The Xbox One Elite Controller is the best controller I’ve ever used
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I heard these are selling out, you know every remotely serious CoD/Gears/Halo player is gonna need on. MS gonna make big $$ on this.
Amazon chat guy assures me that my controller and wireless adapter will ship out anytime between now and tomorrow and will be here on Tuesday.
Woot.
I got to mess around with the Elite controller at the party earlier this month and in all honesty I've been jonesing ever since. It's so f***ing nice, you guys are in for a treat.
We'll have to light this place up with controller porn once they start arriving.
Woot.
I got to mess around with the Elite controller at the party earlier this month and in all honesty I've been jonesing ever since. It's so f***ing nice, you guys are in for a treat.
We'll have to light this place up with controller porn once they start arriving.
The Elite looks like something I would be proud to show others. These scruff ones look embarrassing to own. I have chased plenty of bad to marginal games with good money. This looks can't miss really.
Did nothing to sway me. I just do not understand what makes this controller worth spending more than twice the money on.
If you are ultra competitive and do competitions and stuff, then yeah, maybe it is worth it, but for a normal gamer who just plays games...just not seeing it.
For me:
-Adjustable height sticks are great, and longer thumbsticks are way more comfortable for me as I have large hands.
-Programmable buttons = bumper jumper configs for Halo (if it doesn't have one) and Destiny. Being able to jump while never taking your thumb off of your aim stick is huge.
-Adjustable pressure on the triggers - this will be much more comfortable say in Destiny using a scout rifle where you are firing shot after shot
-Buttons underneath = using manual clutch in Forza and faster lap times
That sucks. When did you order? Mine was on July 4 and it says it will be here tomorrow.
The buttons underneath and longer sticks are the biggest deal, when it comes to actually playing, imo. I remember hoping that would be a part of the base design when this gen started. It just makes so much more sense to have them there.
I use Control Freeks now, and honestly have a lot of trouble playing without one on my aim stick. Reprograming buttons and being able to have two different set-ups at a time is awesome. Just to have a flight inversion set up for Halo 5 would be heavenly, as the flying vehicles require different settings for different vehicles for me.
http://kotaku.com/xbox-elite-wireless-controller-the-kotaku-review-1738425612
"Unless they spend any significant amount of time with the Elite. It makes the original controller feel like a hefty toy.
With its impressive weight and the luxurious, velvety feel of its outer housing, the Elite oozes premium quality from the moment you take it in your hands. It’s housed in plastic, but it’s that buttery sort of plastic that feels almost as if it’s slightly fuzzy to the touch. The rubber grips are strong and reassuring. The only unsure surface is the metal paddles on the back of the unit—they take a little getting used to. Or you can just take them off while not in use.
What’s amazing to me is that the interchangeable components are held to the controller’s face with magnets. Pull straight up and they come off easily.
Yet when in place they’re just as strong as the connected parts on the traditional controller, if not a bit stronger. The analog sticks snap to center position with more authority. That strange directional disc registers movement more tactfully than anything Xbox d-pad before it.
I’ve been using the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller for several day now in all sorts of situations. I’ve played through a sizable chunk of Halo 5’s campaign using it—I had to, as it’s the game Microsoft is launching the controller with—and I am incredibly pleased with its responsiveness."
"The ability to fine tune, tweak, and modify everything and then save it to one of two custom profiles stored on the controller itself is one of its biggest strengths."
"Unless they spend any significant amount of time with the Elite. It makes the original controller feel like a hefty toy.
With its impressive weight and the luxurious, velvety feel of its outer housing, the Elite oozes premium quality from the moment you take it in your hands. It’s housed in plastic, but it’s that buttery sort of plastic that feels almost as if it’s slightly fuzzy to the touch. The rubber grips are strong and reassuring. The only unsure surface is the metal paddles on the back of the unit—they take a little getting used to. Or you can just take them off while not in use.
What’s amazing to me is that the interchangeable components are held to the controller’s face with magnets. Pull straight up and they come off easily.
Yet when in place they’re just as strong as the connected parts on the traditional controller, if not a bit stronger. The analog sticks snap to center position with more authority. That strange directional disc registers movement more tactfully than anything Xbox d-pad before it.
I’ve been using the Xbox Elite Wireless Controller for several day now in all sorts of situations. I’ve played through a sizable chunk of Halo 5’s campaign using it—I had to, as it’s the game Microsoft is launching the controller with—and I am incredibly pleased with its responsiveness."
"The ability to fine tune, tweak, and modify everything and then save it to one of two custom profiles stored on the controller itself is one of its biggest strengths."
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I practically made the guy pinky-swear my stuff will be here on time... He said is going to monitor it and update personally whenever anything moves. I didn't really believe it will get here on tinge and I'm fully expecting to get mine on Monday as well.
I am also expecting to hit them up and make sure there is some form of reimbursement for their f*** up.
This one has it as well:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories/controllers/lunar-white-wireless-controller
Gamestop has a deal where you can trade-in your old controllers for a $35 credit towards it.
People who are complaining about the price of this controller are using their top of the line smartphones and super pricey Beats headphones.
This controller is absolutely magnificent.
This though is the same thing you already have just with 4 extra buttons that provide no extra input.
You are oddly glossing over the functionality here. Functionality that would allow you to continuously aim, as opposed to having no way of accurately aiming every single time you need to jump, reload, change weapons, crotch down or in case of Halo, use the thruster pack. And that's completely optional. I don't think people realize how often they need to take their hands off of the right analog, it's kind of crazy to be honest and I'm sure to a huge extent this actually affects how developers design console FPS games in general.
I remedied this with the FPS Master controller back in the OG XBOX days. I never got around to bothering with Scuf though.
The biggest thing for me personally is the build quality and the quality of components... this will likely be the last Xbox One controller I will need to buy this generation. I'm not sure how they could possibly top this.
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Maybe we should put it to the test, if you are getting one.
When you get your new controller do some Rivals events in Forza 6, and I will try to beat the time with my normal controller.
#Skillvsgimmicks.
Maybe we should put it to the test, if you are getting one.
When you get your new controller do some Rivals events in Forza 6, and I will try to beat the time with my normal controller.
#Skillvsgimmicks.
Being able to use manual clutch should actually make people a little faster (if they choose this option). In past games, manual shifting is faster, and manual with a clutch (which most of us can't do with a default controller) is even faster, especially in the lower end cars.
I know in past games you could shave off a second or more on the Top Gear star in a slow car challenge using all manual + manual clutch.
It is faster.
but are you faster enough with it
We'll see!
I was trying to beat your time at Watkins Glen with the BMW M1 this weekend and couldn't do it.In all seriousness, I don't think the controller will make anyone way better, but just more comfortable and a little better at least. I have big hands and the default controller is just too small. I have to use Kontrol Freek addons now to get extra length on the sticks. It doesn't make me into a pro gamer, but it makes me better for sure having that finer control.
Can't wait for mine to arrive. UPS for some reason loves to put my packages on the truck at 4am and drive them around town all day and deliver them at night.
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