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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ Black Xbox 360 Wired Controller: USB Gamepad for Xbox 360/Slim/PC - High Performance and Versatile by Ryan Gilliam

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Big tracking problems with analog sticks

The dead zone in analog sticks is very, very large, which means it's difficult to get them to follow directions other than straight up, down, left, right and to register perfect diagonals. This means that it is very difficult to register the n directions in between. A regular controller will snap to them if you get very close to those directions, but this one will likely snap at around 80% of the radial. I've been trying to figure out if this deadzone can be adjusted somehow, but it doesn't seem possible; Even lowering the deadzone to a minimum in games that allow it doesn't change that. Too bad because the rest of the controller seems fine. However, this is a major hurdle for me as many of my analog stick games require precise aiming, which is just not possible with this controller.

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