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 (Peach)

First off, for the current price of barely more than an Andy, this is a no brainer. If you're even slightly considering getting a controller in this category, just do it and save yourself the headache of overthinking it.The good bits. Spoiler: there aren't any actually bad bits. This controller (the Wukong version) looks quite nice, feels good in the hand, and works great. It would be rather difficult to have any issue at all with the basic functionality. It is one of these new-fangled controllers with detachable cable, and the included cable is pretty beefy. Thicker than any of my other USB-C charging cables. All of the buttons are well placed, the sticks are amazing (remniscent of Xbox 360 controller), and the texture of the plastic keeps the controller from feeling slippery. The d-pad is quite alright having a feel perfectly in between mushy and clicky. Probably not going to want to play a fighting game with it, but it's perfect for those utility functions that the d-pad is often assigned in modern games. R4 and L4 are perfectly placed where they aren't too easy to hit accidentally, but also not too hard to hit intentionally. Vibration works out of the box in XInput with no effort from the user. Hall effect sticks and triggers are as accurate as you are.Ok, the "bad" parts. This controller is smaller than it looks. I don't have huge hands and my thumbs can easily overlap at the guide button without adjusting my grip. Not sure why that would be a problem, but whatever. The software has no use for this controller other than updating the firmware. R4/L4 can only be bound with the buttons on the controller itself. This controller presents itself to Windows 11 as a 360 controller, so there is no share button. DirectInput sees it as a 5 axis, 1 POV, 10 button controller, so no Guide button there. The extra buttons (square/bind, star/auto) cannot be set as buttons visible to software, and R4/L4 cannot be set to anything except pre-existing buttons or a combination thereof. If you were hoping to use R4/L4 as legit extra buttons or anything like that, too bad.Having said that, if you're in the market for a modern XInput controller, I have no idea why you would get anything else. The price is too low to ignore, and the quality is there.

Feels very nice. I have not had it for long so I don't know how it performs long term but because of the price tag I honestly don't care if something goes wrong after a year or two of use. When that happens with my premium priced elite controller we have an issue. That is why I sought out something cheaper but still of good quality after my last controller broke down. I'm very happy with it.The buttons and sticks feel good.Its size is not quite as big as a standard Xbox controller, or at least the elite one but I personally like that.In terms of input latency, well it opened my eyes to the fact that the controller I had been using actually had issues with input latency, so its good in that department.The cord it comes with is good quality.The D-Pad.I consider the d-pad an important part of the controller. I play a fair bit of platformers and some 2d fighters (yes I prefer the d-pad to the sticks) so I like a nice D-Pad. This one is amazing actually. Far better than a standard Xbox or PlayStation controller, but not nearly as good as the elites circular d-pad (no one seems to have a fair priced controller with a similar d-pad). I bought another model from this company because i heard the dpad was good but its really not. This one is, so if you are concerned about that its a solid, clicky, and fairly accurate dpad.This model in particular also looks very nice. I haven't played wukong but I liked the way this one looked and it was on a slight sale I think.

Works great so far. Plugged into my laptop and it was recognized instantly (Windows 11). Excellent value for the price. I’ll update this review if anything changes.

All my xbox controllers have died on me so i was in need of a new controller. I seen this posted in a server and decided to pick it up. i was suipriesd with the quality of it. it works great and feels nice. although i will say Ive accidentally pressed the star button on accident and activated the auto mode. i have no issues connecting it with steam and works with every game so far overall happy with this controller!