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Re: wired headphones: I am so sick of wireless controllers on consoles. The switch controllers are a nightmare - constantly disconnecting, nearly impossible to

Re: wired headphones: I am so sick of wireless controllers on consoles. The switch controllers are a nightmare - constantly disconnecting, nearly impossible to reconnect. I got my first-ever xbox last month and the wireless controllers are also a pain. I would play both consoles much more if I had wired controllers - and probably also buy more games. (edit: I'm mid-30s)

scld 4y ago
you can just buy a very long usb-c cable and wire up your wireless controllers for xbox, btw
vlunkr 4y ago
I've had problems with bluetooth, but never wireless controllers. I don't miss the tangle of cords in front of my GameCube one bit.
yamtaddle 4y ago
I grew up on wired controllers—my only wireless controller before I got a PS3 some time in my mid-20s was the wireless version of the NES Four Score (which is, technically, a wireless adapter) and I rarely used it. IR-based, just like a TV remote, LOL. Nonetheless, despite repeatedly setting them up, my ("hacked" to have a ton more games, so the content available is extensive and excellent) NES and SNES classics have seen perhaps twenty hours of play between them in (IIRC) about four years, purely because corded controllers are so annoying that every time I think of playing them, I change my mind when I think about untangling the cords and having to adjust where I sit in the room and all that. I've had nearly zero problems with any 1st-party wireless controllers since they became standard; they've been nothing but an improvement—but, I've lived in detached houses that whole time, so maybe it's just because I've been in relatively low-EM-noise environments. I do recall friends complaining about reliability on e.g. the Wavebird and other non-standard wireless controllers, on earlier consoles, but I only ever used wired controllers for those generations.

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Re: wired headphones: I am so sick of wireless controllers on consoles. The switch controllers are a nightmare - constantly disconnecting, nearly impossible to

by cryptoz 4y ago

scld 4y ago
you can just buy a very long usb-c cable and wire up your wireless controllers for xbox, btw
vlunkr 4y ago
I've had problems with bluetooth, but never wireless controllers. I don't miss the tangle of cords in front of my GameCube one bit.
yamtaddle 4y ago
I grew up on wired controllers—my only wireless controller before I got a PS3 some time in my mid-20s was the wireless version of the NES Four Score (which is, technically, a wireless adapter) and I rarely used it. IR-based, just like a TV remote, LOL. Nonetheless, despite repeatedly setting them up, my ("hacked" to have a ton more games, so the content available is extensive and excellent) NES and SNES classics have seen perhaps twenty hours of play between them in (IIRC) about four years, purely because corded controllers are so annoying that every time I think of playing them, I change my mind when I think about untangling the cords and having to adjust where I sit in the room and all that. I've had nearly zero problems with any 1st-party wireless controllers since they became standard; they've been nothing but an improvement—but, I've lived in detached houses that whole time, so maybe it's just because I've been in relatively low-EM-noise environments. I do recall friends complaining about reliability on e.g. the Wavebird and other non-standard wireless controllers, on earlier consoles, but I only ever used wired controllers for those generations.