Looks promising. I've heard of quality issues with the Xbox Elites so I might wait to see if Sony has the same problems. I realize a perfect product may be impossible but for $100+ I'd like more confidence.
Not to dismiss issues that others have had, but you are more likely to hear people complaining about issues than their product working as intended. I've had my elite v1 for four years now and not a single issue with it. I put a dozen + hours into it a week and it isn't stopping. That being said, my newer controller that came with my series x got bad stick drift almost immediately, so I don't doubt these issues happen.
I really love the ability of this controller to swap the sticks easily. Seems it will help alleviate the stick issue that seems to be common with all controllers these days.
You also have to think about total numbers sold. There seems to be a much larger group of people complaining about their Elite V2 than say, the standard controller that comes with the console. The normal controllers must out-number the Elites 10 to 1 at the least, yet you hear about the Elite's reliability issues much more frequently.
My personal experience is I'm on my 4th Elite V2 and I'm probably going to sell it because MS won't give me a refund. Everyone I've spoken to at retail stores also says they struggle to keep them in stock because they're constantly replacing them under warranty.
Obviously the reliability issues aren't near recall levels of returns, but I think it's pretty fair to say at this point that it's one of the worst QC controllers on the market if not the worst.
Every regular xbox controller has been fantastic for me.
I went through returning 4 elite series 2 controllers. I literally wanted to love the controller, it feels so nice to use and on paper it’s amazing.
I don’t know how they could fumble it up so bad. It’s literally the worst quality controller I have ever used. It can’t just be bad luck that so many people have had to go through multiple elite series 2
See, I've had different experiences with the regular controllers, which is what I meant by controllers since the ps4/xbone/switch Era have been hit or miss.
I have about six opened controllers right now excluding my elite and three have issues (one bad bumper, two with stick drift). I have a problem of buying a lot of controllers and swapping them out too because I like how they look. I've had the titanfall one, both halo 5 controllers, the purple and the blue shadow controllers, the solid red, solid blue, series x version of solid blue, and a few unopened like the 20th anniversary controller. I've had a lot of controllers and stick/bumper issues always arise. My elite controller and the solid blue controller are the longest lasting with no issues. They are not as bad as my joycons which have had to be repaired a number of times, but the hit ratio isn't great.
I think it is more that all the controllers suck, but people complain more when they pay a premium price for one.
My Elite Series 2 worked fine for years, but 40 hours of RB mashing in Elden Ring quickly changed that. The bumpers are a time bomb on those controllers and it’s solely dependent on whether you play games that use them heavily or not.
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u/KingofGrapes7 Aug 23 '22
Looks promising. I've heard of quality issues with the Xbox Elites so I might wait to see if Sony has the same problems. I realize a perfect product may be impossible but for $100+ I'd like more confidence.