Tekken 8 players need to know about these controllers

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If you've entered the latest King of Iron Fist Tournament you might be wondering what the best controllers for Tekken 8 are. Fighting games bring about a unique challenge for modern controllers, especially seeing as a lot of them are designed more with first-person games in miꦏnd. While you need the functionality that back buttons can give you, the most important aspects of fighting game controllers are speed and accuracy. 

To tell the truth, any one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best PC controllers could do the trick in Tekken 8. That said, of all the gamepads I've been lucky enough to try out in the last year, four come to mind as top contenders I'd be trying to use in the new Tekken. Any of them will work on PC, two of them appear on our 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best PS5 controller list, and the other two are 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X controllers. No matter what platform you're playing on, you'll🧔 be covered with my recommendations below.&🐠nbsp;

Short of opting for a full arcade fight-stick controller - the types found in tournaments and on♑ the front of arcade cabinets, the gamepads below will give you the best advantages in-game. There are a few arcade sticks out there, and especially if you play on a PC you'll be more set up to use one. On PS5 and Xbox, there are more compatibility and support issues, so we'll only be recommending gamepads in this article. Even so, the picks below are here to help you realize your Tek👍ken 8 fighting potential, so let's get stuck in. 

The best PS5 controllers for Tekken 8

Reasons to buy

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Deep customisation options
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Cheaper than the competition
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Excellent performance
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Works with PC, PS5, and PS4

Reasons to avoid

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No vibration (let alone haptics)
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A little light
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Some minor pairing issues

I may sound like a bit of a broken record at the moment because while the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Victrix Pro BFG is by far the best controller on the ma🐎rket for Tekke🔯n 8, it's usually the controller I recommend for any competitive game. That's mainly because the BFG is supremely customizable thanks to its modular design. 

What does that mean, I hear you ask? Well, see those facial components? They're swappable. You can lift them up, flip them around, swap them totally, and customize them how you see fit. There's even one incredibly appropriate attachment in the case that's designed for fighting g🌄ames and has six face buttons on it.ꦏ 

In theory with this attachment, you could sit the controller on your lap and use it like you would a tiny arcade stick.🅰 If not, used in combination with the four back buttons, you've got a load of functionality at your disposal here. 

Elsewhere, this controller gives you great value for money. It's the cheapest officially l𒅌icensed PS5 controller (by some margin), and thanks to how much you can modify it, it'll work great in other games too. While it's only available for PS5 and PC just now, it is available for , and with new Hall Sensor thumbsticks coming out too, this controller offers a lot of bang for buck. 

Reasons to buy

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Exhaustive list of features
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Comfortable
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Sustainable materials and a premium feel
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Hall sensor tech
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Battery Life

Reasons to avoid

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Loose stick tension
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Back button foibles
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Headphone jack issues from previous controllers