• xrtxn
    link
    English
    610 months ago

    But… they are discontinued already lol

      • @Defaced@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        910 months ago

        I have two of them, and they’re great controllers. It has a really nice dpad and the joysticks never had any reputation for stick drift. The Bluetooth implementation suffers from the same problem all Bluetooth controllers have though, latency. If it weren’t for the shoddy Bluetooth implementation it would be the perfect controller.

        • newIdentity
          link
          fedilink
          English
          410 months ago

          But to be fair: the Bluetooth never was intended to be used for something different than initial pairing.

          • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            English
            410 months ago

            Sure, but it works pretty well for me. I have BT headphones and DS4 controllers, and they work reasonably well together. I don’t really notice the latency for the type of gaming I do (non-competitive SP games mostly).

    • @LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1310 months ago

      It’s the primary controller I use with my SteamDeck.

      I got it for free with a stadia promo, then Google unlocked the Bluetooth, and it works fine.

    • ono
      link
      fedilink
      English
      1010 months ago

      They’re easy to find for $15-20 USD. What does it matter if they’re discontinued?

    • @jayandp@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      410 months ago

      Dirt cheap on eBay and will probably show up in thrift stores eventually. Making them usable by someone is better than them ending up in a landfill.

      Though I still wouldn’t buy one, but I’m biased since I have one already(got it for free from Google at some point 😝)

    • @vividspecter@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      410 months ago

      So is the Steam Controller, but I’ll continue to use them until something better comes along.

    • newIdentity
      link
      fedilink
      English
      110 months ago

      Honestly the Stadia controller was great. I still have it and it’s my favorite. The Bluetooth implementation just isn’t that great since it was never intended to be used that way anyway