Yep, double shitty. Makes me want to start sailing. 🏴‍☠️

Best buy was the culprit… I feel like I’ve generally had good luck with open box stuff otherwise though.

You know, previous to the current generation of consoles, I thought FOR SURE that back-paddles/buttons would become the next standardized iteration. Controller innovation over the last TWO generations I’d argue, has been really lacking in my opinion.

Patience, I guess. I’ve been waiting for literal fucking years at this point. A few more won’t hurt I suppose.

The Ara definitely seemed like a good thing, for repairability. I’m of the ‘fuck anything google’ mindset though.

The ‘framework’ laptop also comes to mind.

New developments:

So, I actually did order a open box elite series 2 controller but ended up having to exchange it because there was substantial stick drift on both sticks. Super frustrating that this wasn’t caught, or the sellers don’t care enough about the quality control…

The “core” version is a little cheaper, but nobody has the paddles, which is pretty much the main reason I want one of these controllers…

There is sadly not many competitors available right now either. The Razer model is 250$!? WAY more than I want to spend…

The Guilikit one looks promising, but still have another couple of weeks before it actually releases and then would have to wait on shipping from China, which I hate.

You would think that in 2024 there would be more viable alternatives for professional level no-compromise controllers with good quality for an affordable price.

Rant over.

Nice!

The prohibitive price of the xbox elite controllers is definitely a big detractor. They have the ‘core’ model now, for 130 apparently, but doesn’t even include back paddles

I’m curious about what they run used though

Good controllers, pretty comfortable (if I remember correctly), and good battery life I’ve heard.

^asking the important questions!

More power to you, I like the fancy controllers though :)

The fit and function of the iconic 360 controller is hard to beat, no doubt.

thanks

It’s what plants crave!!!

Thank you

What does this mean?

It’s going to stay good. Right?

RIGHT?!?!!!

Maybe it’s an opportunity to convince them otherwise?

I misread tonsils as toenails and was horrified for a second. 😅

Hell yes! Looks badass!!!

I feel like this would be more helpful than a lot of things

I’m never on here during work. Even if I was, that point is pretty unhelpful. I think it’s a normal thing for people to want an unlimited supply of content, as that’s what we’ve gotten used to and that’s what these websites are for. What’s it to you, to dictate how I want to use my time? Whether this behavior is a good or bad thing is another argument. I think the limited content supply here is a concession that most people have accepted on Lemmy, but I also think that it’s possible that it wouldn’t have to be a concession as the platforms grow and get better.

I can not understand how someone in their right mind would be looking at any content firehose without filtering, but it seems like that this is the reality for many.

I typically browse subscribed until I’m seeing posts I’ve already viewed. I occasionally switch to all to see if I will find any new content/ communities to subscribe to. How do you typically do it?

That actually looks really tasty. Lol

I love it that there’s a container with some extra olives too (i’m assuming)