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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by sbeak@sopuli.xyz to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

Based on my searches, I could only find 3* controllers that have this feature (and interestingly, they all do it differently). There's the new 8BitDo Pro 3, where the face buttons are magnetic, the GameSir Supernova, where you have to remove the faceplate to swap the buttons, and the GameSir Tarantula Pro/T3 Pro, where there's a motor that swaps the ABXY layout.

This seems like a pretty simple feature that would be really useful for multiplatform controllers. Lots of controllers advertise that they work with PC, Xbox, Switch, Android, etc., but very few of them give you the option to physically swap the ABXY layout. They usually have one layout or the other. I would get not having these features on a really budget controller, but there are some controllers that are really expensive and don't have this neat little button swap thing (instead opting for gimmicky things like a screen)

edit: * There’s actually 4**, I forgot about the Nyxi Flexi!

edit 2: ** Nope, it’s five***, the Gulikit KK3 Max has replaceable button caps! Very cool!

edit 3: *** Actually, the older KK2 Pro also seems to have this feature too, as well as a few other older Gulikit controllers, so I guess it’s >6? That’s cool. With four different companies (GuliKit, 8BitDo, GameSir, and Nyxi) offering at least one controller with this feature, I guess it’s not as rare as I thought. Who knew?

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[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

Ooh yeah that looks pretty rough. I will say that there are definitely good third-party controllers nowadays for a pretty good price. There are some sub $30 options from both 8BitDo and GameSir (their Ultimate 2C and Nova 2 Lite respectively both seem really good), and a bunch of good controllers that are around the same price as a ds5, maybe a bit less from all sorts of companies with loads of different layouts and both membrane and mechanical buttons. There’s even a few with the ps-like symmetrical layout like the GameSir Tarantula Pro, their wired Tegenaria Lite, and the 8BitDo Pro series.

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ as long as this one works, im not in a big rush to swap it out to something that'd give me the same or worse experience anyway :3.. if im gonna spend any kind of money it's be for additional features lol.. or if this one breaks, in which case I can pick up another ds4 or a dualsense.

I don't really care about saving 10 bucks on something I use daily, so I'd take something I know will last me another decade rather than the third party controllers which looking up usually leads to numerous threads of them breaking x3

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, fair enough. The ds4 controller is a good reliable controller and has worked for many years and probably will work for many years to come. Only downside is micro-usb though…

[-] prole 2 points 2 days ago

I had two with my PS4 Pro, and both of them got stick drift (one after a disappointingly short amount of time). Just my personal experience though...

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

shame that the big companies don't use HE...

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

True that x3.. I bought a 3 meter micro usb cable specifically for it recently lol, those have not lasted me as long as the controller. Having a usb C would be nice tho, since when it inevitably breaks again I'd be able to temporarily use any of the other cables I have on hand :3

[-] sbeak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 days ago

I remember that some guy did a USB-C mod on a ds4. For me though, I just have a micro-USB cable always attached to the controller so it feels more like a wired controller with USB on the end.

[-] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 2 points 2 days ago

I also only use it wired lol :3

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