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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (7 children)

Can China clone a controller with hall effect sticks and decent build quality because the build quality of controllers PS4/XB1/Switch and up has been noticeably worse.

Other than the N64 controller I don't think I've regularly had issues with a first-party controller until nowadays. I recently had to fix a bad solder on a PS2 controller because its rumble was cutting out but that's about it. PS3 control sticks would be filled to dust because of the plastic stick being sawed through by the controller body and still work while my lightly used XB1 controller I only used for PC got wicked drift after a couple years, PS4 controller on my used PS4 slim I got had to be replaced, and my Switch left joycon developed drift (and I replaced it with some hall effect sticks so should never happen again).

Oh, I had to fix a Sega Saturn 3D pad's left trigger button because the magnet it had inside it (even had hall effect triggers) had fallen out somehow.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Was playing an FPS at a friend's house after 1.5 decades of Mouse and Keyboard gaming and noticed controllers are 1: bad for FPS and 2: worse than I remember.

Or maybe I was simply better at FPS games when I was 16 playing Modern Warfare 2.

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