Woot! has
8Bitdo Ultimate 3-Mode Wireless Controller for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One & PCs (Jade) on sale for
$41.99.
Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.
Thanks to Community Member
mikeg2018 for sharing this deal.
About this product:
- Xbox-licensed controller for Xbox, Windows, Apple, and Android
- Wired USB for Xbox, 2.4G for PC, Bluetooth for mobile devices
- Hall Effect joysticks and impulse vibration triggers
- Two rear paddles with refined bumpers and D-pad
- 3.5mm audio jack, custom profiles, and charging dock
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Imo wait for a sale on Amazon or Best Buy along with an extended warranty is the way to go.
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Yes, technically it has SOME functionality when connected to an Xbox using the included USB-C cable, but it can't be used wirelessly with an Xbox and many of the features don't appear to work when it's being used with a wired connection.
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It's $12 more, but I'd be willing to pay more if it was worth it.
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It's $12 more, but I'd be willing to pay more if it was worth it.
The 8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless controller has TMR sticks. TMR is the latest technology, with higher precision than Hall Effect. The Ultimate 2 Wireless also has a max 1000hz polling rate when using the USB dongle or the wired connection (on Windows). The Ultimate 2 Wireless has received Apple capability in the last year, but only for the latest iOS/MacOS operating systems. The USB dongle is USB-C.
Also the Ultimate 3-Mode's material feels more premium, while for some reason it seems that for the Ultimate 2 Wireless they used "cheaper" feeling plastic even though it's a newer model.
Also note that 8BitDo's controller names can be confusing because there are different models with similar names but different specs, so make sure you're getting the one that you need/want.
For example, the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controller is different from the Ultimate 2 Wireless. The Ultimate 2 Bluetooth is geared toward Switch and lacks official Android and Apple iOS/MacOS support (although some people report workarounds for that, with varying success). But despite the different names, both the Ultimate 2 Wireless and Ultimate 2 Bluetooth controllers both have wireless USB dongle capability AND bluetooth capability on each controller. They just focus on different system compatibility. You might assume that the Ultimate 2 Bluetooth version (geared toward Switch) would still work with Android or Apple via bluetooth, but it doesn't. Only with Switch and Windows.
The Ultimate 2C Wireless controller is also different. It can be confusing because the Ultimate 2C is cheaper than the 3-Mode but has a couple more premium features like 1000hz polling rate (via USB dongle and wired connection) and extra bumper buttons, but the Ultimate 2C doesn't have official Apple iOS/MacOS support using bluetooth like the Ultimate 3-Mode does. But to make it even more confusing, some people on Reddit talk about getting a beta firmware version when they contact 8Bitdo customer support which allows them to use the Ultimate 2C with Apple devices.
And there is also an Ultimate 2C Bluetooth version which is different from the Ultimate 2C Wireless version because the Ultimate 2C Bluetooth is geared towards Switch, but doesn't have USB dongle support. But the Ultimate 2C Wireless version does indeed have bluetooth support (for Windows/Android) in addition to wireless USB dongle support.
So the models/versions don't all line up exactly in the way that you might expect, and you really need to do a little research based on which systems you'll be using the most. And it's possible that in the future 8BitDo will release more updated firmware versions for any of their controllers which would provide better support for things like using Apple devices on certain models that didn't initially support it when they were released.
For me, the Ultimate 3-Mode Wireless controller has been great because it works seamlessly for me with games, including emulators, on both Windows and MacOS, and it has a nice premium feel. I have a high-end Mac with 128 gigs of RAM (shared with graphics card) which runs emulators for lots of systems flawlessly, including Switch games, and a high-end Windows PC with newish RTX GPU, which I use for mainstream PC games and racing and flight simulators etc., so those are my primary gaming machines.
But it's also nice that the 3-Mode also works perfectly on Android with the Onn Box, a cheap Google TV / Android streaming box that can run emulator games pretty well (N64 Mario Kart etc) and on Android mobile phones, since I have a few Onn Boxes and have friends / relatives who also have Onn Boxes or have newer Samsung phones that can stream to Samsung TV etc. and run emulators, so sometimes it's just a nice party trick to bring over my controller and set them up with emulator games within minutes to start gaming on their TVs when they didn't even know they could.
So people using specific consoles or other setups might prefer a different controller depending on their needs.
For reference, I have this Ultimate 3-Mode Wireless controller and just bought another one for $35 on Amazon because I was lucky to have a $15 off coupon there. Before I saw that deal, I was considering buying the 8BitDo Pro 3 controller or the Ultimate 2 Wireless controller because of the new TMR sticks in those and the 1000hz polling rate, and I still might in the future. I also bought this controller yesterday just to test out as an extra for about $19 using code WELCOME for an extra dollar off: https://gamesir.com/products/game...43141593
I also have a couple old HYPERX Clutch Wireless Gaming Controllers with regular analog sticks (not Hall Effect or TMR) which I got on a deal for about $25 each about 3 years ago, and those still work fine especially with Android emulation and the Onn Boxes when I have my nephews over and they want to play Mario Kart and things like that.
If I had not missed the $42 deal on the Pro 3 last week I probably would have tried that out, but for now I'm happy with the Ultimate 3-Mode especially since I got my 2nd one on sale for $35.
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