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Quality


I cant speak to its use as a controller for pc or other consoles but if the quality is as good as with the retron its a solid b...  Read More


Great quality solid great battery life and cool blue lights


Over all i’m happy with the unit but only for short bursts of play


Was concerned at the pricepoint compared to other retro styled controllers

Price


My only gripe about the controller is price

Packaging/appearance


I did update the drivers from the 8bitdo website prior to using so i cant speak to how it would have been right out of the box

Competitiveness


Luckily for me i never experienced any issues with 8bitdo products which i own many


Im currently using it with a retropie setup on a raspi 3b


8bitdo got the dpad right everyoneeverything competitors come a distant second in the dpad alone


If you are doing a retropie make sure that you update to v4

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 297 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 16 2021.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The first thing you need to do is do an update the firmware to make compatibility with all the accessories andnintendo switch


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Itll fix some of the problems


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Note after the last update the sinc program change


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It was a bit difficult to connect and stay connected in the beginning


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    When you open the package and put this controller in your hands you immediately feel where your money went


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The price point here is on par


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I will say in my opinion my hand size falls the realm that would probably be considered average


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would suggest those individuals get one in their hands if they can prior to purchasing as nes and snes controllers are generally smaller in size if one compared them to a sega gensis or any build of a modern contemporary controller

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