Budget Recommendations for a Game Controller for a PC

I've probably used and broken half a dozen controllers by this point, if not more. The bumpers and triggers have almost always been what gave out - thank you Rocket League. I don't play it anymore so there's probably less intensive use. Just get a cheap wired Redgear or ant esports controller and you'll be fine. I won't call them abuse-friendly like other posters have since the average life of most of my Redgear controllers has been a year or so, although my last wired one has been fine for over 2 years, probably because I don't play RL anymore. I've used 2 official Xbox One controllers, an old model and the latest one, and they lasted a year or two as well before something went wrong.

2 months ago, I purchased a refurbished Cosmic Byte Stellaris for 1800 and it has been fine so far. I did get minor drift issues with 2 or 3 controllers, which is why I purchased it.
 
Simarpreet Singh said:
I've probably used and broken half a dozen controllers by this point, if not more. The bumpers and triggers have almost always been what gave out - thank you Rocket League. I don't play it anymore so there's probably less intensive use. Just get a cheap wired Redgear or ant esports controller and you'll be fine. I won't call them abuse-friendly like other posters have since the average life of most of my Redgear controllers has been a year or so, although my last wired one has been fine for over 2 years, probably because I don't play RL anymore. I've used 2 official Xbox One controllers, an old model and the latest one, and they lasted a year or two as well before something went wrong.

2 months ago, I purchased a refurbished Cosmic Byte Stellaris for 1800 and it has been fine so far. I did get minor drift issues with 2 or 3 controllers, which is why I purchased it.
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Sounds like you either rage too much with your controllers or are just plain unlucky.

I've used my RedGear wired one for 6 years, with TONS of abuse, and it still works fine, including Rumble. So yes, my personal experience says they are abuse-friendly, but it'll vary for each user. My XBOX controller is has also chugging alone smoothly for close to two years now.
 
PunkX 75 said:
Sounds like you either rage too much with your controllers or are just plain unlucky.

I've used my RedGear wired one for 6 years, with TONS of abuse, and it still works fine, including Rumble. My XBOX controller is has also chugging alone smoothly for close to two years now.
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Haha, no rage at all, I love my controllers. Unlucky with the batches, possibly. RL required intensive use of triggers and the controllers just couldn't deal with it, probably due to the quality of springs (and my 3k+ hours of gameplay). I tried opening up the redgear controllers where the triggers broke and did a hacky temporary fix by replacing the metallic spring with stuff that I had lying around. This helped them work for some more time. For some reason, I didn't search online for available replacement springs but checking it now, I can see that I could've tried ordering them for a better fix.

I don't remember what happened with my first Xbox one controller but the last one has an RB which stopped functioning. I'll probably get that repaired locally and it should be fine. I love that controller in terms of how it feels, the dpad and buttons, well, almost everything about it. They have such an absurdly short warranty period though. I'd happily pay extra for an extended warranty for 2-3 years or so, but I guess I get why they don't offer that.
 
dafreaking said:
Looking for budget game controller for Windows. Something that I can use for FIFA/EA FC.

Always played these on the Playstation but looking at something for the PC for very occasional and casual gameplay
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after trying a lot of different controllers, I can say the xbox series x controller is over all the best pick and if you are limited on budget you can buy a used one.
 
if you are in a strict budget I would recommend getting a gp300 pro v2(has a ps layout) or its xbox equivalent. have been using this since 2 years or so along with DS4 on the ps4 occasionally.
 
bssunilreddy said:
8Bitdo Ultimate 2C Wireless Controller for Windows PC and Android with 1000Hz Polling Rate Hall Effect Joysticks and Hall Triggers and Remappable L4/R4 Bumpers - Orange green @ 2.4k
OR
GameSir G7 SE Xbox Wired Controller - Dynamic Blue @ 3.1k
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1)How long does Banggood takes this 8bitDo controller delivered to India (Hyderabad if you might know) ?

2)Its less than 5k as I see so I hope there is no customs while delivering right ?

3)I see the price now as 2500ish as there is some CES 2025 sale going on , can it go less than this price ? Any site we can check price tracking on Banggood ?

4)Last question, it says "Connect to Android devices via Bluetooth and to Windows PCs via 2.4G or wired connection" so does it not connect PC with Bluetooth ?
 
TechNickGamer said:
1)How long does Banggood takes this 8bitDo controller delivered to India (Hyderabad if you might know) ?

2)Its less than 5k as I see so I hope there is no customs while delivering right ?

3)I see the price now as 2500ish as there is some CES 2025 sale going on , can it go less than this price ? Any site we can check price tracking on Banggood ?

4)Last question, it says "Connect to Android devices via Bluetooth and to Windows PCs via 2.4G or wired connection" so does it not connect PC with Bluetooth ?
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Around 2 weeks it takes for delivery....no customs.....it won't go less i got for final price of 2780ish around
Haven't checked Bluetooth....using the dongle it came with.
 
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