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we've talked before in this channel about different Pro control options for various systems but something we don't talk about too much is the opposite end the chief budget controllers the ones that you see at the store and they remind you that time you went to your friends Timmy's house and you got the extra spare GameCube controller from madcap that had 4 extra buttons and a stick that didn't quite work right but really when you see one of those which then is actually worth grabbing so let's go over some of the best controllers you can get on a budget for the Xbox one to begin with let's take a look at this power a xbox one controller the reason why I want to start with this one in particular is this to me is like the quintessential thing that you immediately imagine in your head when you think of an off-brand controller all the right buttons are here they're all in the right general place but at the same time there's something a bit off you know the shape is mostly the same but it's little pointy or in some parts there's a little extra stylisation that isn't necessarily both necessary and in general while it still works perfectly fine you can definitely tell that with pushing the buttons and everything and moving the sticks that it's just in general a cheaper design this isn't necessarily a bad thing I mean that's part of the reason why you want to grab one of these is it's more affordable and it's completely functional controller it's just not well great in general as I said all the buttons work fine they feel a little cheaper but none of them feel like they're gonna get stuck or anything the sticks are okay the only part of this controller that really bothers me is the d-pad it doesn't really have a good rolling motion to it and it kind of feels sometimes like if you were to say push left at the same time you're still also kind of pushing up or down accidentally because the whole thing just likes to shift at once second up we have another controller from power a and it's a little bit more of an interesting option in the fusion controller now what's interesting about this is that it's very clearly a third-party after market style controller I mean the buttons once again or a little cheaper the grips a little weird and it is hardwired but at the same time this one's trying to also be a pro controller in some aspects so first let's just talk about the cheap side of it as well now just like with that other one all the buttons are fine but they definitely don't feel like they have the best design going on one thing it definitely has over the regular power a controller however is that the d-pad is much better actually a little clicking this to each direction so it really feels like you're hitting the direction you want to instead of just being one flat surface now as for what Pro can element's this thing incorporates there's actually quite a few it has a braided cable it's got adjustable trigger stop so you can do the regular full pull or a short stop and it even has programmable buttons where all you have to do is hold this button right here hit the button you want to program and then hit the button you want to map to it and on top of all that this thing even has switchable sticks there's three different designs you can do a concave a convex and then a larger concave one as well next up we're gonna get a little weirder with a controller from hyper kit now if you've never heard of hyper can before there are another one of those companies that focuses more on retro themed products mostly making systems that will play old-school cartridges but they've also made some accessories as well like this Xbox one controller that is meant to be very reminiscent of an SNES controller and I gotta say despite its weird appearance it actually very pleasantly surprised me in some ways and actually is really good buttons for being a third party controller and even more so is the sticks I actually really like the sticks on this controller the most out of all the ones I tried for this video the stick heads are comfortable and the resistance feels very close to actually using an official Xbox one controller still not quite there but very very close where this controller loses me is the shoulders the triggers on this thing are very awkward it has this very heavy resistance pull de then that almost makes it feel like you're not actually successfully pulling the trigger right and at the same time the travel distance to the front shoulders is very unnatural feeling if you're the kind of person that likes to play with all four fingers on the shoulders which I know some people do this actually works out ok but if you're like me and you just go switch between it's very very awkward now as for the shape of it yes it's a little weird I mean the SNES controller is cool it's nice that's reminiscent of that but there's reason we stopped using that shape design it's just not very comfortable at the same time though I will say that in the case of buying a wired controller for a younger gamer this very much reminds me of something that Horry did for the PlayStation 4 with a mini gamepad where the travel distance isn't as battles controller other than the triggers so for a younger gamer this can actually be a solid choice if you don't want to give them a full price official Xbox one controller and then we have PDP's Xbox one controller which at first glance something you can notice right away is the fact that this controller is much closer to the actual Xbox one controller shape and design than the others in fact that's one of the biggest selling points of this one to me is that when I'm holding it and using it it feels the least different from all the others it almost feels at times like I am using my regular Xbox one controller now like what the others you do lose this feeling a little bit with the buttons and the sticks it's not quite as good as hi Perkins but it is about on par if not a little better than the ones on power A's I do like the sticks on the d-pad it is solid what makes this controller different though is that there's just a couple little subtle things about it that I think makes it honestly the best controller on this list first off audio controls all of these controllers have a little place to plug in your headset but this is the only one of them that offers onboard audio controls on the controller itself all you have to do is push and hold this button right here next to the right stick and then use the d-pad to do different options like raising or lowering the volume the other thing that this controller has going for it is that while it is a wired controller like all the other ones on this list it is the only one where you can actually unplug the cable making it way easier to store way easier to travel with and just in general way less of a hassle and like I said out of all the controllers this is the one that is closest to emulating the actual shape of an Xbox one giving it the greatest comfort now at the end of the day I do think you should just save up your money and get an official Xbox one controller but if you're on a budget or you're looking to get something cheaper for a kid to use or going like that this is easily the best choice