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You obviously can't play video games without having the proper controller(s) for your console, and most controllers are included with its designated console. However, paying separately for a controller is more expensive than you may originally think. This led me to believe that when you pay for a video game system, roughly one-fourth of the price of said system is the cost of the controller(s). Since most modern consoles cost $300, their controllers cost $60-$75 based on the "skin" or design as well as whether or not it was manufactured by the official company. To elaborate on the price issue, it is absurd to think that you have to pay the same price as a triple-A titled game for just a controller. One would imagine that something essential to playing games wouldn't cost so much especially if it originally came with the packaging, right. Honestly, such high prices deter me from purchasing a controller, even if the previous one I owned was faulty. At that point, I could have purchase multiple other video game components that are more permanent than a mere controller. I might have been able to use the money to fix the controller I owned via buying the proper tools. At least then I could have solved such problems with future controllers. Frankly, the pricing of the controllers wouldn't even be such an issue had they not been so poorly manufactured. You might be wondering what I mean. Controllers nowadays are so weak that it typically takes a single throw on a carpeted floor or rug just to loosen the seals of the controllers. Case in point: I recently purchased a Wired Fight Pad for the Nintendo Switch as one of my controllers was no longer responding to my inputs and the other simply broke. Admittedly, it didn't feel quite the same as my previous Wired Fight Pad as the buttons felt a lot "clickier," but I decided to ignore it. Try as I might, I would repeatedly lose online due to the atrocious online servers, resulting in me losing my cool and throwing my controller as my patience with the service has ran out. From a single throw that wasn't even hard, but only hard enough to let out some steam onto two rugs on top of each other, one part of the controller had a slightly opened seam. These always bother me not only because it is no longer held as tightly as it once was, but now buttons may require harder inputs to register. Scenarios like these aren't uncommon in the VGC, and should be anticipated by the manufacturers of controllers. Of course whatever game the consumer is playing is bound to push them past their boiling point, thus causing them to take action and fling their controller wherever they want. If phones have gained large amounts of durability over the years as newer models are being created, surely they can do the same for controllers. Only then would such a high pricing for the controllers be somewhat justifiable. Recap:
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AuthorBrady Bryan is quite familiar with blogs since he had to frequently post on his blog in 6th grade. Although its been a long time since then, he still knows what a proper blog should look like. Archives
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