Need a new controller

DEL 707 · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:12

I've been using a wired Xbox 360 controller, which unfortunetly due to too much Dark souls, has started to give up the ghost.

I was going to pick up another wired 360, but was wondering is the Xbox One controller was worth the extra money?

gradyhawks · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:36

Its a defo an improvement over the 360 controller, buttons feel better when pressed and such. Depends how much extra is too much for you.

Artery · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:39

You could pick up an Xbox One controller for like £40. No brainer really, it's a better controller than the 360 imo.

[Damien] · 13 Jul 2016 at 12:55

You not thought about getting a Steam Controller? It takes a few hours getting used to but works really well. Having an extra set of trigger buttons helps too compared to the XB pad. I have my extra 2 triggers mapped to estus/kick.

Check the vid here by some Valve dude playing DS3 with one. Take note of the quick menu at 1:00ish:

Be aware though that reshade/sweetfx breaks steam controller support in DS3. The steam controller needs steam overlay enabled to run. Reshade/sweetfx breaks steam overlay which makes your controller mapping be all messed up.

Bennie-Mac · 13 Jul 2016 at 13:01

If you can hold off until August the controller for the new Xbox one slim will do wireless without the need for extra dongles. May also drop the price of the current controller if that doesn't interest you.

Casdawer · 13 Jul 2016 at 13:29

Xbox One Controller hands down.

Pretty much supported by all Games unlike the Steam Controller.

You can get them quite cheap second hand if you don't mind using a cable.

Gilbert89 · 13 Jul 2016 at 14:17

If you are open to going wireless I would recommend picking up the Xbox One Windows Wireless dongle and obviously the wireless version of the controller as the pair work flawlessly.

bigjimmyauk · 13 Jul 2016 at 14:23

Bennie-Mac said:
If you can hold off until August the controller for the new Xbox one slim will do wireless without the need for extra dongles. May also drop the price of the current controller if that doesn't interest you.

And how is it going to do that? not every PC has wifi or bluetooth and i sure can't think of any other ways to get it to work without a dongle :confused:

gradyhawks · 13 Jul 2016 at 14:26

bigjimmyauk said:
And how is it going to do that? not every PC has wifi or bluetooth and i sure can't think of any other ways to get it to work without a dongle

I'm guessing with wifi perhaps.

You can get aftermarket dongles for the Xbox One off of the Bay for next to nothing. Or you can just connect a USB cable to your PC with one of the current Xbox One controllers and its all good.

bigjimmyauk · 13 Jul 2016 at 14:26

Gilbert89 said:
If you are open to going wireless I would recommend picking up the Xbox One Windows Wireless dongle and obviously the wireless version of the controller as the pair work flawlessly.

unless you have the xbox in the same room and constantly have to pair them to each other, also on my early one windows 10 don't recognise the included extension cable it just sees it as a failed USB device. No idea why works fine in windows 7 (tried and tested)

There is a few bugs in certain games too, if you let the controller turn off in the new hitman then knock the mouse and turn the controller back on you can't do anything. There was a fix from Windows update coming for it but not tried it in a while.

DEL 707 · 13 Jul 2016 at 14:28

Thanks for the replies, ordered myself and Xbox one wired controller.

Devrij · 13 Jul 2016 at 18:33

The wireless one can be plugged in via USB to make it wired, unlike the 360 pad, so that's worth considering for anyone else looking at this. I have the lunar white xbone pad and am a big fan.

DEL 707 · 14 Jul 2016 at 15:47

Controller turned up today today, but I've noticed that the left trigger feels a bit clunky and is making a noise, not actually tried it out.

Is there anything I can do or should I just return it?