8Bitdo Ultimate 2C Wired Controller for Windows PC and Android, with 1000Hz Polling Rate, Hall Effect Joysticks and Hall Triggers, and Remappable L4/R4 Bumpers (Purple)

This is one of the best controllers I've ever been able to use. If price is a consideration, there is simply no fair comparison or viable alternative on the market.This controller trades blows with Razer's Wolverine V3 TE and Thrustmaster's HEART controllers and barely breaks a sweat while doing it and being 1/5 the price. This gamepad is more comfortable than the Razer Wolverine V3 and it has a better layout than the Thrustmaster HEART.The mechamembrane face buttons found on the Wolverine V3 are better than the face buttons on the Ultimate 2C. Full stop. Everything else though, I prefer the ultimate 2c. Including the shoulder button shape and placement, the extra shoulder buttons' shape size and placement, the shape and "pull" of the triggers, and the overall controller shape are all superior on the 8bitdo Ultimate 2c. For my hands at least.I really like the thrustmaster heart controller but it's missing those 2 extra shoulder buttons next to lb and rb. If Thrustmaster adds these extra shoulder buttons, it'll take the top spot for best PC controller but alas. The Heart has better face buttons, triggers, and a more comfortable shape than the Ultimate 2C. I would prefer the Thrustmaster heart but the absence of the 2 extra shoulder buttons has become a deal breaker since using the ultimate 2c and wolverine v3 TEThe ultimate 2C has the best Dpad out of all three controllers. Its crazy to think that a well balanced membrane dpad actually feels better and is easier to use than either mechanical dpad found on these competing gamepads.The Ultimate 2C handles 1000hz polling better than razer. It's laughable.The ultimate 2C simply punches leagues above its weight class and outshines controllers 5 times its cost. Opt for the wireless version of this remote and you have something more fully features than either remote mentioned. There is no viable alternative to this gamepad outside of the Razer Wolverine V3. Thrustmaster must add the extra shoulder buttons but i hope that's all they update on the HEART controller.If you need a gamepad for PC, get this one.

I find it a bargain ($20 bucks for a controller promising the best of the best, sounds really good). Turbo remapping buttons, hall effect analog sticks.Quality is good and sturdy controller overall.Installation in Windows 11 is not needed, I just plugged it in my computer and everything worked right away, no need to install anything.There's the firmware update application, but ¡beware! use the version 2, NOT the version 1 which won't find any updates. I would like 8BitDo would rework the updater webpage so there would be the version 2 more easily to find.One question remains: ¿does it worth to pay $10 bucks more for the Bluetooth version, or getting the wired one, or buy another wireless controller? I chose the wired one.It remains to be seen the durability of the analog sticks, to see if the hall effect lasts as promised.

Feel: The game pad feels very solid in its body, and all of the buttons feel sturdy but light weight. All of the buttons and triggers have great tactile feedback. All the buttons have nice clicks, including the D-pad.Features: This game pad has rumble which does a nice job providing different "textures" for different actions in games. You can switch it between X and D input modes by holding down the X or B buttons while plugging it into USB. This version of the controller allows you to remap all of the buttons in hardware, using the controller itself, if you wish to do so. It also has a turbo feature for those who want that. The "hall effect" joysticks have zero dead zones, I couldn't push the stick even the tiniest distance without seeing the movement register on-screen. However, the "hall effect" triggers do have small dead zones when starting to pull them back, but that's actually an improvement over other 8bitdo controllers. When they're too sensitive, and start operating upon the slightest movement, you often accidentally press them while just resting your fingers on the triggers, so I'm glad they fixed this problem with the Ultimate 2C. The game pad uses a USB-C port instead of the hard-wired Ultimate C controller, allowing you to change out the cable at any point in case your cable gets damaged. It comes with a C-to-A cable, so you could also replace it with a C-to-C cable if you wanted to, which you can't do with the Ultimate C.OS Compatibility: In Linux, unlike the Ultimate C controller which had a few buttons that needed to be remapped no matter if in X or D modes, at least in the games I tried, this one had all the buttons mapped perfectly out-of-the-box while in the default X mode. The rumble feature and everything else also all work flawlessly in games out-of-the-box, so I would guess if you have some other OS that it should work equally as well there too.Conclusion: This Ultimate 2C controller is a great update to the Ultimate C with little enhancements all over that make it even more awesome. Without factoring in the price, this is an excellent controller which I'd rank among the best out there, even better than most of them for me because most of them have no wired and battery-less options like this does. But after factoring in the price as well, this controller beats everything else easily, so I absolutely have no choice but to give it 5/5 stars. The only way to make it better is additional color options, but I do like the ones they have so far. 8bitdo has done an excellent job with this game pad!