Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 – Core Edition (Blue)

Not had it a great deal of time, about a week, so can't speak for the longevity of it, I'll update my review if I have any issues, but so far, very happy with it. Feels good and chunky in the hands, might be a little too chunky for some folks but perfect for my big hands, nice smooth premium feeling plastic and the grips feel great. Got some paddles with it, not sure about those. I use them in calm parts of a game but tend to revert back to the buttons during a fight. Also they seem to hurt my tendons up my arms and fingers, but not sure if that's just me (I'm getting on a bit these days!). I can't see me using the paddles long term to be honest, but I'll persevere; I like the idea of them.Battery life is good, thumbsticks feel great, might buy some bigger ones at some point, see if they make a difference. All in all, very pleased. Expensive, but not insanely so (have you seen the price of the PS equivalent? 😳) Glad I splurged.

I’ve got each of the 3 colours of elite controller and personally I think the blue is the most aesthetically appealing. As with all the elites build quality is good feels nice to play with and easy to use.

I needed to get one of these plastic toy things for my PC because I was playtesting a game that demanded a controller. I hate controllers. They're an awful way to play games. The thumbsticks are horribly imprecise, and your shoulders are all hunched up, so you get back ache. Give me a mouse and a keyboard ANY day.However, I have had a few controllers over the years, mainly because I feel I have to have one to be "a gamer"... But I don't tend to use them. I've had a logitech wingman, a SNES-shaped one, a Logitech F-170 which was utter garbage (a shame), a Retrobit Legacy 16 and an XBox controller. Plus, of course, the controllers with the SNES, Atari 2600 and PS1 and PS2. So, although I hate the blasted things, at least I've had some experience with them.The Xbox controller was the most recent addition. I got it for my son to play GRIP Racing on his laptop. He kinda likes it, but he's got used to WASD+Mouse too, so finds the controller a bit restrictive. So I ended up playing with his XBox controller. I quite liked it. It had a weight to it, and the buttons had a positivity to them.So, when I had to get one for my laptop for this plaaytesting I thought I'd try to go "top of the line" and get an Elite 2.Well, I can confirm, it feels pretty darn good. although it's the same hand-crampy shape and size of a usual controller, it's really hefty. It feels solid, not plasticcy at all. The grips are grippy, and the magnetic snap-on thumbsticks and d-pad are lush to look at. Being able to adjust the force of the buttons is a lovely feature. I've set them to "middle" which feels good for me.The Core edition doesn't come with the back-paddles, but they can be bought separately for £9 (get the metallic ones!).I have to admit I'm very impressed with it. Aiming is still an absolute shambles, but that's a problem with trying to use a thumbstick. The buttons and controls otherwise feel really solid. It screams quality. I can see why it's more expensive than the standard controller. Given the magnets and snap-on configurability of it, I can see why it's as expensive as it is. It's a nice piece of well-engineered kit.It'll never replace a Kbd+Mouse for me, but if I have to play a game with a controller, I'm playing it with this! Nothing else comes close!

this controller is great, used it for over a year and had no issues. felt great to use and really comfortable. HOWEVER, suddenly the right bumper stopped working and after some research i found that this issue was present in basically every single one of these controllers. for some reason the right bumper just breaks? either way buy at your own discretion.

This....this is a controller that could be better and it hasn't learned from the previous iteration. It has the looks, feel (only feel), weight and extra paddle buttons to really make it a great controller. But you will need to buy them, same for the D pad.I have had four elite controllers. 1 x OG from the SSHDD Elite Xbox one, and 3 x Elite 2 controllers, (2 x Elite 2 and 1 x Core 2 white.)The first three failed on the sticks in a year and the LB buttons and RB started to conk out and that isn't from hardcore play, just on and off. Grips peeled off, stick drift... Elite my ruckus mc'tuckus.Now...Core white, this one. Stick drift after three weeks and the B button would not stop sticking. Right there and then I just sent it back and felt so depressed (1st world problems.)If you can pick one up off eBay for a steal and mod it to have hallsense you will be better off. But be warned on the failing RB and LB buttons down the road and those grips will peel off, get a silicon skin and thumbgrip protectors.Software is okay "Xbox accessories." But for the life of me I could not figure a way for the controller to use keyboard binding in wireless mode as it would default to the base preset, even with profiles.Pure shame, it matched my white PC build...In the end, slap the extra on and go for something else as I went for a Nacon Revolution X unlimited.