Best Buy has 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Gamepad for Windows, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch (Gray, 80GL) for $28.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join).
Thanks to Deal Hunter doublehelixx for posting this deal.
Features:
Full-size wireless Bluetooth game controller designed with respect for the classics
Made with extra attention to critical characteristics, such as a D-pad, to make sure it feels exactly like you remember it
Easily pairs your controller as an X-input or D-input device via Bluetooth. You can even use it as a wired USB controller with the included USB cable
Compatible with PC, Mac, Android, and Nintendo Switch
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Best Buy via eBay has 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Gamepad for Windows, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch (Gray, 80GL) for $28.99. Shipping is free.
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Best Buy has 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Gamepad for Windows, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch (Gray, 80GL) for $28.99. Shipping is free for My Best Buy Members (free to join).
Thanks to Deal Hunter doublehelixx for posting this deal.
Features:
Full-size wireless Bluetooth game controller designed with respect for the classics
Made with extra attention to critical characteristics, such as a D-pad, to make sure it feels exactly like you remember it
Easily pairs your controller as an X-input or D-input device via Bluetooth. You can even use it as a wired USB controller with the included USB cable
Compatible with PC, Mac, Android, and Nintendo Switch
No longer available:
Best Buy via eBay has 8BitDo Pro 2 Bluetooth Gamepad for Windows, Mac, Android, Nintendo Switch (Gray, 80GL) for $28.99. Shipping is free.
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The Alps use a traditional potentiometer design. Without getting too technical, these potentiometers are a mechanical design with moving parts that measure voltage to determine the joystick's position. These potentiometers are more prone to wearing out quickly under regular use (due to the friction between a metal wiper and a graphite pad within the resistor), which leads to the tell tale "stick drift" problem we've seen countless times among modern controllers.
Hall Effect joysticks are fundamentally different because they use a magnetic contactless design to measure voltage, which is used to determine the joystick's position. This in turn means Hall Effect joysticks are significantly less prone to developing "stick drift" and should translate to an overall longer life span of the controller's joysticks.
I only know this because over a year ago, I decided to learn how to solder so that I could fix my own broken Xbox One and Series Elite controllers. I have since made a nice sum of cash buying, repairing, and selling "stick drift" controllers. Most can be repaired by replacing their individual worn out potentiometers, while some I've gone the extra length to change their joysticks to a Hall Effect design instead.
Rolling the dice on this one. Sure, it's not with the Hall Effect sticks but this controller has pretty solid reviews and has to be better than the PowerA controller I have.
I used the $10 gift certificate they sent me to order the SN30. Should I cancel the order and get this instead? What is the difference between the two?
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Hall Effect joysticks are fundamentally different because they use a magnetic contactless design to measure voltage, which is used to determine the joystick's position. This in turn means Hall Effect joysticks are significantly less prone to developing "stick drift" and should translate to an overall longer life span of the controller's joysticks.
I only know this because over a year ago, I decided to learn how to solder so that I could fix my own broken Xbox One and Series Elite controllers. I have since made a nice sum of cash buying, repairing, and selling "stick drift" controllers. Most can be repaired by replacing their individual worn out potentiometers, while some I've gone the extra length to change their joysticks to a Hall Effect design instead.
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