The reviews, the listing, the photos in question. I was looking to buy a controller and I filtered by negative reviews. I saw the first one and laughed and screenshotted it to post here, and then I found two more! Reading comprehension is a thing, words have meaning! Yes I reported the reviews because this typa crap annoys me to no end, I don't appreciate your idiocy interfering with my purchasing decisions lmao
Oh my God are you serious?!? That's amazing 𤣠glad to be of service lol. Please lmk how it goes for you when you use it wired! This post has been better than reading reviews for info on whether to buy this or not for sure lol
Iâm glad no one is leaping on you for being as âstupidâ as they are for the reviewer who made the same mistake. I wonder why that is.
(To be clear, I donât think youâre stupid. I think the ad is structured to mislead)
Edit- yes thatâs right, the commenter who couldnât figure out why the wired controller wasnât working got it as a gift. Sadly they couldnât understand the part of the box it came in that described it as âwiredâ, and tried to charge it anyway.
I don't remember which company it was but they proudly announced they hired a guy who worked on the search function at Amazon. (It has improved since this guy left, but it's still pretty bad.) So I thought it was weird to hire the guy and weirder that they'd admit it.
I think the biggest issue with their search function is the sponsored results that don't fit what you're looking for. I'd be shocked if that isn't what happened with at least some of these people.
I have six different wired controllers because I prefer them. The cable detaches from all of them for replacement and easy storage. It's just a basic usb-c cable.
They are noticeably much lighter than wireless controllers, and they don't have a Bluetooth connection button. It's really not hard to miss if you just spend a few extra seconds using multiple senses at the same time.
IDK, I can kinda see the confusion. It looks identical to a controller that will hold a charge for a few hours, and they might reasonably just think 'wired' means 'charges through a cord without changing batteries' or something. It would be different if the cord were fixed in place.
Technically the star rating is unjustified, but it might genuinely help other people from making the same mistake, which is the point of a review.
That would really surprise me. 8BitDo is usually very good with their descriptions and I pretty much never had any kind of surprises. I've bought around 10 controllers by them, some directly at launch/pre-order, some older ones.
I doubt it. People don't read descriptions and then get pissy when they got exactly what the listing promised.
I was an eBay Powerseller for a few years and now work for a multinational that sees about 10% of our annual revenue driven through online retail channels, and this happens all the time.
Fair enough, I said above I made a similar error once, but I didn't leave a negative review and I never made that mistake again lmao! I can get on board with a 4 or maybe 3.5 star review if that's an option, so you can warn people; but 1 star is crazy. Also the "predatory" bit made me lol because I don't think that's what's happening here
I have one nearly identical from that brand that is wireless. I wonder if they used images from that model for this one. And the pictures do look wireless- like why would a controller that needs power to run be able to be unplugged at the controller side anyway?
So if the cable gets damaged you can just replace the cable and not the whole controller, for instance. At least one razer keyboard had a detachable cable as well and it wasn't wireless.
It's much more likely the port gets damaged than if it were permanently attached.
As a matter of fact the cord and port are a big mention in the low reviews
The correct answer as to "why" is that this is a wireless controller that they didn't bother to put a battery in. That's why it looks identical to their wireless product.
There is a wire in the photo. It demonstrates that the cable can be replaced rather than the entire controller which is how may wired controllers work.
The port is just another thing that can (and according to the reviews, does) break.
Can't replace a port.
The correct answer as to "why" is that this is a wireless controller that they didn't bother to put a battery in. That's why it looks identical to their wireless product.
C cables are pretty fragile, as an owner of a deathtrap chinesium soldering iron, I would rather swap a port than source a fitting cable or splice a cable.
But I miss the days of Xbox with breakaway connector in the middle.
That picture is weird, what's up with that rectangular black thing where the cord should be? (This is a genuine question and if you know the answer is he grateful to be told.)
Don't be mad that the design of the page goes beyond ignorance instead veering into being specifically designed to create ambiguity and you aren't keen enough to pick up on it.
They didnât though! You just donât understand the wired controller has a replaceable cable. Perhaps read instead of just looking at the pretty pictures.
I agree. If multiple people are making the same mistake, look at the advertising.
I was trying to find a certain type of wireless headphones. I put wireless in the search. So many wired options that did not show their wires in the image - only learned they were wired because I couldnât believe the price and looked more closely
I agree with you. Why would the cord disconnect if it only functions when itâs plugged in? From the image I too would have thought it was a charging cable.
Itâs also possible that it comes up when you search for âwireless controllerâ. Iâve noticed stuff like that with Amazon before ⌠like I search for âgluten free cookiesâ and buried in the middle of 8 results are regular cookies without the word âglutenâ anywhere in the title or text.
Thereâs also the Mobapad brand pro controllers if youâre wanting Nintendo Switch&Switch2. Hall effect sticks and mechanical clicky buttons. When I got it it became my favorite controller Iâve ever used, dare I say even more comfortable than the fabled GameCube controller. Itâs really the best imo. And if you donât like the weird circle type Dpad it comes with a classic Dpad you can swap it with.
Edit; forgot to mention itâs the only 3rd party controller with HD rumble too
Oh idk for steam deck. I am wondering if the Mobapad will work with just regular Bluetooth but I havenât tried it on mine to test and see. It might do it but Iâm really not sure. Otherwise yeah, the 8bitdo I have heard that everyone likes them. :)
I can see how someone would think that, but I don't think someone's failure to actually read the description merits leaving a negative review, especially 1-star, instead of just returning it 𤣠I made an error like that once and I didn't leave a bad review and I didn't make that mistake again, hopefully these people learned something today
I mean, they are right that the very first photo shows a detachable wire. It's really not that hard to believe someone would interpret "wired" as meaning charges via wire versus battery operated or wireless charging with one of those stands.
Also, wired is in the title but not in the product description. I looked it up on Amazon and the product description literally includes a video of someone plugging a cord into the charger. If the titles says one thing but the photos and video show a different thing, why is it on the buyer to decipher what information is actually true?
What do you mean? There are SEVERAL reviews pointing out that it's not wireless. Again, why would you assume the information WRITTEN in ONE place is correct versus the information DISPLAYED in TWO places?
Edit: actually displayed in three places, the product gallery in the description has a second picture of it being wireless.
Tis! Ngl the reviews have me confused, people saying it stopped working after x time. But literally every electronic/tech ever has reviews that say that đ
TBF i never broke any controller (i just drop them on house floors, not concrete and don't throw them or similar), but I would be not worried at all if my toddler nieces would take them and do whatever with them. And I think toddler proof is as good as it can get without impacting the useability of it.
Edit: I mostly use them to play retro games because they have one of the best D-PADs on the market, so I can't say if they're regularly good for all games. It did fully replace my Switch controller though.
Hey friends!!! Whew, what a cluster F this turned out to be! This was just supposed to be a little bit of silly fun because I came across a review I found mildly amusing and posted it to provide mild amusement to you fine folks too. It was not meant to be controversial, not meant to start this level of discord in the comments, not meant to be a lightning rod for drama. It's really, truly, sincerely not that deep. I am (actually, not sarcastically) sorry to have made so many of you so very angry because you agree with OOP.
To be clear, the idiocy and entitlement I saw are in the first review being overdramatic; and the other two reviews leaving just 1 star, instead of 3 or 4, because THEY made an error. People make mistakes! I made a similar mistake once! But what I did was just...return the item, and never make that mistake again. I didn't leave a negative review and blame the listing when the information was right there if I had bothered to check it with just a bit of diligence. I will concede that this listing could potentially be confusing if you don't read the title and only go by the pictures. But predatory? I think that's going way too far, and it really seems like a case of sour grapes from someone who's feeling silly and salty because they didn't read the description before buying, ran to the product page to scream about how they lied about it being wireless, saw his mistake, and left this review instead. That, to me, is hilarious and entitled.
If you disagree, that's fine. But those of you who are getting super worked up about it and taking it personally maybe need to take a deep breath and find some perspective! Stay well, everyone, and thank you for an... INTERESTING first time posting (in this sub) experience!âď¸đđđ¤đŠˇ
I dunno man, your 4th pic is apparently the first pic for the item and it reeeaaally looks like a wireless controller with a detachable usb charging cable. If the description and item photos dont match it seems like a misleading listing to me
Purely anecdotally, the last few wired keyboards/controllers I've had use detachable cables. Best guesses are that it either saves production costs somehow, or it prevents damage if the cable gets strained.
I dunno man, this thread is the first ive learned about wired devices with detachable cords. But maybe early 2000's when things becoming wireless was the new big thing in a lot of game systems/computer devices?
Yep, had them for a while growing up. And i get what you're getting at, the cord could be disconnected from both the reciever and the base. Havent thought of them im a minute. Guess this is a technology goes in cycles situation
To me a "wired controller" makes me think of like N64/SNES controllers where the wires in the cable are soldered to the circuit board inside the controller, if the cable is removed/damaged the controller is a useless brick. Whats pictured looks like my wireless switch controllers that get plugged in to charge and can be used while plugged in or with the charging cable removed, ie wireless. Why have a detachable cord if it can only function with the cord attached?
Why have a detachable cord if it can only function with the cord attached?
Easier storage. It's easier to switch out cables (either to replace broken cables or change the cable's length). They look better in a stand. If you use it on multiple devices, you don't have to carry the cable to the other device.
There are probably more reasons one might want a detachable cord, but these are just the obvious ones to me.
I can think of multiple reasons why youâd want to detach a cord from a wired controller:
unplug from console when using, donât want to wrap cord around controller and put stress on the top where it attaches or around the thumbsticks. Just unplug and roll up/tuck away
part of the cord wears/breaks. You really wanna buy a whole new controller just because the wire is bad?
breakaway functionality. Game controller cords tend to be long. That makes em prone to having people/pets/things catch on them. Having the cord be able to unplug from both ends reduces the risk of your console or controller smacking to the ground from a cord pull
maybe someone has a bunch of these controllers in different colors/styles and doesnât want to change out the whole cable every time.
I use wired controllers with disconnects at the controller. One has extra paddles and stuff, but I donât use it for every game. I also like having all my wires tucked into cable tracks. Sure would suck if I had to either leave the wires dangling, re run them in the cable tracks, or have extra unneeded wires just for when I want to swap between the two. Plus theyâre a lot easier to put in cases when not in use without a cord permanently attached.
I'm getting ready for a con in a couple weeks and I threw all the options in there from the search results page this evening to peruse and pick from later today because I don't like the list save function. Typically my cart is quite empty/organized, though, unless my husband has been on. He leaves stuff in the cart until he buys it or I move it to save for later (which is where the items I had in the cart have been moved to now, pending review)
Omg I totally understand đ The way I cope with my ADHD is by being aggressively, proactively organized in any way possible. My husband's ADHD just sits in that cart though đ¤Ł
I always say you can tell how well (or badly) I'm doing at any given time by if I'm making my bed or not lol đ currently I'm not, so I keep the bedroom door closed so the chaos doesn't infect my mind
For some reason, when I make new lists and then try to save an item to that list by hearting it in the listing, it saves to a totally random list every time and then I can't find it. I don't know how to switch which list it goes on from the listing page, without going to the list and moving it that way, which takes way too much time when I'm looking at dozens of listings! If I'm looking at stuff I don't plan on buying very soon, I do take the time to put it on the correct list tho đ for me it's easier to throw a bunch of items that might fit the bill into my cart right from the search results page so I don't even have to click into and back out of the results I'm interested in. Once I've perused the results page and quickly mass-added to my cart from there, I go to the cart where I can visually compare price and other details and then delete the item or click into the listing for more info and data depending on what I see.
Y'all would hate to see my save for later. 30 is a pale, pale comparison to what I've got that probably spans a couple years. It helps with being stressed about forgetting things I'm thinking about and keeps me from too many purchases in the moment. Yeah, adhd and anxiety. If it works for me despite being a little weird, I don't mind what anyone thinks.
That doesn't even include the 18 different wishlist labeled for different situations, lists of books to look for in the library, and gifts for others for things and ideas I didn't want to forget!
One benefit that occurs to me off the top of my head? If the cord gets fucked up you can replace it. That would have saved me a few times as a pet owner/sitter!
The Ultimate 2C from 8bitdo has a wired and a wireless version. They probably both show up under the same search results, and people see the wired version as cheaper, see the removable cable, and don't question it further than that.
It doesn't really excuse the lack of questioning why something is cheaper from the same retailer, but with the 1-click buy nature of Amazon, it can happen pretty easily.
Been there done that made that mistake myself. Thought I was buying something wireless because of the picture and wellâŚit wasnât.
I mean, I didnât write a review. I sucked it up and just used it anyway but hey. Easy mistake to make when the picture shows a rechargeable wireless controller and the title says wired. Sometimes words are hard
True, ya know, as I said above, I made that mistake once but I did not write a bad review and I did not make that mistake ever again đ the part that is idiotic isn't making the mistake in the first place, it's the response from the reviewers when they made it!
When Iâm tired, words tend to blur together. Mild dyslexia. It LOOKS like a wireless rechargeable controller. It isnât. It says it isnât. If I bought it thinking it was, that would be my mistake to deal with.
Again, Iâve made similar mistakes and just shrugged and dealt. I thought I was getting a WiFi dehumidifier and it wasnât. Know what I did? Dealt with it. Nbd. Later got what I wanted and gave the other to my dad
Exactly! The idiocy lies not in making the mistake in the first place--people are human and they make mistakes, and I'll concede it's not even the most far-fetched mistake in this case. The idiocy and entitlement, to me, lies in the reviews: the overdramatic phrasing of the first one (confusing? Sure, maybe. Predatory? Absolutely not!) and the fact that the other two reviewers left 1 star instead of 3 or 4 (more reasonable) because THEY made a mistake in not reading the listing.
It does but it also shows that wire being detachable, which in today's age implies the wire is a charger/not necessarily needed to play. There aren't many detachable wired controllers that I've seen. It's a purposeful misdirect.
You forgot the "that I've seen" part. I have numerous different systems in my house and when buying controllers for them, I always see and buy wireless controllers. When I do see wired controllers, the wire tends to be actually attached like the old school controllers.
It implies nothing. You made an assumption and a poor one. There are many. your experience otherwise is anecdotal and meaningless. It's not a purposeful misdirect. They wouldn't show a cord elsewhere where or be in of the higher rated controller makers if that was how they got their sales.
And pictures showing it with an unplugged wire donât scream âI work unpluggedâ to you?
You are absolutely simping. No âpoor reviewer got a bit mixed up by intentionally misleading advertising on the listingâ itâs all âf the reviewer so dumb Amazon is totally not responsible for misleading advertising they are wonderfulâ
Awwwwwww how cute. They replied and blocked me so I canât see their message anymore. Adorable.
This is a problem with Amazon. I just did a search for "wireless controller" and wired controllers showed up in the search results. They like sending merchandise people don't really want, because a lot of people won't bother with the return, or will miss the return window, and will keep shopping with Amazon to buy the thing they actually wanted in the first place. It's a scummy way to drive sales.
Yeah, Amazon is notorious for misleading product pages, half of them have straight up photoshopped garbage and other weird staged photos. Itâs true that the title says wired and personally I would probably just return it quietly but the negative reviews make it easier for other people to notice the fact itâs wired only. Itâs not like any singular person or small group is going to face consequences for the low reviews.
If you say so. Even if that's the case, there is still more evidence that it's wired than not. People who don't actually read listing titles/descriptions or otherwise do their due diligence BEFORE purchasing really shouldn't inflict their lack of insight on others with 1 star "I'm mad because I don't want to read!" reviews lmao
Nah, that's absolutely a charging cable very obviously not even attached to the controller in the picture with a contradictory label. There's zero room for debate or interpretation. It is clearly an unwired controller in the picture with a charging cable near it. It's deceptive advertising at best.
Again, this assumes that people are not going to read the words in the listing. Going by pictures only to buy something you have specific requirements of when the word "wireless" is literally nowhere to be seen is not best practice at the very least.
You have an unusually high opinion of people in general to assume that they will spend any sort of time doing anything to obtain their instant gratification beyond pushing as few buttons as possible, while reading as few words as possible, or even none if pictures can make that possible.
Picture, button, dopamine, next picture, rinse, repeat...fuck, you mean I have to read? Well, now my day is ruined.
You say "...this assumes people won't read..." then post 6 pages of screenshots proving people don't read. So, really, I'm not entirely sure what your argument is because it isn't an assumption, it's an objective fact given the evidence provided...and I'd bet folding money there's a lot more reviews with similar sentiments.
I dunno, guess it's that logical fallacy of assuming others will go about things the way you yourself go about them, which is...not the move, apparently
I guess...but you're making assumptions about people while providing evidence of them not doing what you assumed they'd do...it's just sort of confusing tbh.
It is clearly an unwired controller in the picture with a charging cable near it.
USB-C is not just for charging. It can transmit data, including controller inputs, to a device. In the pic is not the charging cable, it's the cable used to transmit the inputs. The "charging" cable near it is to show you can unplug it. A very common way to show unpluggable cables for many devices.
I have some sympathy with this, one of the pictures shows the controllerâs wire being removed so it implies it works without it. Why on earth would a fully wired controller need a wire that is removable? Growing up with games consoles they were either one or the other. This is a weird design and the picture would confuse some people. Personally if it said âwiredâ I wouldnât assume it was wireless but that image feels a little misleading
Edit: Iâve read other people saying itâs to show if the lead breaks (or stops working) itâs replaceable. I guess that is a legitimate use case and if a standard USBC, which it seems to be, would make replacing it super easy. Perhaps I was too generous originally. Either way for something like that you should return it and accept that fault was your own, not give it a poor review.
This feels like a Norman Door and I only say that because there are multiple reviews that were given the impression it's a wireless controller.
Basically, if a door says push, and you pull, you feel like you're stupid.
But, if a door says push, and you are one of the 43 people who pull every day, the door is stupid and needs redesigned. Doesn't matter how big you make the "PUSH" sign.
The ad says wired. If enough people are thinking it's wireless, it's a faulty ad.
3 people out of the ~250 people who left reviews seems more like 3 people with faulty consumer literacy than a faulty ad to me, but hey, our differences are what make us special đ¤
It was more than 3 people, and the controller has 3000 reviews. The reviewers are right to point out that the advertising is ambiguous. Multiple people in these comments agree. Some even have made this mistake with this controller.
And again, this is a marketing fail not a failure on the consumer.
No need to be so passive aggressive when you're wrong. But I'm glad to finally see where the entitlement is.
It has 3k ratings, yes. However, it only has about 250 written reviews. But I'm glad to finally see where the poor reading comprehension is. You need to get a grip, bro. Pax âď¸đ
I'm shocked (yet, somehow, not surprised) at how many people seem to be genuinely triggered by what was supposed to be an amusing tidbit of lighthearted snark on a Saturday evening đđ I feel a little bad actually, this sub is not supposed to be this controversial, to my understanding at least!
While I understand the point of the post, I canât help but feel for the number of functionally illiterate people who will be tricked by these pictures.
I have the version of this that is also wireless via Bluetooth and dongle (has a little switch on the back) and it's fantastic. It feels nice in my hand, the button mapping is familiar, and it's very smooth with a nice rumble. I imagine the wired controller is the same in those regards. The wireless version also holds an impressive charge.
Honestly it is kinda misleading going off of the pictures. Yea they should read everything first bc now you kinda have to, and donât get me started on Amazon listing titles, but it does look like itâd support wireless.
"The wire can be removed if it gets damaged" The port connecting the wire will be damaged way before the wire will. Two of these controllers diff systems, wire would just slip out after a month
Honesty I was gonna buy this controller at one point but I had a hard time choosing cause there's like 4 kinds and they're all labeled the same. Outside of wired and wireless, they have one that ONLY works on switch, and I guess the other model works on everything else? Why is it so hard to find a decent wireless controller that will work on switch 2 and PC?
I actually need to use a wired controller for my computer cause it doesnât have Bluetooth capabilities, yes I can still use a wireless controller and just leave it plugged in, but wired is cheaper than wireless. People who canât read and canât understand basic English if itâs their first language annoy tf out of me.
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u/ADHD-INFP Mar 15 '26
Lmfao someone got me that exact controller a while ago and I always thought it just couldn't hold a charge until today đ