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).
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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.
Have the older non-Hall stick version and paid close to full price. Best controller I've used. Still works perfectly, but may pick this up just to future proof myself.
Once upon a time I synced my Xbox controller to my PC via bluetooth and the latency was horrible, probably 1/8 of a second. I ended up acquiring an Xbox controller wireless dongle and it worked great with that.
If I were to buy this controller and sync it to my PC with bluetooth should I expect the same terrible latency I did with the Xbox controller, or do Xbox controllers just suck at bluetooth?
Have the older non-Hall stick version and paid close to full price. Best controller I've used. Still works perfectly, but may pick this up just to future proof myself.
I'm in the same boat but an others said, this appears to be the old one. Probably clearing old stock. I'm glad the replacement will have Hall effect sensors whenever mine finally dies.
Just FYI for anybody dealing with the controller desert that is the Xbox, I bought some Hall effect sticks off aliexpress and fixed my old drifting box controllers for about $3 per controller. They work great so far. In case it needs saying soldering is required.
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apologies for being off, what would the difference between the two be?
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.
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I own one of these and this is the least expensive price I've seen for these on sale. Had these been the Hall Effects version of the controller I would've been all over this, but I really don't need another one.
I'm in the same boat but an others said, this appears to be the old one. Probably clearing old stock. I'm glad the replacement will have Hall effect sensors whenever mine finally dies.
Just FYI for anybody dealing with the controller desert that is the Xbox, I bought some Hall effect sticks off aliexpress and fixed my old drifting box controllers for about $3 per controller. They work great so far. In case it needs saying soldering is required.
Thanks for the heads up, I hadn't noticed the previous comments.
Just to let everyone know that this works when connected Bluetooth to the Onn Google TV 4K Pro with Retroarch side loaded. A little learning curve getting Retroarch to work with it, but it works great with older emulators of 80s consoles. Nothing heavier duty like PS1 or newer, but NES, SNES, Genesis, Mame, etc. work great.
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Do the no-name bluetooth controllers work well also or should those always be avoided? Reviews look good but I don't always trust them. We're in Japan and most places don't ship to FPO addresses but we can get the no-names from the Japanese Amazon. Anything name brand is $$$ so usually avoided. Just need somethign basic so my wife and I can play 2P games on our Android Onn Box.
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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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If I were to buy this controller and sync it to my PC with bluetooth should I expect the same terrible latency I did with the Xbox controller, or do Xbox controllers just suck at bluetooth?
Just FYI for anybody dealing with the controller desert that is the Xbox, I bought some Hall effect sticks off aliexpress and fixed my old drifting box controllers for about $3 per controller. They work great so far. In case it needs saying soldering is required.
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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.
Just FYI for anybody dealing with the controller desert that is the Xbox, I bought some Hall effect sticks off aliexpress and fixed my old drifting box controllers for about $3 per controller. They work great so far. In case it needs saying soldering is required.
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