I mean thank fuck, they at least do that for their most expensive controller. Maybe they should just stop scamming us, and use “hall effect sensing joysticks” too.
Gulkit said they will do it, but I’m not sure, if it’s anything available yet.
Hall effect sticks arent exactly perfect. Its a tradeoff, one I think is worth it, but definitely a tradeoff.
Look at his post history, he seems to have a weird mistrust of magnets and believes they could just all turn off one day
Right direction but wtf?! 35$ for the joystick PCB… nah thanks I gonna go and buy a whole hall effect controller for this price…
I’m sure they are good (they don’t drift), but we’ve all grown up with “regular” joysticks and they were fine. Now all of a sudden, hall effects is the latest gaming buzzword that all gamers apparently need to get. Not saying that hall effects don’t have positives, but I do find it funny that all of a sudden its a big deal in the industry.
Hall effect has been the norm in all but the cheapest sim gear (sticks, throttles, etc) for a very long time now.
Hall effect gimbals on radio control/drone controllers have been pretty common for some time, too.
It’s mostly that this is a solved problem that more general purpose controllers are just now catching up to after the problem’s been exacerbated by the smaller gimbals used in modern controllers.
“GameSir G7 SE” is pretty new on the market. The SE version has hall effect joysticks but lacks the mechanical buttons from the previous G7 model. Both of them are wired. Looked up reviews of them and they seem to be pretty solid for this price range. Can’t tell anything about quality myself since mine hasn’t arrived yet. When ordering, put it in your cart and fill out your adress and email but dont pay/checkout. After some time you will get an email with 10% off, later another one with 15^^
I can get the a button fixed on my "elite"controllers now? There should be a class action how frequently they seem to fail.
Standard xbox controllers have sticks that are soldered on in about 10 places each side. They are a total pain to replace, and the PCB will fail after 2 or 3 replacements.
At least the switch uses ZIF connectors. They tiny and fiddly, but it’s way better than an hour wielding a soldering iron.
Ooh my Xbox one controller started joystick drifting. Got a 8bitdo instead
8bitdo are fantastic. I have a whole bunch of different devices from them
I have one of their SNES style pads, SN30 Pro I think, I’d absolutely love it for retro gaming if the D-Pad wasn’t so scuffed right out of the box. It’s way too stiff with edges that aren’t rounded enough, so my thumb always starts hurting and getting tired from how hard I have to push down on it. It also doesn’t do diagonals well. I played Earthbound for like 2 hours before I realized you could move diagonally.
Been meaning to take it apart, see if I can soften the rubber under the D-Pad somehow, just need to get the right screwdriver first, maybe just an iFixit kit finally.
