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oxysoft
22
Apr 6, 2017
I'd like to know if the PCB for the d-pad are still fucked? Because I will never purchase any of their products for as long as they don't fix it. It looks great on the outside, super portable with all the buttons I need, but I do not endorse shit hardware put inside of a cute shell.
AlanWarrick
6
Apr 6, 2017
oxysoftIt would help if you elaborated a bit on the issue your having, this is honestly sounding like a jaded personal experience. I have an NES30 Pro and am enjoying it. What happened to yours?
oxysoft
22
Apr 6, 2017
AlanWarrickI don't have one, I'm simply going off of this http://forum.8bitdo.com/thread-446-1-1.html It looks like they register diagonals way too easily because the contacts are worse than what they should be.
Maita
Apr 11, 2017
oxysoftIf the problem is that the D-pad is like a 360 controller I just don't get it. 360 controllers are my favorite and I've never had buggy input recognition. I get the feeling it has a lot more to do with finger shape and size than the contacts. Or maybe people just got bad buttons and, like most of the rest of us, like to bitch about things that annoy them.
oxysoft
22
Apr 11, 2017
MaitaWhat are you talking about? The 360 controller d-pad is just about the worst d-pad in existence.
AlanWarrick
6
Apr 11, 2017
oxysoftI didn't mean to start all this, i was just looking for clarity on your comment oxysoft.
gibbousmoon
98
May 16, 2017
AlanWarrickI can probably help.
S/he is talking about dpad imprecision. The fact that you like your 8bitdo and, especially, that you think the 360 dpad is acceptable leads me to believe that you have never played a video game with either gamepad that requires such precision. (The link oxysoft provided you with explains the design failure in more detail.)
This requirement is EXTREMELY common in console games before the days of analog sticks, which--surprise, surprise!--many people use this gamepad for.
Go play Contra 3 with this shiny turd, and come back and tell us how long you survive. :)
My 8bitdo is gathering dust next to my xbox360 gamepad.
The only wireless gamepads I have ever used which are acceptable for retro/emulation gaming are the Playstation and Xbone gamepads.
oxysoft
22
May 18, 2017
gibbousmoonI gave into this drop so that I could get know for once how the controller holds up, and promised myself to leave some very angry and shitty reviews if it turned out to be as bad as it looked. D-pad is actually slightly better than expected, however as you noted, it is indeed unusable for Contra 3 and other such games that require precise controls. Regardless, I have found some use and enjoyment out of it for portable PSX gaming where I can just relax with the joystick. The joystick isn't ideal either but still comfortable and usable enough that I can play just as skillfully as with my regular controllers in the Spyro trilogy, and being able to play anywhere and on way to school aboard public transit with my tablet has made it worth it.
So definitely would not recommend to anyone looking to play NES games and the likes. Regardless of diagonal precision, the d-pad isn't even comfortable to begin with. Hurts your fingers after 5-10 minutes and it digs into your skin. However still a decent purchase for games that require less accuracy and that are fine with the joystick. The joystick, while it isn't stellar, is very usable and not that much different than what you would have on a PS Vita. It does have a greasy texture to it that never seems to come off, it seems to be that way naturally.