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[โ€“] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Define third party controller.

I have my Steel Battalion controller, which was required for the game. Best controller and gaming experience I have ever had. Worth every penny.

But does that count as a third party controller, especially since it can only play one game?

Regarding controllers that are more generic, I have found 8bitdo's Pro+ pretty good, but I am not fond of the joystick placement. I had an Xbox One knock off controller that had the layout of a WiiU Pro controller and I loved that, but it was wired only and that was disappointing. I had a Wii Classic controller that was styled like a WiiU Pro controller and I liked that too, but it was only a Wii classic controller, and couldnt be used on basically anything other than the Wii (the vapor console Coleco Chameleon used images of it for its controller).

[โ€“] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I have my Steel Battalion controller, which was required for the game. Best controller and gaming experience I have ever had. Worth every penny.

But does that count as a third party controller, especially since it can only play one game?

It's technically 3rd party since it was not made by Microsoft. It also could be used in the follow-up to Steel Battalion, though wasn't required for it so it was at least useful for 2 games :P

I wish I kept mine. I could have converted it to a PC device quite easily.