Posted October 17, 2021
Dark_art_: I've been using a 8bitdo SN30 Pro+ for the last couple of years and really like it, although in intensive use (rage inducing fighting games) the buttons start to get a little "mushy". The rubber membrane start to loose tension and eventually cracks but 8bitdo sent me a repair kit free of charge. Since then I've moved to a Razer Raion to play fighting games and the 8bitdo to play other titles.
I don't know if it is the same problem, but I've had two of them since start of January. They've been mainly been used by my two sons with Nintendo Switch. One of them feels as good as new, while the other one has its upper right shoulder button (the non-analog shoulder button) lose its feel, ie. you can't really feel when it is pressed down and when not.
The button still seems to work fine (ie. when you push it, it is activated in the game, and when you release it, it is not), but now it feels almost like a touch switch since the travel of that shoulder button was so small to begin with.
I'm not sure if it is normal for it to break like that, I hear my sons keep dropping the controllers to hard floor every now and then so they are certainly abused sometimes... or if that has come from just using that button a lot.
EDIT: Also some of the analog shoulder buttons have occasionally popped out when my kids have dropped the gamepads, but they can be easily snapped back into place. Apparently those shoulder buttons can be easily popped out by just pulling them out anyway, apparently by design.