8BitDo Pro 2 Hall Effect vs DualShock 4, Nintendo Switch Pro, SN30 Pro StickAnalyzer & Joystick Test

[@jjaanel]

Thanks for testing out the controllers. Great Info.!!

[@FairyKid64]

Thanks - and you're welcome! I'm glad you liked it!

[@Modest_Player]

frankly, DRIFT is the reason why you would buy an hall effect joystick. Literally, every single original Nintendo controller (either Pro or Joycon) will drift over time. It's inevitable (of course, if you never use the console, the controllers won't wear down but this kind of defies the purpose of a controller in the first place). Kudos for the OST!

[@FairyKid64]

Hey, thanks for your comment! Yeah, I guess we'll have to see. Maybe I've just got lucky, but so far even after all these years, besides JoyCons, even my oldest controllers from the N64 and GCN haven't drifted yet - despite all the tens of thousands of hours I've played. Just the Switch alone I've put in thousands of hours, and even one of my most heaviest used controllers, the 2017 Splatoon 2 special edition Pro Controller, hasn't had any drift whatsoever. However, almost all my original JoyCons have drifted now. Personally I think it just depends on how they're built. The controllers that have traditional potentiometers in them seem to last longer - at least the Nintendo ones. I haven't used PS and Xbox controllers as much.

[@TheAlpha31]

My first comment might have gotten filtered because of links. I'll repost with them removed for now: To your point at 3:50 on the test finishing at only around 80% on some controllers, I believe that is due to the "outer deadzone", which some controllers have more of a problem with than others. The GAMEPADLA guy has a video on their channel showing a couple different examples: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXLIpZhrm5mlpck. They rate the Pro 2 Hall Effect as medium on their website. Do you have any options for adjusting the deadzones in the 8BitDo Ultimate software ? If the controller is in S mode, switching to X mode might give you some more options (X mode is recommended on Windows anyways). Some people mention having a slider that can be adjusted from both ends. It can even sometimes be affected by firmware updates. I just did the tests with my Flydigi Apex 4, the stick reaches around 95% deflection before hitting the edge in the program and reports 0.00049 stick resolution (which seems like a really high res, there might be some smoothing or something going on).

[@FairyKid64]

Thank you for your insight! And yes - there is a slider in the 8BitDo Ultimate Software for the dead zones on both ends. In these tests I did, I was just in S mode and the default dead zones. That's a great idea though to test the other modes and try changing the dead zones - I'll have to give that a try! Sorry your previous comment apparently got filtered out too but the way.

[@vilaar9015]

@@FairyKid64 Great video! Would love to know about the results, but I don't have high hopes...I don't think stick resolution will improve on xinput mode, but let's see!

[@FairyKid64]

​@@vilaar9015thank you! Yeah, I'm not holding my breath either on the x-input mode, but it would be worthwhile to at least test.

[@MrHurricaneFloyd]

I get an error with this application saying it cant run on 64 bit Windows. I have ordinary Windows 11 Pro.

[@FairyKid64]

Interesting. I wonder if it has to do with a security setting. Is there anywhere to click that says "more information", "security settings", etc..., when you try to run?