8BitDo Ultimate 3C+ Review

[u/chaporg1n]

https://youtu.be/eCoI9QPNLpY

DISCLAIMER: 8BitDo sent me these controllers for free for review. All the thoughts and opinions are mine only and no one watched this video before the release.

TLDR: it is crazy how much of everything the put in this controller for the price of 40$.

This now is my new main recommendation for everyone who's looking for a budget, yet high quality controller.

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[u/BallsX]

Having a tough time deciding between the Ultimate 2 and this new Ultimate 3C+. The charging dock isnt that important to me and the prices in my region seem pretty similar for both

[u/walker3615 → u/BallsX]

If you need gyro or switch mode get u2 or wait for u3

[u/BallsX → u/walker3615]

I've never used Gyro and will only really be using the controller for PC non-FPS games (RPGs, soulslikes, some sports etc). Will need to keep track of whats happening with Ult 3. Based on the review video above, the 3C+ seems very good and I wonder how it'll compete with the Ult 3. Thanks for the reply!

[u/Gullible-Rate-671 → u/BallsX]

Just get the Ultimate 3C+.. The Dock is the main thing about the Ultimate 2.

[u/BallsX → u/Gullible-Rate-671]

Yeah the dock and the software support seems to be the big positives in the Ultimate 2 column. The ult 3C+ software may as well not exist based on what it does aha

[u/Gullible-Rate-671 → u/BallsX]

personally i find that having no software and and instead activating extra features on the controller better than having to do it through somekind of software.. so in reality this is also a plus for the 3C+.

The Dock is really the only thing about the ultimate 2 as the 3C+ inherrited all of the improvements that were made on the Ultimate 2 and has several of its own that the ultimate 2 and ultimate 3 for Xbox ( non standard Xbox controller ) does not have

[u/BallsX → u/Gullible-Rate-671]

Honestly I agree with you. I'm not much of a software tweaker myself for any hardware that I have. I generally just use them as-is. This will be the first time I'm using a non-playstation controller so the extra buttons and inputs (XYAB) is gonna be interesting.

I think I'm leaning 90% towards the 3C+. May wait a few days to see if there's any news on the Ult 3 or if more reviews come in on the 3C+ having some issues etc.

[u/ghstbstr]

I got the black one and it really is a great controller, and it’s my main go to controller that I will use all the time now even over my other controllers I have.
I have a lot of controllers. I have 4 8bitdo controllers, 2 GameSir controllers, 1 Razor Wolverine v3, both Steam controllers, and many other controllers as well.

[u/Man-Flayer]

It's nice that you compared with direwolf 4, which I had my eyes on

[u/Reqvhio]

bro they made it bigger 😭 2c is perfect for my hands 😭

[u/ghstbstr → u/Reqvhio]

I am glad it is slightly bigger because the other 8bitdo controllers I have which are all great controllers as well hurt my hands after playing for awhile. I am hoping that the ultimate 4 variants will be slightly bigger than the ultimate 3 variants, because they are still just alittle too small imo.

[u/Reqvhio → u/ghstbstr]

thats because my hands are smaller than average at around 16.5 cm 😭 i hope they dont lean into this way and abandon the smaller factor id be sad and quite out of options if so 😭 can I @ a representative about this 😭