• Haru
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    1410 months ago

    This is great, one of the reasons I’ve not had my PS1&2 setup in my “gaming area” is because of the lack of reach on the official controllers from my unit (also loads of wires). So this definitely interests me!

  • 👁️👄👁️
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    710 months ago

    Don’t know how many people would want this, but it’s cool as hell they’re doing this.

    • @graymess
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      410 months ago

      I do! Bought one. Been on a PS2 mod kick this past week, so this came at the perfect time.

  • @recapitated
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    310 months ago

    For such a goofy name, this company makes some really cool stuff.

    • @chanunnaki
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      310 months ago

      It will absolutely add some latency compared to the original controller but whether it’s perceptible to you or any other human being is another matter entirely. I find 8bitdo sometimes have terrible lag in some of their devices, but it could be down to shoddy firmware and sometimes get patched later, like with the SN30 Pro for Android which was unusable before firmware patches.

      I’m personally just semi-sensitive to lag, but for serious gaming I will always go wired for the psychological edge. I will get this regardless because wireless controllers are amazing for casual gaming.

      I’m actually more interested in how much lag the USB-C passthrough introduces. If that can be down in the sub-3ms range, that would be amazing.

    • @recapitated
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      210 months ago

      If a Bluetooth controller can perform in any setting, I don’t see why it shouldn’t be feasible to make one perform well in this application. It will react to inputs and close or open a circuit or send an analog signal.

    • @2toneOP
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      410 months ago

      Fantastic brand with fantastic controllers. Unpack that item right away!

  • MrScottyTay
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    210 months ago

    Kinda pointless for ps2, unless used for a player 2 etc., Because of the lack of pressure sensitive buttons.

    • Kaan
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      1110 months ago

      Barely any game uses them. And I think it’s only needed in MGS. So, far from pointless imo.

      • Haru
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        810 months ago

        I remember finding out Ridge Racer V was using them when it was released, and as cool as it was, it just seemed rather pointless. Sensitivity margin was so thin you had to be quite delicate with it.

      • MrScottyTay
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        510 months ago

        and almost all racing games or games with vehicles that use th face buttons for acceleration, think GTA, NFS, Gran Turismo

        • Adam Cook
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          110 months ago

          @MrScottyTay @Kaan
          Though I remember one of the Gran Turismo games had an option to use the right analog stick up and down as an accelerator and break. It was tricky to master, but effective.

          • MrScottyTay
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            210 months ago

            Yeah, I think most racers do that, very hard to get used to in my opinion, but definitely an option

            • Adam Cook
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              110 months ago

              @MrScottyTay
              It definitely was hard to get used to. But with Gran Turismo, it rewards precision. I was also a fan of games like Driver, that were more forgiving.

      • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
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        310 months ago

        The Ace Combat games used them for throttle, rudder and radar zoom level.

      • Nioxic
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        GTA3 as well

        Though its rather pointless IMO

    • IndiBrony
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      710 months ago

      It makes me sad that this wasn’t carried forward. I feel like I’m the only person who actually enjoyed the pressure sensitivity.

    • @BoxOfFeet
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      210 months ago

      Yeah. Brook makes a good adapter that supports modern controllers, as well as the PS3, so you can still get those pressure sensitive buttons. I use mine all the time, PS2 is pretty much the only console I play anymore.

    • @Pumpkinbot
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      110 months ago

      PS2 had pressure sensitive buttons? No shit, I had no idea.

    • @swagstudios
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      110 months ago

      yeah I use the brook adapter with PS3 controller which uses pressure sensitive buttons

      • MrScottyTay
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        110 months ago

        Does the brook allow pressure sensitive? I never actually got along to testing it properly when I used one cause I wasn’t really looking for it at the time. I do have the one previous to the current model though

        • @swagstudios
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          210 months ago

          yes. make sure firmware up to date