Another reason why the emulation experience is so much better.
this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2025
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Console gaming is nuts to me, just a bottomless money pit
At the time I bought my Xbox Series X, an equivalent PC cost 3 times more in my country (India). Sure, i get the pros of owning a PC. But if you're someone like me who doesn't play more than 3-4 games (and almost always story driven single player ones) in a year and already has a laptop for work/personal use, buying a PC is just dumb.
The only people who should be buying a PC imo are
- Those who will use the powerful compute for purposes other than just gaming
- Those who buy a ton of games as games are typically cheaper on PC and they might end up spending less in the PC ecosystem despite the significant upfront costs
- People who want the best performance and have the money to spare.
Fuck Nintendo though. I will never buy anything they sell
Exactly, People could use all that money and just get a computer
That’s what I did around 2012 and ditched consoles ever since and have no regrets. Gaming on a PC is just so much better in every fucking way
You spend 2k on the PC instead of 600 for the console, but you save all that by then not having to pay double for internet, 90 bucks for a game and whatever much the licenced peripherals cost
I think that tunnel magneto-resistance (TMR) are more favored for 3rd-party sticks. They've significant advantages over Hall Effect sensors in latency, power consumption, and, apparently, resolution. Plus, they operate on more similar electrical principles to the traditional pot-based sticks, so, they require less effort to design around.
None of the big 3 console manufacturers use hall effect sticks because they need people to buy controllers regularly to keep their business afloat.
This is why Sega needs to come back. They had Hall effect sticks on the Saturn and Dreamcast.
Maybe they’re not in the business because they used Hall effect sticks 🤔
I’m being cheeky. I really just mean it’s an old technology that anyone could use and doesn’t.
If you want a real answer. Sega died because of the conflict between its American branch that was pushing the 32x (putting the genesis on life support when 5th Gen consoles like the 3DO were already releasing) and the Japanese parent that botched the Saturns release. ($100 more than the ps1, and retailers weren’t told about the initial exclusivity with KB toys so other retailers didn’t order any.) The Saturn was also hard to develop for and the Dreamcast had no piracy protections when it finally did release.
Basically a series of bad internal communication and multiple failures to keep up with consumer and retailer expectations and demands. They still made some of the best hardware of all time. The Dreamcast is a near perfect console the only gripe anyone has now is that the controller isn’t particularly comfortable.
A side note. The Xbox brand is the spiritual successor to Sega. The developers of the OG Xbox took a lot of design inspiration from the Dreamcast and helped to implement a windows compatibility layer for the Dreamcast before the Xbox was in development. Xbox also targets the same demographic of sports gamers and middle/high school boys.
Thank you for making the effort to write this down. My comment was obviously cheeky too although younglings might appreciate the history lesson :)
Yeah I am done with the Mario console.
Yeah you should switch to PS because their controller has hall effect sticks.
Wait, no they don't either. Neither does Xbox.
Do those consoles have a history of drifting sticks across all their first party controllers?
Yes. Pretty much every single PS or Xbox controller I've ever owned has developed stick drift. I've had 3 Elite 1/2 controller replacements and each of them had stick drift (among other faults).
I have a PS5 and have had to repair at least one stick per year on a pair of controllers.
Did you know someone made an online tool for calibrating the sticks for dualshock controllers?
It saves the config on the controller too so it stays when you go back to the PS5.
Just as an option to replacing the sticks again.
You can't just "calibrate" stick drift away. You can increase the deadzone to hide it, but you lose some control precision and it doesn't stop the stick drift from getting worse.
Sure. That doesn't change that's the name of the tools to everyone else, as steam, Xbox, windows and playstation call it calibrating even if it's technically not.
Thank you if you were just trying to provide more context for others but it doesn't feel like that. It's a temp fix and information I was offering.
Sorry I legitimately took that as you thinking that stick drift could be “fixed” by calibrating the controller, as in the controller would be back to normal.
Yeah you can do a workaround to at least stop the games from registering the drift as input, but I think if you suggest that then you need to make sure people are aware of the loss in precision and that it will make the stick feel unresponsive.
Taking my downvote away.
The Xbox ones constantly have issues, even their pro line.
It is nowhere near to as well known and in my circles Xbox controllers are referred to as the ones that never die or break instantly which is a very different issue.
Not surprised, NintenDON'T is all about pure profit now. One can feel the uninspired releases stemming from the Switch/Switch 2 in terms of quality and care. The 3DS, Wii U was their last good releases.
The Wii U library has some real gems that were ported to the Switch.
The Wii U doesn't get love but it sure was interesting and an upgrade beyond just resolution.
The 3DS line was inspired. Practically a smartphone in an era where they weren't yet everywhere.
The Wii U was the real Switch 1
Yup you are correct! If only Nintendo got the advertising right, the Wii U would of been a lot more successful despite it being under powered. At least it was innovative with great games, features and unique technology to match! Not to mention (Free) backwards compatibility. Same goes for the 3DS!
NintenDON'T's/ Industry (GREED) is the same reasons why Retro gaming is making a comeback!!!
So much for all the "leakers" claiming otherwise.
The worst thing about the switch is the pricing of their games, stick drift and the lack of frames. Glad they improved... One thing?
Nintendo really is the Apple of gaming.
I'm no fan of Apple, but Nintendo is worse.
Maybe if Apple sued the pants off all their biggest fans...
looks at the fan game and emulator makers big Nin has sued
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