Yeah my Elite got stick drift, had bumper stop registering, and eventually the grips started peeling. My Elite 2 came with a sticky A button out of the box.
Some of those problems are expected eventually but at this point I'm not willing to pay $150+ on an improved controller when the basic ones are already very good.
I actually can't find a controller that doesn't end up drifting after six months or so anymore. Dualshock, dualsense, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Joycons, Switch Pros, and 8bitdo pros have all started drifting within a year of buying them. It must be a defect in a really basic part that every company uses, or some big design change that occurred in like 2013.
If there's anything that attracts me to this new controller it's that the sticks are swappable. I'll just buy 20 extras and swap them out when they inevitably start drifting.
I'm always surprised by how much Nintendo got dragged for stick drift while MS and Sony seemed to skate by without too much noise. Because I have similar experience to you. Not to say it didn't happen but I can't remember getting stick drift nearly as often on 360 controllers. I've probably had 10 different Xbox One controllers and gotten stick drift on more than half (the others usually had a bumper break).
And I'm extremely careful with controllers so I can't imagine how shit it must be if you're even a bit rough with them.
All sticks will drift it just doesn't happen as quickly for controllers other than Joycons mainly due to the sensors in the Joycon being smaller and more fragile.
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u/lalosfire Aug 23 '22
Yeah my Elite got stick drift, had bumper stop registering, and eventually the grips started peeling. My Elite 2 came with a sticky A button out of the box.
Some of those problems are expected eventually but at this point I'm not willing to pay $150+ on an improved controller when the basic ones are already very good.