When I was growing up, the player two controller was always some shitty 3rd party controller. Now, you might prefer the 3rd part controller. 8bitdo has hall effect controllers for everything. I have a flydigi controller and an 8bitdo controller both with hall effect joysticks and they are both better controllers than any first party controllers I've had for any console.
this post was submitted on 08 Apr 2025
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And half the price of a xbox controller. I bought an 8bitdo for PC a week ago...it is better than the xbox controller...the sticks, the rumble, the weight, the finish, the less annoying led, the connection, RF polling rate.
When i had my original xbox the player two was a 3rd party controller, player one was a better 3rd party controller, player 3 if we had it was a first party controller-s and player 4 was the OG fatass xbox controller. My first choice was the mad catz controller that cost me 25 bucks and still works great to this day.
People are paying more for the brand. Most people don't know about alternatives (non-gamer parents, richer people). And 3rd party controllers still have a bad rep. In a few years that might change, and then we will either see a price drop, or quality increase.
Idk monstercat was always bomb
Best I can give you is MadCatz.
Damn I got it mixed with The Mix channel cause I'm old and baked
Still using madcatz gamecube memorycards. Wonder if my saves have rotted off them yet, been a couple years since i turned it on lol
I've never heard of that one. Only ever saw the other cat brand controller.
Sheeeeeeeeit
Damn, that's a shame.
The wording in the article is a bit ambiguous, but does this also mean the Pro controller won't have Hall-effect sticks, as well?
I don’t believe we’ve had confirmation yet. They have said the Pro sticks will be smoother and less squeaky but didn’t name check Hall Effect.
Ass-backwards Nintendo at it gain
Nintendo rip 2025
.... We know.
I didn't.
If you put hall effect sensors in your controller, then they cannot fail and you won't make more money.
Yes, greed. Imagine spending $5 more per controller in manufacturing, and losing on the potential sales of replacement controllers. Sounds like a lose-lose from their point of view.
The moment Nintendo did not address the sticks AT ALL during the Direct it was obvious Switch 2 would not have Hall Effect.
Given how big of a deal drift was with the Switch, the marketing would have jumped on that if it were the case.
I assume the sticks were redesigned to (hopefully) be more resistant to drift, but I would not be surprised when these issues will make the news eventually... Again.
This does both to spark my already astounding lack of interest in Nintendo’s latest money grab under the guise of “next gen”
To me at least, there’s nothing innovative being made at Nintendo anymore, and it seems they can’t even learn from their mistakes.