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.

[–] Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

Controllers have been getting steadily worse since Xbox 1. I never had a controller failure for the original & 360 and I played them a lot more than the 1.

I actually had more console failures than controller now that I think about it, lol.

[–] AlexanderTheGreat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

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).

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Aren't the Xbox controllers the only first party controllers that are priced reasonably?

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Not after you factor in getting the rechargeable battery like they ought to be shipping with but don't.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

Replaceable AA batteries which obviously can be recharged are much better than integrated non replaceable rechargable batteries.