The 'Look What the Postman Brought Me' Thread - Technology Edition

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Re: The 'Look What the Postman Brought Me' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Alan » Tue Jul 02, 2024 8:16 am

I’ve had a bunch break on me, always the shoulder buttons and if you open them up you’ll see why. The rest is a good lump of controller but the bumpers are just awful. Thank goodness for amazons pretty loose returns policy.

If anyone’s looking for something in the same vein without breaking the bank the “8Bitdo Ultimate controller with Hall Effect” controller is fantastic. It’s about 45-50 from Amazon or about 35-40 from their AliExpress store. It’s far and away the best bang for your buck. It’s also very nice in pink!
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Re: The 'Look What the Postman Brought Me' Thread - Technology Edition

Post by Raid » Tue Jul 02, 2024 12:26 pm

Thankfully I don't really use the bumpers; I don't find the controller sits quite right if I'm resting a finger on them, my index fingers naturally rest on the triggers instead. I ended up using two of the underside triggers to replicate the inputs.

The 8Bit-do controller does look nice, but only has two of the XBox Elite's four underside triggers, which I don't think is enough.

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