Comment on BDS calls for boycott of Microsoft and Xbox gaming products over alleged Israeli military connections

• Toribor@corndog.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  These days 8BitDo controllers are superior to first party Xbox controllers and sold for cheaper.

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  • WR5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    For sure, there are lots of options for controllers for PC!

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  • SeekPie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Are there any with gyro?

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  • MoonlightFox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Yep, I have the 2.4ghz dongle ones with hall effect sensors and charging stand. Its just better and cheaper. The dongle is so that I don’t have to sync, I kinda like the whole plug in and it just works.

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• umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  with piracy you can boycott games without even stopping yourself from playing them.

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  • WR5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    That is true.

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  • duchess@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The most cowardly and entitled boycott is certainly the one where you still consume without spending money.

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    • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      its in fact the best boycott. rub it in their faces and force them to spend millions in DRM, or pay up.

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    • Doorbook@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      So, the company you supporting publicly uses torrent, to feed its AI model, to Murder on camera, children, women, fist aid worker, journalist and innocents people. Yet, you call someone using the pirated content weak?

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      • duchess@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Video games are a luxury and it should be easy to avoid them.

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    • MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Better than not boycotting though.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Glad I‘ve waited for the Switch 2 pro controller to come out. I‘m in need of a new one and Xbox probably would‘ve been my second choice. And yes I‘ve looked into 8bitdio and what not, but they‘re not cheap either and I was happy with my switch pro for 7 years until recently.

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  • WR5@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean Nintendo isn’t really pro-consumer either. I’m not sure if they donate or support genocide, but they are pretty capitalistic to a fault.

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      You criticize capitalism, yet you participate in it. Curious. /s

      If you know a manufacturer that‘s handing out world class controllers for free let me know, but otherwise I didn‘t ask.

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      • gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        but otherwise I didn‘t ask

        No, but you did say something pretty stupid, as they pointed out

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  • monarch@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    What do you like about the switch pro controller? it has always felt cheap to me.

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  • LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The 8bitdo Ultimate 2C is very cheap as controllers go, and is also one of my favourites. Certainly my go-to for general purpose

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