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Cake day: April 9th, 2024

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  • I just bought a new Xbox controller. Pondered for almost 2 hours.

    A few months ago I went with one from 8bitdo (Ultimate 2C Wireless). Form, joystick, face buttons feel okay tbh but the start & select buttons are placed so stupidly. It feels off every time, never in the weeks of use got I accustomed to it. Annoyed me to no end and you cannot find the older versions (where the buttons are placed normally) anymore.

    I ordered a cheap Gamesir (Nova Llite) one at the same time. Joystick are scratchy and buttons are weirdly un-tactile. Looked for their better models today and they are double the price of Xbox controllers (on AliExpress even).

    Fuck that then I’m keeping it Microsoft, they always work well for 5-6 years and then I gotta buy a new one. Maybe there are better options the next time around.



















  • Counterpoint: It’s just so much fun when you are starting on release day, not getting spoiled, no one has a clue where what is there is no meta and a lot of community interaction.

    E.g. Elden Ring, we started together at 12 am when it launched, killed the first couple of bosses. Then the next few days forums were filled with posts, people had different theories, NPC questlines were being discovered. It was the same two years later with the DLC. A friend of mine bought it finally and started playing last week. But he is .missing all of that.