So my old wireless Xbox 360 controller is kind of on its last legs, bad stick drift, thumbstick rubber starting to rub off, and I’m looking for a replacement. Would gladly just buy another 360 controller but they haven’t made them in years.
Got an 8bitdo Ultimate earlier this year and it has not lasted. Out of the box, the thumbsticks started losing sensitivity in one or two directions after a few hours of play, but I could get around this by messing with the deadzones in the software. Not an ideal solution, since it lowered the resolution, but it worked.
But now it’s got new and exciting problems that I can’t work around. Sometimes the B button won’t register at all. Sometimes the A button will press on its own. And my favorite, sometimes the entire controller just freezes and won’t accept any input for seconds at a time.
I had a coworker recommend a GuliKit but the face buttons are backward and that’s enough to put me off it.
Any advice?
my favourite is the newer Xbox wireless controller. i used to buy 3rd party but have found it’s worth it to spend 50 or 60 quid on these as they last much longer. connects natively to whatever via bluetooth, use it with my steam deck and linux PC nice and easily. I picked up some rechargeable AAs and a charger too because it doesn’t charge batteries, that’s the one drawback of the modern controllers. they are my favourite controller to use though, always found dual shocks kinda small