As a replacement for a standard Xbox controller for your PC, the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 is well worth considering at this price. Packed with features, only its cheap-feeling plastics let it down. This deal is for Prime members only.
Key specs: TMR thumbsticks | Hall effect triggers | 2.4 GHz wireless, Bluetooth | Gyro control | Charging baseView Deal
Every day for the past few weeks, I’ve been blasting through the highways of Tokyo in Forza Horizon 6. If I had the space for such a setup (and…err…the money), I’d be using a really nice wheel-and-pedals setup, but alas, I have to make do with a controller.
Fortunately, it’s a pretty decent one, and right now the 8BitDo Ultimate 2 is a fraction under $43 at Amazon, though just the white version.
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The Ultimate 2 is packed with all kinds of controller goodies: tunnelling magnetoresistance (TMR) thumbsticks and Hall effect triggers give you superb control, as well as no chance of ever experiencing stick drift. There are extra buttons on the shoulders and back to give you even more control options.
And when you’re done gaming, you can just drop the thing into its charging base. It will automatically shut off, but should you need it instantly, it will power up and reconnect to your gaming PC within a second.
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When I reviewed 8BitDo’s ‘ultimate’ wireless controller last year, I was impressed by all its features and usability, though I was somewhat less keen on its cheap-feeling plastics, stick caps that made my thumbs sore, and the lack of resistance in the triggers.
But having used it almost every day since then, I’ve got used to the sticks and triggers, and they don’t really bother me so much any more. It still feels a tad cheap, though, but credit to 8BitDo, the white plastics haven’t become grubby in the least bit.
At its original $60, you’d be forgiven for complaining about such things, but at $43, the Ultimate 2 is genuinely great value for money for what you’re getting. And when it’s a little cooler in my office tonight, I’ll be hammering my little Miata around with ease, thanks to the 8BitDo.
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