Honestly for the widest use/cheapest buy combo, I'd go for a cabled 360 controller. Tend to be like 30 bucks depending on location, work easily plug and play, and cover 99.9% of all games. I hadn't owned an Xbox in 8 years at some point but still always had the controllers (and bought replacement when needed) because they're basically the best for emulation gaming (something I do a lot).