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What are your favourite controllers? (beehaw.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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At the moment I use my 8bitdo pro2. It was kinda expensive but its a huge upgrade from my no name switch controllers and awful gamesube one from powera.

Also, the 3ds had really good controls (we don't talk about the c stick)

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

My favourite controllers are still the official Xbox controllers because of Xbox Design Labs. I like to have my controller look the way I want. And also they seem to be the only controllers that can still be powered by 2 plain rechargable AA batteries.

Edit: Here is my design for anyone curious: Xbox Design Labs Screenshot

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

My design was on the front page a few years ago...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Can't believe I had to scroll this far for this. To my mind, the modern Xbox controller is the perfect controller for PC. Like you said, this the AA batteries and colorways are great, unique features. On top of this, it's well-laid out, feels good in the hand, and every button, stick, and trigger feels great to use. And most importantly, it has the broadest compatibility. Every game recognizes the Xbox controller, and almost every game has Xbox button prompts built in.

The only thing missing is hall-effect sticks, but I've never experienced stick drift on an Xbox controller so it's not like I would notice a difference.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The Xbox controllers are too big for my small hands. For people like me the dualshock 4 is more adapted + it has better build quality and feels sturdier all around

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

DS4? As in the one for the PS4? It's a bit of an unfair comparison bc they are different gens, but i would definitely argue that the current Xbox Series controllers are higher build-quality than the DS4. My Xbox One controller had creaky, rattly shoulders and an okay but not great d-pad. The newer ones fix that, fortunately.

All that said, I will not dispute that it's probably less ideal for smaller hands. Sony has always gotten that part right.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nice

Xbox ones are cool but I can't wrap my head around the buttons being inverted compared to Nintendo. Also how's the dpad?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For me it's the other way around 😅

The D-pad is really nice. It's very clicky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Nice, clicky dpad good

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Is there no option to design a wired one? =/