Gadgetory

- When it comes to the Nintendo Switch, there aren't a ton of wireless controller options out there, I mean, of course there's the Joy-Cons, there's the Switch Pro controller, but when in comes to third party, it's a little limited at the moment. Now one option we've talked about before is this guy right here, one of the many Bluetooth controllers that have been made by 8Bitdo and while it does get the job done and brings back a bit of a retro feeling with the SNES design, it is a little limited compared to other options out there. But now the same company that made this has released this, a very very literal named USB receiver for Switch, and the idea with this guy is that you plug this into your Switch dock, you can also use it with the Windows PC or a Mac, but when it's plugged in, you can sync not only one of these guys to it, but also a PS4 controller, an Xbox One controller, and even a few more options, like the Wii U Pro controller, PS3 controller, or a Wii-mote. Now like I said, this does work also with the PC and Mac, but there's always been lots of options for using different controllers with those, what's really interesting here is using it on the Switch and it's actually really, really simple to set up. All you have to do is take this little guy right here and plug it into your Switch's USB port. Then, you just go over to your settings, and you wanna change controller settings for Pro Controller wired communication. So what's gonna happen is while this is on, it communicates with the Switch Pro controller via the USB port rather than wireless, usually it just helps to make the signal a little faster. But for this situation, what it's doing is it's reading this USB adapter as a Switch Pro controller that's plugged it, so it's basically just faking that it's an official controller. Once it's hooked up, you just hold this button right here to start syncing, you take your controller of choice, we'll start with an Xbox One for now, and in this case, we'd hold the Xbox home button and the sync button at the same time. And now that it's all synced together, it works just like a Switch Pro controller, which on the Xbox One can get a little disorienting since the ABXY is all flipped around, which once you're used to playing a game is fine but if you're mid playing and it says to press A for something, you're not pressing A on the Xbox controller, you're pressing B and so on, so forth. So, it can get a little annoying but as you can see, the actual experience of using it is super comfy, now with the Xbox One controller, there is some functionality you're losing out on, mainly just 'cause there isn't enough buttons for everything the only thing you're actually losing though is a screen capture button, so you can't do that with this controller, you're also not gonna be able to make use of the motion controls in the game or rumble features as well, but as far as just using core functionality stuff, moving around, playing the game, it's honestly seamless. So, Xbox One controller works excellently, but let's try a different controller on it. Let's switch over to PS4, so we're gonna put him aside for now and we're gonna resync with this guy right here. Now if you haven't seen this before, this is actually a special design PS4 Dual Shock we got from a guy named XLTeam over on Etsy, we actually recently commissioned him to do a special edition Xbox as well that we're giving away that's Sea of Thieves themed, so make sure to check that out 'cause that thing is really cool looking. So anyways back to this video with using controllers. Now I will say, in general I do normally prefer the comfort and shape of an Xbox One controller but for this specific instance using the USB receiver the PS4 controller is actually a really strong choice 'cause it offers a few additional buttons of functionality that you don't get with the Xbox One. First off, like I said on the Xbox controller, you don't have a screen capture button on the PS4 Dual Shock, you just hit the touchpad and that acts as screencap, which is really nice. Now one of the bigger things though is that when you are using a PS4 controller, it'll actually support reading vibration functions and use motion controls as well, so if you're playing a game where you wanna use motion controls like aiming a bow in Zelda or anything like that, you can actually do that with the Dual Shock 4 and it works just like it would using a Switch Pro controller, which is really awesome. So the Xbox One is giving you the comfort, the PS4 controller is basically giving you all the functions you would get using an official controller but in a, in my opinion, much more comfortable grip. Now, while this does work for the dock mode, there's not really a comfortable way to use it if you want to do table top mode. However, something that we have done before is a trick for wired controllers is you can use a USB-C to USB-A adapter like this guy right here, I actually haven't tested this yet so let's see if it works, you know what, I think we need an adapter that doesn't need power being pushed, so if you'd like to do it this way it's not working, at least with the adapter that we're trying to use, so... So yeah, this works out as a really nice little elegant solution and for 20 bucks, it's totally worth it, I mean if you don't really care for the Switch Pro controller or you don't want to buy one and you already own an Xbox One or a PS4 controller, or any of the other ones I've listed, I just think that these two are the best ones to go with as a 20 buck fix, this thing is awesome.