","Ace Combat 7"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}