Best controller for a poorfag?

Shiawase said:
It sounds like you are describing the knock-off AfterGlow pad, mine drifted very badly from an early age.
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Nope. I've gone through at least 3 authentic, brand-new wireless Xbox 360 controllers over the years. Each one of them suffered from gradually-worsening drift on the thumbsticks, mainly the left one for obvious reasons. It may be more or less noticeable depending on the games you play but I don't believe for a second that any 360 controller is immune to it. It's just a design flaw. Maybe they've fixed it with Xbox One and later controllers, I've never used those.
 
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MrTroll said:
Nope. I've gone through at least 3 authentic, brand-new wireless Xbox 360 controllers over the years. Each one of them suffered from gradually-worsening drift on the thumbsticks, mainly the left one for obvious reasons. It may be more or less noticeable depending on the games you play but I don't believe for a second that any 360 controller is immune to it. It's just a design flaw. Maybe they've fixed it with Xbox One and later controllers, I've never used those.
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Perhaps my controllers have asymptomatic drift, who knows. :lol: I'm being truthful: My dead-zone settings are kept default in every application and it's been ok. I can't explain it. Are you sure it's not the HexBox curse hanging over you?
 
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Epic Fail Man said:
Whatever you do don't get anything from 8bitdo. They may look all nice and slick but their durability is shit and they crap out within 2 months or less.
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Can confirm, bought an 8BitDo Pro 2 and it started shitting itself both on wired and wireless connection after a month. Thankfully I managed to get my money back. Instead I invested in an Xbox Series controller and I can say I should've went with that in the first place instead of trying to cheap out. The shape is better, the layout is better, all the buttons won't rattle when you shake it, the D-pad won't send random inputs when you push on the center of it, and the general build quality is higher overall.
 
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Slav Power said:
Can confirm, bought an 8BitDo Pro 2 and it started shitting itself both on wired and wireless connection after a month. Thankfully I managed to get my money back. Instead I invested in an Xbox Series controller and I can say I should've went with that in the first place instead of trying to cheap out. The shape is better, the layout is better, all the buttons won't rattle when you shake it, the D-pad won't send random inputs when you push on the center of it, and the general build quality is higher overall.
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yeah I always go back to buying an xbox or sony controller in the end after losing $40 on a broken controller thinking I was smart saving money.

Playstation controllers have horrible durability too but at least will last you 2 or 3 years before having to open it up and replace parts. and 2 years is better than 2 months, dualshock parts are also easier and cheaper to come across.
 
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I've been using an ancient XBox 360 controller, also never had any drift issues. It can make a difference if you buy a the first version of a product or the same product late in it's lifecycle and sometimes they're barely the same product at all internally. Cost cutting measures, switching of suppliers for parts etc. but also bugfixing and streamlining can make a huge difference in the quality.

With a lot of stuff like this these two old evergreens go though: 1. You get what you pay for. 2. Buy cheap, buy twice.
 
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Logitech 310. It's a fucking tank (for me), and has a 3-year warranty just in case the chinkshit breaks. $15 on Amazon regularly. DirectInput and XInput switch on the back for maximum compatibility. Oh, and it doesn't suffer from the Ecksbawks asymmetrical analog stick bullshit.
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No problems with my 360 controllers or the controllers of everyone I know. The ones I had since launch worked with no problem for all the years I used them, the wired 360 pad I have for PC is 10+ years old and there might be a tiny amount of drift, sometimes, on the right stick but that is easily fixed by jostling it for a second. The guy with the constant problems might be a rage-gamer.
 
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Slav Power said:
Can confirm, bought an 8BitDo Pro 2 and it started shitting itself both on wired and wireless connection after a month
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A couple of months ago I would disagree, got a couple of 8BitDo controllers because I liked them so much but both developed problems. The SN30 Pro has some weird analog stick issue where it makes a squeaking noise and occasionally sticks. On the Pro 2 the A button has started sticking. Its less than a year old and I haven't even used it much. Fucking Chinesium.

Probably best to avoid, this company clearly has serious quality control issues.
 
I used the Logitech F310 for quite some time, i have no complaints about it and it never failed on me but i still preferred the general experience of a 360 controller (though I am biased as that is the console i grew up with for the most part)
 
The reason I originally ended up getting an xbox controller for was that I used to still dual-boot to play vidya (and later run them in windows VMs) and it was usually a pain in the arse to get most mainstream titles to work properly with anything that wasn't an XBox controller for reasons which I am sure Microsoft had nothing to do with. Later on there was some kind of .dll that'd trick the game into thinking your controller was an xbox controller but it did not always work. I have no idea about the specifics or if it's still that way because I basically stopped using windows for anything altogether. But maybe it's a thing to consider?! (ok, probably not)
 
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Just go to the nearest hardware store and buy the cheapest offbrand one in the games section.

Can't be worse than Logitech or Razer.
 
If anyone still cares, I bought brand new Logitech F310 (in my country its almost 3 times cheaper than Xbox S' pad) and I must say I'm very satisfied. The plastic is very smooth and nice in touch, and it lies well in hands.
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The only potential complaint I have is that upon quiting the game I played some of the controls were reseting, but I'm 99% certain it was because of game's crack being meant for keyboard use only (Steam Big Picture works without issue.)
 
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Facebook marketplace is a good place to look for cheap tech, same with Ebay. Would check there for any controllers.
 
I'm a bit of the opposite when it comes to controllers. I have a small collection of controllers for some of the games that have niche uses, but for general use:

2D/Retro Games: Dualshock 4. I like having the dpad in the primary position and I enjoy the segmented style of the dpad.

3D/Modern Games: 8bitdo Ultimate Controller (Expensive Version). I decided to give this thing a shot since it has Hall Effect joysticks. Supposedly these things are supposed to be drift resistant but we'll see. Beyond that it feels solid enough but I like having the ability to change it between a switch mode and xinput mode.

I'm currently looking into buying a couple of controllers from Retro Fighters. The Defender (PS3, PC) because I want to see if the pressure sensitive buttons work with RPCS3, and the BattlerGC(GC, PC) because I want a wireless controller that has dual stage triggers. Current that option only exists with the Steam Controller, which I don't like due to the layout.
 
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You can get a free 7-day trial to switch online so you can buy the things without paying for a membership. There are many resources online to get this thing to work with damn near anything that can receive bluetooth.
Don't trust the swtich shit? Then get the Wiimote version of the Super Famicom controller instead.
I know you said you wanted "cheap" but you can't go wrong with an official SNES controller.
 
I've been using a wired SN30 form 8-bit do for the last two years. I've seen a few people here complain about their built quality, but I've never had an issue with it.

For what it's worth, though, 99% of the games I play are 2D and I usually use the D-Pad.
 
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