As an owner of a few Ultimate 1 controllers I was excited to get the second one. So far it feels great in the hands and is very solid as far as build quality. If there is one area they can improve it is the RGB control. It took me a while to figure out how to just have a solid color and then adjust the brightness. (Hit star button till its a solid color, then hold that button and hit right on D pad to change color, up and down on D pad for brightness) I could not find this instructions anywhere but setting my purple controller to purple only RGB and then lowering the light has my controller looking awesome. Not sure what the negative reviews are from as my experience has been very good overall. Read more

As someone who regularly purchases controllers due to failing potentiometers, the main drive behind purchasing this controller was for the TMR joysticks. Setup has been a hassle, however. During the setup phase, I noticed that the 2.4G dongle has a USB-C connector and my PC doesn't have USB-C ports, so I figured that I'll pair the controller to my PC via Bluetooth. I get a successful pairing, but my inputs were not registering when I attempted to play Lies of P or Elden Ring. I downloaded the 8BitDo Ultimate Software V2 app but it did not detect the controller. After consulting with the FAQ on app.8bitdo.com/Ultimate-Software-V2, I attempted to rectify this lack of device recognition by turning off the controller, pressing and holding the LB and RB buttons, and connecting to the USB. The only thing that happened was that a white light in the middle of the controller is just blinking. It wasn't until I held the Home button for around 30 seconds or so that I was able to get it to work again. In order to make this controller work, I purchased a pair of USB Male to USB-C Female adapters. After that (and switching the controller to 2.4G), it's been smooth sailing so far. Read more

This is a perfect controller! Pairs instantly and perfectly, feels good, customizable, beautiful, infinite battery. They need to work on their product naming because it's VERY confusing, but this one is the one to get as of now. Replaced my Xbox Elite Series 2 with this because it would sometimes not pair and some other quality issues, very happy so far. Read more

TL;DR: This controller is amazing and it feels like the culmination of all 8Bitdo's gamepad development efforts over the past decade. There's almost nothing I'd change, the only thing I'd like to see added in the future is backlit buttons instead of dumb ring lights around the sticks. The gyro takes a few minutes to set up properly and it can be activated by holding down one of the gamepad's extra buttons so it never turns on unexpectedly. This is a 9.5/10 gamepad and I highly recommend it! Before the rest of my review I want to mention something I was confused/disappointed by at first so you don't have the same experience. When I opened the charging base to remove the stowed wireless dongle (like other 8Bitdo controllers use), I found the dongle uses USB-C. For a moment this really annoyed me because many computers only have USB-A ports or if they do have USB-C they only have one or two. It seemed pretty presumptuous that they would require USB-C and not even include an adapter. But after looking at it for a few seconds I realized they've actually turned the charging base into a USB extender, so the wireless dongle is in there already doing its job - no need to take it out and plug it directly into your PC, just plug the charging dock into your PC and you're done! I think this is really smart but they should've made it more clear that this is how it works because someone else might not figure it out and think they can't even use the controller with their older PC. Unfortunately the controller does have one small flaw, probably caused by the (really cool) selectable trigger pull feature: in analog trigger mode, if you don't press down on the correct part of the trigger then it won't detect you're pressing it all the way. This can be worked around by setting an "85" upper deadzone for the triggers, but it's still an unfortunate oversight in what's otherwise a basically perfect gamepad. Lately I've been playing on PC using Nintendo Switch-compatible controllers like the original 8Bitdo Ultimate because you can configure Steam to make use of their gyro for more precise aiming in shooters and action games. It's not as good as a mouse but it's the best of both worlds for "gamepad games" - Monster Hunter for example. 8Bitdo has truly raised the bar here though! Despite this being a "PC" gamepad, it still includes a gyro! And thanks to the hardware's built-in saved profile configuration support, you can set it up to work exactly how you want and not even need to worry about what PC it's plugged into since it's the gamepad doing the work, not software on your PC. That's right - unlike dumpsterfire brands like Razer, you DO NOT require extra software running on your computer at all times! The gyro is really good and works well, though with a caveat you can fortunately work around in just a couple minutes. The problem with fully hardware-based gyro input is that it needs to work around your individual games' deadzone configuration, which often can't be adjusted let alone fully disabled. In other words, the gamepad needs to know how much "extra" directional input is needed on top of your "actual" input (motion) in order to exceed the virtual stick's inner deadzone radius so that games won't just ignore your precise inputs. In other words if you don't configure the gyro settings correctly it'll be unresponsive and jerky in a lot of games. Here's how I recommend setting up the gyro using 8Bitdo's (currently slightly buggy) software: 1) Create your first profile, set the right stick's gyro activation to the rear right button ("PR"), then set the gyro deadzone to 10 and the speed to 8 (I prefer 8 but pick what works for you). 2) Save this profile to your controller as the first profile. 3) Copy this profile you made, set the deadzone to 25, and save it as the second profile. 4) Copy that profile again, set the deadzone to 40, and save it as the third profile. I also recommend: 1) Set the sticks to have no deadzone at all in the 8Bitdo configuration software since they don't need one 2) In your Steam Input configuration tell it to not add a deadzone 3) Disable deadzone directly in games whenever possible That's it. Now, in games with minimal or disabled deadzone use the first profile, in games with a small deadzone use the second profile, and in games with a big deadzone use the third profile. Read more

If you want the best wireless/wired controller for PC get this one instead! This controller recently just release too (February, 25, 2025). Set up was a breeze. Put the switch underneath the controller to 2.4g, insert the Usb-C dongle to a Usb-C Port on your PC, press the home button and boom! Straight up plug n play. Only con is that this controller won't make me a sandwich 🎮 🥪 Analog sticks has an amazing feedback to it, not loose but firm! And it's also accurate. Buttons are satisfying to press on. Trigger buttons can be toggled to clicky or normal mode. A solid controller for me all in all! ⭐ Read more