PC obsession? Seems like a strong word. I’d say they’re just throwing carrots. Not good carrots either, just the ones that were already destined for the compost bin.
I’ve been using a DS5 for PC gaming over an Xbox controller for a few months now, and it’s the fucking best! I’m genuinely not going back. The touch pad acts like a track pad for when you absolutely need mouse control (ui navigation mostly), and you can use gyro to fine aim ala the switch. It’s sick! I’m considering picking an edge up exclusively for PC gaming, I’m that sold. I just want someone to confirm the back pedals work. I do wish they had hall effect sticks though.
I use a DS Edge exclusively for PC gaming, and I have for a while now. Through Steam, the back pedals, touch-pad buttons, PS button, and microphone button are all customizable to be any button input you want. I have them on a per-game profile basis, where some games like Elden Ring I map them to be a second O-button so it’s less awkward to run, where others I have them bound to keyboard inputs or macros.
I bought one for that purpose. Realized it’s too much, the angles are so large I can’t hold it for long periods without hurting my wrists, and it’s really heavy, compounding the wrist pain issue. Also the triggers have way too much resistance.
Plus the battery life is really short.
I ended up buying an 8bitdo Ultimate. Much better.
Also the triggers have way too much resistance.
The Edge has 3 “distance” settings for R2 and L2. I moved mine to the shortest setting since I was getting trigger fatigue from Final Fantasy XIV.
The shape of the Edge is weird. That and the parallel sticks hurt my hands after an hour or so. I have big ass mitts as well so that may be the cause.
The 8bitdo ultimate is my favorite of all time though. I don’t think I’ll ever find a more perfect controller. Can use it for hours with 0 issues.
Wish they were more obsessed with making a controller that doesn’t develop stick drift and had better batteries.
I’m curious about the stick drift thing.
I have 3 controllers, two of which I’ve had since maybe 6 months after the PS5 was released since that’s about how long it took me to get one.
Both controllers have a few hundred hours on them, neither have stick drift. The third one doesn’t have nearly the amount of hours on it since my kid spilled juice on it and I procrastinated for a few months to take it apart and clean it lol so I’m not considering that one.
Is it really that bad or did I just get lucky? These things are almost 4 years old and still work perfectly fine.
I’ve had two of 'em that see a lot of use for about 3 years and both are still fine.
I’ve only lost one out of 4 controllers to stick drift. So 25% chance, sample size 1.
I got stick drift on my first one within 200 hours and within 150 hours of the second one. I’ve never had stick drift on any other controller in my life and I’ve owned every major platform except for the Wii U all the way back to the N64 and PSX. I was still using my launch PS4 controller until the PS4 Pro and that controller until 1 year into the PS5.
Sony used to be so legit back in the day but I’ve avoided them like the plague for the last 15 years because their shit always comes with some annoying Sony-exclusive fuckery. Like a smart person with a shit personality.
With that Helldivers scandal with needed a PSN account to play the game, will there be another outcry if Bloodbourne cones to PC, and you need an account then too?
Good fucking luck, Sony. I’ll help you by buying all your open world shit once it hits 20€ or less provided it’s on Steam with no kernel-level drm and no launchers/logins other than gaben’s. I know, it’s a tall order, right?