wraggster
October 23rd, 2015, 22:16
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/1158c52c8abb9c335f72cb6cff656cc8/202842617/elite1200lead.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/xbox-elite-controller-review/)Is a gamepad worth $150? That's the question Microsoft is asking with theXbox One Elite controller (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/17/microsoft-xbox-elite-controller-design/), a revamp of its almost two-year-old paddle that shipped with the Xbox One (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/20/microsoft-xbox-one-review/). The company isn't targeting this as a device for the mainstream, though. Rather, the Elite is instead for highly competitive gamers -- the type that'd mod their controllers with third-party accessories for greater precision. The customization it offers comes at a steep price, costing over twice as much as the standard $60 controller.
Why should you care? Because the vanilla Xbox One controller feels like a cheap knock-off of the vaunted Xbox 360 pad that came before it. Microsoft said it spent over $100 million (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox-one-controller-smells-projector/) designing it, considering smell-o-vision and even a built-in projector for the gamepad, only to wind up with a mostly inferior clone. It has too many sharp edges, feels incredibly hollow and seems, well, cheap. Honestly, one of the biggest reasons I don't play my Xbox One much as my PlayStation 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/14/sony-playstation-4-review/) is because I prefer the latter's DualShock 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/15/20th-anniversary-ps4-controller-headset-bring-back-the-og-color/) controller. Keep all that in mind when you consider the following statement: I've been using the Elite controller for almost a week and I haven't wanted to put it down; this is the Xbox One gamepad we should've had from the outset.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/xbox-elite-controller-review/
Why should you care? Because the vanilla Xbox One controller feels like a cheap knock-off of the vaunted Xbox 360 pad that came before it. Microsoft said it spent over $100 million (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/18/xbox-one-controller-smells-projector/) designing it, considering smell-o-vision and even a built-in projector for the gamepad, only to wind up with a mostly inferior clone. It has too many sharp edges, feels incredibly hollow and seems, well, cheap. Honestly, one of the biggest reasons I don't play my Xbox One much as my PlayStation 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/11/14/sony-playstation-4-review/) is because I prefer the latter's DualShock 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2015/06/15/20th-anniversary-ps4-controller-headset-bring-back-the-og-color/) controller. Keep all that in mind when you consider the following statement: I've been using the Elite controller for almost a week and I haven't wanted to put it down; this is the Xbox One gamepad we should've had from the outset.
http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/22/xbox-elite-controller-review/