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.
Ever since my Steam Controller stopped working I just haven't had any desire to buy anything to replace it. So bummed that touch pads and grip modifiers never caught on, best controller ever made and now if you want to use the closest thing to it you have to buy a whole ass Steam Deck because they don't make them anymore.
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.
They already do. I bought a Flydigi Vader 3 Pro at the end of last year and it has been amazing so far. Still feels like new and I use it a lot. There's also other highly regarded controllers like those from GuliKit and from 8bitdo.
Heyo I was about to recommend that controller, which I also bought at the end of last year.
My sales pitch is that it does everything the fancy "Elite" controller from Microsoft does, but also has gyro, Hall effect sticks, 6 face buttons, Switch/Android support and cost me literally almost 4 times less. And has gamer RGB lights.
The only con I have is that the mfer is noisy cause the buttons are very clicky
It's absolutely great! I don't mind the noise cause I really like the feeling of the buttons. My gripe with it is that their software only runs on Windows, it sucks to have to boot a VM to be able to configure the buttons, at least it lets me configure 4 different profiles. I also saw they just released the Vader 4 Pro, looks cool but doesn't seem like a big upgrade.
The best controller I have ever had is a Xbox 360 Pro Wireless controller. I still use that shit for computer stuff and it works so well. XB1 controllers are such crap compared to it. Honestly most gaming peripherals have been getting noticably worse in build quality.
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.
I've seen strong arguments made that a gyro controller like the PS5 - possibly with a flick stick setup - is competitive with keyboard and mouse for FPS games. But it's also a different enough input style that your hundreds or thousands of hours of experience with other input methods doesn't transfer and you have to relearn from the beginning.
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.
Ever since my Steam Controller stopped working I just haven't had any desire to buy anything to replace it. So bummed that touch pads and grip modifiers never caught on, best controller ever made and now if you want to use the closest thing to it you have to buy a whole ass Steam Deck because they don't make them anymore.
They already do. I bought a Flydigi Vader 3 Pro at the end of last year and it has been amazing so far. Still feels like new and I use it a lot. There's also other highly regarded controllers like those from GuliKit and from 8bitdo.
Heyo I was about to recommend that controller, which I also bought at the end of last year.
My sales pitch is that it does everything the fancy "Elite" controller from Microsoft does, but also has gyro, Hall effect sticks, 6 face buttons, Switch/Android support and cost me literally almost 4 times less. And has gamer RGB lights.
The only con I have is that the mfer is noisy cause the buttons are very clicky
It's absolutely great! I don't mind the noise cause I really like the feeling of the buttons. My gripe with it is that their software only runs on Windows, it sucks to have to boot a VM to be able to configure the buttons, at least it lets me configure 4 different profiles. I also saw they just released the Vader 4 Pro, looks cool but doesn't seem like a big upgrade.
The best controller I have ever had is a Xbox 360 Pro Wireless controller. I still use that shit for computer stuff and it works so well. XB1 controllers are such crap compared to it. Honestly most gaming peripherals have been getting noticably worse in build quality.
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.
I've seen strong arguments made that a gyro controller like the PS5 - possibly with a flick stick setup - is competitive with keyboard and mouse for FPS games. But it's also a different enough input style that your hundreds or thousands of hours of experience with other input methods doesn't transfer and you have to relearn from the beginning.