This stick is really decent out of the box but it could use some improvements on the modding side of things. I want to mod my stick but modding this stick for beginner is no easy task since it requires soldering and experience. The joystick feels quite mushy and one of buttons is quite messed up it keeps itself inside the hole .I recommend it for beginners but it won’t have a premium feel.

The 8Bitdo Arcade Stick for Switch & Windows is a dream come true for fighting game fans looking for a versatile and high-quality controller. This arcade stick delivers a winning combination of classic arcade feel, modern features, and broad compatibility, making it a great choice for both casual and competitive players.**Built to Last**The first thing you'll notice about the 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is its solid build quality. It feels weighty and secure in your hands, thanks in part to its metal base. The joystick and buttons are all highly responsive and clicky, providing satisfying tactile feedback during gameplay. The included parts allow you to swap out the joystick and buttons if desired for further customization, though this is a feature geared more towards enthusiasts.**Wired or Wireless Freedom**The 8Bitdo Arcade Stick offers a variety of connection options to suit your needs. You can connect it to your Switch or Windows PC wirelessly via Bluetooth, perfect for maintaining a clutter-free setup. For those who prefer a wired connection, the arcade stick also includes a detachable USB-C cable. Additionally, a 2.4 GHz wireless receiver is included, providing a lag-free connection for even the most competitive players.**More Than Just Fights**While the 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is perfect for fighting games, its functionality extends beyond that genre. The included 8Bitdo Ultimate Software allows you to customize the button layout to your liking. This makes the arcade stick a viable option for a variety of retro and indie games that benefit from a joystick control scheme.**Aesthetics and Value**The 8Bitdo Arcade Stick comes in a sleek and stylish design that pays homage to classic arcade cabinets. The arcade stick is typically priced between $84.99 and $89.99, making it a great value compared to other high-end arcade sticks on the market.**In Conclusion:**For players looking for a versatile and high-quality arcade stick for both Switch and Windows, the 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is an excellent choice. It boasts a robust build quality, multiple connection options, great customization features, and broad compatibility. Whether you're a fighting game enthusiast or a retro gamer looking for a more immersive experience, the 8Bitdo Arcade Stick is a winning formula.

I'll start by saying this is my first stick i play on PC, games being mainly Guilty Gear Strive and SFV at the moment will get SF6 when more characters come out. I also play MK but don't use a stick on it. This stick is great out of the box, however the buttons were a little loud for my liking...so I switched them out for Seimitsu's across the board with silencers in them, way more quiet and no rattle any more when shaking the stick around. I kept the stick itself stock and put a Crown DX battop on there instead of the ball top and it just screwed on, finally I put on an octo gate. It was all easy and it required no tools besides the T10 screwdriver to open the bottom to access the inside of the stick if you plan to mod you specifically need an T10 screw driver with at least 3 to be safe inches of length and can't be too stubby.I recommend this stick as your first for the following reasons:The wireless capabilities are great if you're on PC use the dongle and not Bluetooth for less input lag(its basically non existent).The size of it is great if you don't like huge heavy sticks but want something lighter but also doesn't take up as much space on your lap, yet has a sturdy feel to it.Its a good price for a starter stick and everything it comes with is great for its price, wireless, and moddable parts. I would recommend replacing the buttons or adding silencers though they can be loud.This stick has third-party options to allow you to use it on the main consoles as well you just have to search for them if that feature is really that important to you.All in all great stick I've had it for over a year and a half now and its great will upgrade the stick soon again if it ever breaks I'll probably buy another one.

I wanted something to play arcade games with, as well as rhythm games and some fighting games. This thing works great on switch and pc, wireless or wired.Buttons and stick aren't top-tier but feel really good for the price, and the whole assembly feels extremely rigid. Connecting it to any of my devices has been extremely easy and, though bluetooth is nice, sometimes you dont want to deal with the hassle. The 2.4g option is a great feature as a result, as is the dongle holder.It also comes with a giant cable, which was a nice surprise.Fair warning: The button legends only swap between two modes, for xbox and switch. They don't change based on your custom assignments in the software.As for modding, the buttons are easy to swap out with anything you want. They swapped the torx bits on older models to regular philips head screws, which is a great sign for customer feedback. The joystick has little room heightwise because of the slim profile, so don't expect to put in any korean-made sticks. If you want a sanwa or something, though, you can do it fairly easily with a simple 5 pin adapter cable, though it requires you sand down a piece of plastic on the end of the cable. Not hard to do, but I wish they included a proper header for it on the board like the mayflash f300.If you want a stick that functions on playstation consoles, I'd recommend looking at mayflash's offerings, either for their arcade sticks or their controller adapters.

Schon die Box, die sichere Verpackung und der erste Anblick steigerte die Vorfreude und der Inhalt enttäuscht nicht im Geringsten.Der 8BitPro Arcade Stick ist designtechnisch eine Wucht, von der Konnektivität (egal ob wireless über Bluetooth, 2,4g mittels mitgeliefertem Transmitter-USB-A Stick, der auf der Rückseite in seinem kleinen Geheimfach verstaut werden kann, oder via mitgeliefertem 3m USB-C auf USB-A Kabel) echt vielseitig und top. Verbindungen sind sehr stabil, keinerlei spürbare Latenzen und genau so hatte ich mir das als Einsteiger gewünscht. Ich nutze den Arcade Stick vorrangig mit meiner Switch OLED, aber auch eine BT-Verbindung mit meinem iPad Pro 12,9“ verlief problemlos. Man kann den 8BitDo Arcade Stick also nicht nur mit der Switch, dem PC, Steam und Raspberry Pi nutzen, sondern wie andere Käufer hier bereits richtiger Weise berichteten, auch mit Android, Apple MacOS, iPadOS und iOS. Zu letzterem muss ich allerdings berichten, dass eine BT-Verbindung zu meinem iPhone (14 Pro Max, aktuell gerade mit iOS16.6) zwar problemlos klappte, genau wie das Spielen, aber das iPhone komischerweise währenddessen alle anderen bis dato laufenden BT-Verbindungen (z.B. zur Apple Watch) ausschaltete/pausierte. Das sollte man bedenken. Warum das so ist, ich weiß es nicht.Zum Thema Langzeitqualität und Modden kann ich noch nichts sagen. Bislang bin ich als Einsteiger und Casual Gamer sehr zufrieden mit dem Stick und den Buttons. Aber das eine relativ einfach Möglichkeit des Joystick- und Button-Austausches besteht, beruhigt und lässt den eigenen Bedürfnissen und Wünschen gern gesehene Freiheiten.Fazit: Zum ungefähren Preis eines sehr guten Controllers bekommt man mit dem 8BitDo Arcade Stick einen wirklich schönen, guten und auf Wunsch leicht modifizierbaren Arcade Stick, der für Einsteiger ideal und selbst für Dauerzocker optisch und preislich interessant sein dürfte.PPS: Eins noch - für Xbox X/S Zocker gibt es eine andere spezielle, aber auch teurere Version des 8BitDo Arcade Sticks!PlayStations werden wohl bislang nur bis zur PS4 und nur mittels eines Drittanbieter-Transmitters unterstützt, aber eben nicht offiziell und Näheres müssen sich Interessenten bitte selbst via Google und YouTube raussuchen!

If you are a casual then there is nothing to talk about you play anything on Android/PC or Switch and it really does a good job.If you are planning to play fighting games then this is a very good starting point and don't think about console compatibility as you can use fightcade to play all the retro SNK NeoGeo Capcom games like King of fighters and Street Fighter series and many more with a basic intel i3 PC. Fightcade has training mode as well so get your dp's going. If you see improvement in your skills and want to upgrade start looking for Sanwa or Seimitsu just swap parts in the same box instead of buying something more expensive.If you are hard on playing on console only look for Brooks universal fight board from Amazon.com or if you know someone's travelling back from USA then ask them to get it for you and just modify the same box.It's has a good build, the size is good to place on your lap and doesn't move around, Button travel is nice, it has square gate and small ball top compared to traditional ball tops you would see in arcades(when they existed)Thanks 8bitdo.

Bonjour 🖖,Voici un super stick arcade d'excellente qualité et fonctionnant en sans fil ou en filaire.Le contenu du packaging 📦 :➡️ Le stick arcade➡️ 1 adaptateur sans fil USB 2,4Ghz➡️ 1 câble USB-A vers USB-C➡️ 1 petite plaquette à mettre sur les boutons de fonctions➡️ 1 notice multilingueLes ✅ du produit :✔️ Comme souvent avec 8bitdo, on a ici un super stick arcade plein de qualité, que ce soit la qualité des matériaux, la taille, le poids, la réactivité...✔️ Il fonctionne aussi bien en sans fil en 2,4Ghz avec le dongle fourni OU en bluetooth ce qui le rend très universel mais aussi en USB avec le long câble fourni, là encore ça le rend très universel. Difficile de faire mieux en terme de connectivité.✔️ Quel que soit le mode de connexion utilisé, le stick se montre réactif, un vrai bonheur.✔️ Large compatibilité : mode spécifique à la Switch, PC, linux, raspberry Pi/mini pc sous recalbox/batocera, box android et j'en passe... Là encore difficile de faire mieux.✔️ J'aime beaucoup son design au service de l'ergonomie : bonne taille, bon poids qui surprend, larges patins dessous assurant un bon grip...✔️ 8bitdo a fait le choix de boutons physiques pour choisir le mode : Switch, x-input, bluetooth ou 2,4Ghz... Très intelligent et bien plus pratique que les éternels combinaisons de touches type Start+Y par exemple qu'on trouve sur d'autres modèles.✔️ Modèle avec batterie intégrée assurant environ 30 heures en bluetooth et 40 en 2,4Ghz avec le dongle fourni, de quoi jouer pendant des heures.✔️ Bonne qualité et réactivité des boutons et du stick. A noter qu'ils peuvent être changés par des modèles plus haut de gamme type Sanwa ou Seimitsu pour les plus exigeants. Mais pour un modeste joueur comme moi c'est largement suffisant.✔️ On peut ranger le dongle 2,4Ghz dans un espace prévu à cet effet, là où on peut venir connecter le câble USB-C.✔️ Comme souvent avec 8bitdo, on a un suivi de firmware sur plusieurs années.✔️ Un truc tout bête ais très bien pensé et conçu : quand on permute du mode Switch au mode x-input, on a un affichage en rouge qui indique alors à côté des boutons quel est le bouton réellement affecté (A, X,...), vraiment bien fait.✔️ Avec un logiciel de chez 8bitdo, on peut paramétrer 2 touches P1 et P2 pour déclencher des macros préprogrammées, très pratique.✔️ Fonction turbo toujours bienvenue pour certains jeux comme des shoot'em up.✔️ Connectique USB-C, moderne et pratique.Les ⛔ du produit :❌ A part l'absence de compatibilité avec PS4, Xbox, ce qui peut être comblé par un dongle d'une autre marque, rien à signaler.A noter :⚠️ Il faudra pour certaines consoles, PS4 par exemple, un autre dongle d'une autre marque, attention à ce point important.💬 En conclusion : super stick arcade sous la barre des 100€ avec une bonne compatibilité grâce aux modes bluetooth/2,4Ghz avec le dongle/filaire. Difficile de faire mieux à mon avis, un must-have. Si vous hésitez, foncez, vous ne serez pas déçu. Il est le digne héritier de son grand frère dont il améliore tous les points, une réussite.💡 Produit commenté le 18/12/2022 📆 au prix de 72,24 € 💰.🎅 😺 LoloSasa 🎮 🎄

Worked great out of the box on both Windows and Linux, and works great with wired, BT and the included 2.4ghz dongle on both platforms. Since it supports Xinput, it's detected by just about everything you could throw at it on PC. Wonderful for retro emulation, particularly for arcade games. Haven't personally tried the Switch mode yet, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work just as well. The stick is hefty and stays in place even with vigorous use due to a metal plate inside the bottom giving it staying power.Like some other users here I don't care for the square gate, even though pro fighter players swear by them. Replaced it with a SANWA JLF octagonal gate and I couldn't be happier. Took me maybe 10 minutes, 5 of which was just figuring out how to safely detach the old gate. Being so affordable yet completely moddable with higher end parts makes this a great entry level arcade/fight stick with plenty of room to grow to match even high end arcade sticks in quality. It would be nice if the stick were more easily modded without a soldering iron, but the fact that it can be modded at all is enough for me if I ever get to that point.If you do want to open it up, unfortunately you'll need a narrow t10 screwdriver. The iFixit screwdriver just barely fits, so if you've got anything even slightly bigger than that or no t10 at all, you'll also want to pick up a smaller screwdriver if you have any plans of modding this thing. It would have been nice if you just used standard phillips screws.When you put the stick in Nintendo Mode, it reverses the A/B and X/Y buttons, even including new light-up indicators showing the buttons. While the LEDs are a nice touch, I don't really see a point to this reversal personally, I'd have preferred a consistent button layout across platforms. It doesn't make much sense to me. Just because the buttons change places on a gamepad doesn't mean they should on an arcade stick which uses a completely different form factor. I rely pretty heavily on muscle memory which is adapted to whatever controller I'm using, so I'm sure this would trip me up if I used it on the Switch.My biggest complaint, which is still a very small complaint, is the limitations on the macro software. I wish you could bind buttons that aren't on the gamepad to the macro buttons, particularly L3/R3 or even keyboard buttons. One of the games I play uses the L3+R3 button combination occasionally and it would be nice to be able to bind it to one of the macro buttons, and occasionally it would be nice to hit a keyboard binding too.Overall, fantastic stick.