I look forward to it being prohibitively expensive and still having stick drift.
Not to mention bumpers that fail right after the warranty expires! Can’t wait!
Worst $180 I ever spent. My Xbox Elite Series 2 controller’s bumper died a week after my warranty expired. I’d barely had time to use it that year, and didn’t abuse it in any way. I have controllers from 2002 that still work flawlessly after thousands of hours of service. Somehow Microsoft figured out how the make the least durable, most expensive controller ever. Never again, MS. Never again. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me… you can’t get fooled again.
My Xbox Elite Series 2 controller’s bumper died a week after my warranty expired
Mine has been going since release day with zero problems. Multiple hours played a day. I feel they have poor quality control in whatever factory these come from (or maybe there is more than one and one of them sucks hard).
Aren’t the Xbox controllers the only first party controllers that are priced reasonably?
I found them to be the least reasonably priced.
DualSense is $70 and comes with gyro, better rumble, mic, touchpad, adaptive triggers, LED lights and a battery (though non-removable).
8bitdo pro 2 is $50 and is a great Nintendo Switch Pro controller alternative – only lacks NFC and HD rumble. Comes with a removable rechargeable battery. oops is third-party.
The Xbox controller at $60 feels nice to hold, but is primitive compared to the above. I like that you can use your own rechargeable batteries, but that is additional cost that you’re bearing. The rumble is also from caveman times.
Not after you factor in getting the rechargeable battery like they ought to be shipping with but don’t.
I’m all for gyro, it’s been a feature of every Sony and Nintendo console since PS3/Wii released 17 years ago.
That said the time to include it was the 2020 controller revision so that developers targeting the Series platform could assume that all players had access to the feature.
Controller features that release mid-gen are doomed to have limited uptake by consumers and developers alike.
But I guess it will be standard when the next console releases so that’s something to look forward to for 2027 :/
Honestly, would still be nice to have, for how much Xbox controllers are the de facto controller on PC as well.
Lots of games there between steam input, emulators, etc, where it just feels odd to not have that gyro in what’s otherwise a very premium controller (I’m using the Elite controller). It’s my favourite controller hands down, and yet I consider using my Switch Pro Controller just for gyro in some titles.
And yeah, better to lay that groundwork now for the next generation than miss out on it entirely.
Wow, can’t believe they still have time to reveal something this year, it’s already January!
I really wish they would have kept the Kinect voice features but put them in the controller. It was nice to be able to perform commands with your voice and with LLMs becoming big, it won’t be long before natural conversation with characters will be possible.
I have both a dual sense and a xbox controller and the dual sense is so superior it’s not even a competition so I hope they at least upgrade their sub par plastic materials.
It’s like PS is Lego and Xbox is Duplo. But they’re still the same cost.
