Comment on Microsoft’s repairability push now extends to Xbox controllers, too

Tolstoy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Where do you get one, and how much better are they?

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  • Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    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.

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    • commandar@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      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.

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      • Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        My understanding is that no first party controller (Sony, MS, Sega or Nintendo) uses hall effects.

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    • Cypher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Controllers with quality sensors and switches have been available for a long time it is simply that consumer knowledge on the topic has improved.

      My 14 year old CH products joystick is a great example.

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  • Tolstoy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “GameSir G7 SE” is pretty new on the market. The SE version hast hall effect joysticks but lacks the mechanical buttons from the previous G7 model. They both also 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^^

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    • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks, I’ll check it!

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