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Check carefully which variant you're buying, if you'd like Hall Effect sticks.
There are several 8BitDo "Ultimate" controllers that do not have Hall Effect sticks; I found the branding to be pretty confusing.
This has Hall Effect sticks:
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Bluetooth-Controller-Charging-Gaming-Console/dp/B0B9BGJVLL/
As does this:
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Bluetooth-Controller-Charging-Gaming-Console/dp/B0B9BDMWWN/
This does not:
https://www.amazon.com/Ultimate-Bluetooth-Controller-Switch-Vibration-Nintendo/dp/B0CLM5WDHT/
Nor does this:
https://www.amazon.com/Controller-Raspberry-iOS-iPadOS-tvOS-macOS/dp/B0BZ4GB3PH/
I just have one problem with the 8bitdo.
If you go to the website, I can see it says "motion controls (switch only)" and I don't know if I should be worried about that considering I want to play emulated switch games ON PC
EDIT: and about the variations, thanks for pointing that out, I was aware of the Ultimate C existed and I did supposed it was some sort of "lite" version. But thanks anyways
Motion control support on PC is rather rare as almost every PC game uses xinput, and therefore almost every controller will simply identify itself as an Xbox controller for the best compatibility. You basically have to check on a controller by controller basis if and how motion controls can be enabled on PC.
I do know that some of the 8bitdo controllers can be configured to show up as Switch Pro Controllers on PC with working motion controls.
I have been researching a bit and it seems you can use them if you connect to your pc but with the switch mode or something like that.
Is that what you mean?