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First of all there's way more out there than just Cherry-style spring-and-leaf switches. "Mechanical" is kind of a stupid term these days because people use it to mean "anything that isn't rubber-dome-on-membrane" and that covers loads of stuff. In fact, modern controllers use plenty of switches that aren't RDoM. For example, the analog triggers in Xbox controllers use Hall effect sensors (pic related) to read the position of the button with way more precision than just "up" vs. "down."

Now go read a book. You might learn something.

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Short Round Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:44:38 No.51029365 Report Delete

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Tell me more. I like the idea of better gear but don't trust the opinions of geek pillow humpers that have childish keycaps and colourful cases. I might get a tenkeyless with clears or Topres (CoolerMaster). Get some thick blank PBTs and then forget about it for the next 5 years?

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:47:00 No.51029410 Report Delete

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:49:19 No.51029463 Report Delete

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Cherry switches have really long actuations compared to other controllers. Not a problem in a keyboard because it's normal, but would be weird in a controller

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:51:00 No.51029496 Report Delete

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>>51028953
>"anything that isn't rubber-dome-on-membrane"
technically you shouldnt even mention membranes as IBM Model Ms use a membrane for the buckling spring switches.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:52:01 No.51029519 Report Delete

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>>51028953
>literally retarded the post

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:52:51 No.51029538 Report Delete

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Took apart one of my guitar hero controllers and replaced the strum switches because it was dropping notes. Decided to replace the rest of my controllers too, opened up the most recent one and found a mech switch. The fret buttons are still rubber membrane though

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:54:27 No.51029566 Report Delete

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>>51028953
Thought xbox triggers were just potentiometers

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 21:56:14 No.51029595 Report Delete

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>>51029566
Not the xbone one.
Dreamcast also used hall sensors for both the stick and triggers.

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 22:43:26 No.51030319 Report Delete

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Cost.
Razer produces an xbox360controller clone with mechanical switches that in theory is perfect (great layout with mech switches), but in practice is a piece of shit - reviews point out that it is unreliable as fuck.

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