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>Buys lowest common denominator/cheapest product >"oh no this product is really bad and the features don't make sense" Alright buddy. There are plenty of devic

>Buys lowest common denominator/cheapest product >"oh no this product is really bad and the features don't make sense" Alright buddy. There are plenty of devices I have without an off switch that work perfectly fine. In terms of controllers, the Xbox controllers I have will go to sleep after not having been used for a little while and conserve battery that way. The problem isn't lack of off switches, it's the lack of features related to the lack of an off switch.

indrora 4y ago
Except that the PDP folks are the biggest name in blessed Switch controllers, making many of the officially licensed character controllers such as the Mario and Luigi branded ones. They were given access to the original GameCube controller molds and design files and created the better SSB controllers. The hierarchy is Nintendo, PDP, hyperkin, 8bitdo, everyone else. This is endemic to the PDP controllers. If I want to turn off an Xbox One controller, I can pop the batteries or it'll turn off after it's not connected for 30 seconds. PDP wireless Switch controllers? 10 minutes later and they're still hunting for their paired console, often with no way to forcibly turn it off. Even 8bitdo do in several iterations have Xbox style battery compartments and their fighter pad has a physical switch. PDP can ship these cheap because they can have loss leaders in the low cost options, making up for the difference with their high end controllers and even their rather extensive selection of other console controllers. Ironically, their switch joycon charger dock is one of the best and some of their headsets are rivaling even the better Gamer ones now.
LorenPechtel 4y ago
If it's got a processor someday that processor will need to be rebooted. Provide me some means of doing so!
- Kirby64 4y ago
  Not necessarily true. Embedded software with extremely well defined process loops should never need rebooting. In practice there can be bugs, but this is not a given. There's probably substantially more embedded software than you're aware that never needs or gets rebooted.

indrora 4y ago

Except that the PDP folks are the biggest name in blessed Switch controllers, making many of the officially licensed character controllers such as the Mario and Luigi branded ones. They were given access to the original GameCube controller molds and design files and created the better SSB controllers. The hierarchy is Nintendo, PDP, hyperkin, 8bitdo, everyone else. This is endemic to the PDP controllers. If I want to turn off an Xbox One controller, I can pop the batteries or it'll turn off after it's not connected for 30 seconds. PDP wireless Switch controllers? 10 minutes later and they're still hunting for their paired console, often with no way to forcibly turn it off. Even 8bitdo do in several iterations have Xbox style battery compartments and their fighter pad has a physical switch. PDP can ship these cheap because they can have loss leaders in the low cost options, making up for the difference with their high end controllers and even their rather extensive selection of other console controllers. Ironically, their switch joycon charger dock is one of the best and some of their headsets are rivaling even the better Gamer ones now.

LorenPechtel 4y ago

If it's got a processor someday that processor will need to be rebooted. Provide me some means of doing so!

Kirby64 4y ago
Not necessarily true. Embedded software with extremely well defined process loops should never need rebooting. In practice there can be bugs, but this is not a given. There's probably substantially more embedded software than you're aware that never needs or gets rebooted.