Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPlenty of 3rd party options with better tech and lower price are available than Xbox controllers.
Comment on Valve is so behind on Steam Controller orders that some won’t ship until 2027
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoPlenty of 3rd party options with better tech and lower price are available than Xbox controllers.
Yggnar@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Got any examples? I’ve been shopping around but can’t find anything I’m terribly happy with
woelkchen@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
In other comments I’ve already pointed to 8bitdo www.8bitdo.com
Their Ultimate 2 series of controllers have a stupid naming scheme so you have to be careful if you go with one of those. They have a Nintendo compatible variant called the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controller but all the other ones also come with a USB dongle and a physical switch on the back to enable bluetooth mode (they refer it to Android compatibility then). The low end one is the Ultimate 2c and even that comes with hall effect sensors. The Nintendo compatible one also works with PCs but in Bluetooth mode its ID is Pro Controller and the A/B X/Y buttons are swapped Nintendo style (in Steam it’s a option to reverse that). I have the Nintendo one because it’s better than a Nintendo Pro Controller and a couple of my friends bought the 2c when it was on a ludicrous sale on AliExpress for 10 Euro.
The latest version is the Ultimate 3E which is officially licensed for Xbox. 130 Euro is a bit steep for me. The 8Bitdo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller costs half the price and the 2c is half of that for a relatively minor loss in features (no RGB LEDs, hall effect instead of TMR sticks).
A friend of mine has KingKong 2 Pro Controller by Gulikit which is not a couple of years old. He’s only a casual gamer but so far he’s happy with it. I cannot speak for the quality of the latest Gulikit controller.
Jrockwar@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
8bitdo comes to mind
Willem@kutsuya.dev 3 weeks ago
8bitdo Ultimate 2, do really watch the product name though, because a lot of their similar named controllers are completely different (8bitdo Ultimate 2C for example)
Gumus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Flydigi Vader 5 is absolutely excellent. There are cheaper options with less features from Flydigi, too. I can highly recommend.