Hori won me back with its Wireless Horipad Turbo for Nintendo Switch 2, but some annoying design quirks stop it short of greatness
THE SO WHAT
Third-party controllers live or die on ergonomics and latency—"decent alternative with flaws" means Hori is still in the consideration set but not the default. For accessory makers, the bar is now parity-plus-one-feature, not "cheaper than first-party."
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