CRKD

I love this company and the products they sell. The app works amazing with the Neo s and soon the nitro + which I don’t have yet. I do wish I could move and sort my devices as I want. But that’s the only complaint. My favorite part is the ranking.

But recent update with support for Nitro Deck + (which I have coming from my preorder) says that’s the app update is not compatible with my device. It then links me to the devices that are compatible, which includes my device funnily enough (iPhone 14 Pro Max). Please fix before I get my Nitro Deck + so I can scan it into the app and be happy :)

This app’s priorities are messed up in the absolute most hilarious loser techbro way. If you’ve ever thought, “man, I wish physical game controllers could adopt the same manufactured-rarity pyramid scheme economics of the extremely brief NFT boom” then this is the only app for you. If you don’t care about any of that nonsense and just want to remap the buttons on your CRKD controller, this unfortunately is also the only app for you. Other things of note: 1. it’s just a dumb BT controller. It shouldn’t be this hard to connect it to an app. Usually takes me four or five attempts to get it to stick. 2. The first time I got it to connect, it ran a firmware update and then crashed directly to the springboard in the middle of said firmware update. Thankfully everything is fine, but for a brief moment I was super worried about having to return it and lose my extremely coveted diamond rarity status. 3. What’s up with this logo? This has some serious “The CTO’s nephew is going to State University for graphic design next year” energy. 4. I’m sorry. I can’t get over the NFT thing so I’m going to keep roasting it: The thing is, the controller is actually really nice so the company itself isn’t an outright scam. Was this a situation where all you wanted to do was make quality hardware, but none of the VC ghouls would fund a single idea unless it had a Silicon Valley grift attached to it? Hopefully y’all hit that ROI before you’re forced to cram “AI” into your next product. 5. Screw it. I’ll just say what everyone’s thinking. It’s the Dead Kennedys logo. I’m sorry but your CTO’s nephew just made the Dead Kennedys logo.

For starters. Why should I even need an account to update my firmware? 8BitDo doesn't force this sort of privacy invasion on its end users. There's absolutely no reason (other than selling your data - IE money) this should be required. That said it does work.

I’m here to bring some joy into this review group. I purchased a Neo S controller and the app works seamlessly. It kind weird it wants access to your video, camera, and photos so that it can make interaction video while you look up your devices rarity but… you don’t have to do any of that and can skip it if you want. Through the app, I’m able to tweak and tune my controllers vibration, trigger sensitivity, button layouts, firmware update, and more. It’s nice having deep links to the product manual and store page. I’ll be using this app much more because while you can do most of these actions using a combo of button presses… the amount of button press combos is absolutely insane and tuning your controller via the app is so much easier.

Nice new features and integrated shop.

I like the Nitro Deck. I almost never play the Switch handheld but this changed that. But what’s the point of this app? You put out a firmware update for the deck, but doesn’t have Mac support. You have an app with NFC function, but can’t update the deck with it. And who is actually registering their nitro decks on here? Cryto bros? What makes you think I care to register an accessory to a 7-year old console that already has rumors of a successor? Don’t bother getting this app unless you get a warm fuzzy feeling having someone tell you that controller you bought is special and yours is the only one in the whole wide world.

I downloaded this application to see if it would allow me to update my Nitro Decks firmware without needing to use a computer. But it’s just a registration tool that wants access to the camera and microphone for no good reason.

Doesn’t work on iPhone 12

1 star because the review dose let me put 0. The app is trash. “Login error”. The Nitro Deci doesn’t work on my Nintendo Switch Oled. Works only for about 15 seconds.