Hal Effect sticks are a must. I’m looking for a controller because my PS4 controller has some pretty horrible stick drift. I don’t want a repeat of that.
PlayStation layout is also a must. Never understood the appeal of the wonky xbox layout.
Must also ship to Europe. Preferably a company from Europe. But outside of Europe also works if shipping and customs don’t add twice the controller’s cost to the price.
I’m asking this in Linux Gaming, so obviously must work with Linux (though so far I’ve had less issues getting controllers to work on my Linux desktop than I’ve had with Windows).
8bitdo 2c Ultimate I got off Amazon for 30$. Its 2.4ghz and bluetooth, and its hall effect.
Seconding this one. Legitimately the best casual use controllers I’ve ever used. Does everything it needs to, works flawlessly out of the box, offers plenty of customization for those who want to dive deeper, and just feels great to use.
Thirded
I still love the dualshock 3. Recently bought two more from ebay because my first one is half broken.
How do you recognize fakes?
Tbh I just bought from a high rated seller with a lot of reviews and that’s it
I suppose thats a way, and if it works properly should be ok.
8Bitdo Pro 2 is the only one I can think of off the top of my head. Not entirely sure where they’re made, but I’m pretty sure they sell to Europe. On Linux, you’d have to follow these instructions to do firmware updates, since their update tool only works on Mac and Windows. I have a 8Bitdo SN30 Pro+ and its been perfectly fine on Linux.
As an aside, if you, or anyone reading this is comfortable with soldering. Gulikit sells Hall Effect Sticks that can be retrofit into both the Dualshock 4 and the Dualsense, if you’re looking for that Playstation stick layout. (I believe Gulikit also provides the hall effect sticks that 8bitdo uses)
This may be a dumb question, but any idea why you would want/need to update the firmware of these controllers?
Haven’t had any issues with the 8Bitdo, but I also have a Gulikit King Kong 2 that when it was new, had some issues with how the accelerometers worked when playing Switch games that eventually got fixed with a firmware update. It was kinda hard to play Splatoon 3 for a bit until it was updated. So i’d say the firmware updates are for stuff like that
Ah, makes sense.
DualSense or a Logitech F310 (F710 if you need wireless).
The Logitech controllers are solid, sturdy, use the PSX layout (they’re designed after the OG dualshock), and inexpensive.
Idk what kind of sensors they use, but I’ve had my F310 since they launched and it’s still in perfect condition.
DualSense doesn’t use hall effect sensors, but I’ve also had these for 3+ years now, used daily, no issues. But you can replace the sensors if you want to.
Wouldn’t recommend them for a submarine tho
I never had stickdrift before having the DualSense controller.
Still, otherwise it’s a lovely controler and the second one works fine.
