Comment on Can anyone help me identify this Xbox controller?

AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Lojcs@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That website was really tempting… until I remembered that these run on AA batteries and don’t have gyro or a touchpad. M$ really selling an 85$ controller without the features of the 50$ ps5 controller

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  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    that these run on AA batteries

    Its actually a plus for me. I don’t want to use proprietary batteries and rather use standard AA sized (rechargable) batteries. They can be charged with any battery charger, you can have multiple of them and each pair lasts much longer than any builtin battery. I agree on the other parts for missing gyro and price though.

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    • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      100%! I love controllers that use AA’s. So much easier to replace the batteries. I’m dreading the day I need to go hunt down replacement batteries for things like my DS, 3ds, Playstation controllers, etc. It’s probably not hard to find replacements. But it requires more work than just whipping out some rechargeable AA’s and calling it a day lol

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    • theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeh this one cost me £4 and came with a recharchable battery pack. I’ve always used my controller wired (playing on PC) but now maybe I’ll try wireless!

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      • thingsiplay@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        If latency was an issue for you, I can assure that its not even for competitive gaming. I played years with friends Fighting games in a competitive manner (offline) and since 360 days it was wireless. And in general with modern controller and batteries, a pair lasts for me at least a week if no longer, when I play at least 5 hours per day. Can’t beat that! Replacement is also cheap. Good if you don’t want to rely on original batteries in the future.

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  • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah I was also surprised to hear ps5 controllers went up in price. It made me sad

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  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think I paid 40USD for both of my Dualsense controllers, but both on a heady sale.

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• theskyisfalling@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That is you for the info, I just presumed it wasn’t custom as it looked too well done and I wasn’t aware of this service. Thanks so much for the reply!

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  • AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Happy to help!

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