How long does a wireless controller last? Six hours? Then you have to switch it with a charged one.
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Fuck the DS4 controller
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How long does a wireless controller last? Six hours? Then you have to switch it with a charged one.
The xbox controllers are all garbage, build quality wise. They're amazing in hand and in function when they work but they break easily. Xbox 360 analog stick quickly develop drift (it can happen to any analog stick fundamentally but the 360 sticks really suffer from this a lot). Drift is when your stick doesn't stay at the neutral position when you're not twisting it into a direction, hence it will keep generating movement while you're not forcing it into neutral yourself. A potential fix to use for this before you go out and buy a new controller is to augment the size of the dead zone in the stick but that also has its annoyances since you need to press the stick further to get movement.
The xbox one pads all have shoulder buttons that end up breaking. Mine ended up breaking after 6 months of use. I originally bought the xbone pad because I greatly dislike the DS4 layout and the integrated battery that you can't replace
(which I also own and had no issue with whatsoever. No issue to report with the USB connector either but I'm very careful when I plug it in to charge) and gave it another go but then the shoulder button on the right stopped working unless I press REALLY hard and googling online it seems a very common occurrence with the pad too, enough that there's a cottage industry that sells shoulder button replacements on amazon. It only happens on the newer generation of xbox one controllers, I think it's on purpose to have people keep buying new controllers because it's a very obvious design fault on the way the shoulder buttons are designed :
New Xbone controllers
Older design :
I ordered the new 8bitdo controller that has the unfortunate DS4 like layout recently. Fingers crossed for maybe getting the perfect pad outside of layout issue. This one has replaceable batteries so you don't need a second controller to be charging while one has an empty battery. They can work with both the included battery pack, that can be charged through the pad from a USBC port (which should be unbreakable if you've been having issue with microusb on the DS4) or AA batteries (buy nimh if you want rechargeable).
Btw the logitech pads are no good, they have a massive dead zone built in.
It's really become a shitshow market compared to the older consoles. I never had anything breaking on a PS1 pad and god knows I abused them more than I did as an older adult any of the current pads. Same for the dreamcast controller.
The xbox one pads all have shoulder buttons that end up breaking. Mine ended up breaking after 6 months of use. I originally bought the xbone pad because I greatly dislike the DS4 layout and the integrated battery that you can't replace
(which I also own and had no issue with whatsoever. No issue to report with the USB connector either but I'm very careful when I plug it in to charge) and gave it another go but then the shoulder button on the right stopped working unless I press REALLY hard and googling online it seems a very common occurrence with the pad too, enough that there's a cottage industry that sells shoulder button replacements on amazon. It only happens on the newer generation of xbox one controllers, I think it's on purpose to have people keep buying new controllers because it's a very obvious design fault on the way the shoulder buttons are designed :
New Xbone controllers
Older design :
I ordered the new 8bitdo controller that has the unfortunate DS4 like layout recently. Fingers crossed for maybe getting the perfect pad outside of layout issue. This one has replaceable batteries so you don't need a second controller to be charging while one has an empty battery. They can work with both the included battery pack, that can be charged through the pad from a USBC port (which should be unbreakable if you've been having issue with microusb on the DS4) or AA batteries (buy nimh if you want rechargeable).
Btw the logitech pads are no good, they have a massive dead zone built in.
It's really become a shitshow market compared to the older consoles. I never had anything breaking on a PS1 pad and god knows I abused them more than I did as an older adult any of the current pads. Same for the dreamcast controller.
Finally a word of reason. I'm using Logitech controllers for a decade now and they are really undestructible. But if I had to choose, I would play with with one of the new 8bitdo SN30 Pro controllers, they look like quality.
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