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[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have two Elite 2s, one for my wife and I, was hoping they'd finally last us a long while, nope, within a year both have stick drift and faulty bumpers.

[–] eli@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

My coworker is on his 10th or 11th Elite controller.

He bought one and when it developed stick drift in 6 months he went to try to do a warranty and it'd supposedly take a month or so and just be a repair. He ended up repairing it himself with new sticks, which also developed stick drift in 6 months. Oh and the back buttons developed double clicks.

He ended up just going to a store(target, best buy, whatever) and bought a new one and then put his old one in the box and returned it.

Does it every 6 months when the controller starts acting up. So been doing this for years. Target doesn't care, best buy doesn't care.

Funnily enough I told him about the Steam Controller and he said why buy that when there's the Elite controller or the PS pro controller...I'm like you're on your 10th one? Why would I buy something that has that many issues?

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh good, I have that to look forward too.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, maybe you'll be lucky lol.

I was very angry considering how expensive the controllers were, I've become increasingly disillusioned with Microsoft/Google/Etc products as they charge a premium price yet theyre often much worse then competitors at a similar price.

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I do tend to treat things with extreme care and as a result I still have functional xbox 360 controllers with almost no stick drift. So yeah I may get lucky but I still wish I had been patient.

[–] Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

Nice! I wish I had preserved my special ODST controller from the 360 days.