I’m looking for a set of gamepads to play local co-op games with my fiance. A while back I purchased an Xbox Elite controller expecting it to be sturdy since, it’s Microsoft’s premium controller targeted at both Xbox and PC. Shortly later, my bumper broke which appears to be because the bumpers are just a piece of plastic being bent over and over. It looks like they ported this same defect over to the Xbox Elite 2 controller without fixing it and at this point, I’m done.
I was looking at Sony controllers, I’m a little worried about there compatibility with PC (Windows and Linux) and also the fact that I have large hands.
Scuff also came up, but their prices are pretty high and IDkK how durable they are.
What do you suggest?
In my opinion, it doesn’t really matter, just get a controller with a stick layout you like, and make sure that it uses hall effect sticks, as they don’t wear down, unlike traditional potentiometer-based sticks. The Sony DualSense Edge is pretty nice and uses hall effect sticks, but it’s expensive. Here’s a list with many more controllers with hall effect sticks, I’m sure you’ll find something that’s more affordable: https://www.hlplanet.com/controller-hall-effect-joystick/