Customer Ratings & Reviews

I'm about to return my 2nd controller, faulty button presses not accurate,, I'm not the only one i guess,, https://www.reddit.com/r/xboxone/comments/drndrm/elite_controller_series_2_megathread/

Terrible got sticky buttons two months into casual play !

I really loved this controller at first but after a few months it’s been having connection issues and the RB is now registering a “double tap”. Controller is up to date but still randomly disconnects mid game.

It’s ok but for the price it shouldn’t have any problems for about a year, it’s only been a couple months and not the charging port needs to be replaced!!! Not what I want to do!

I bought it and then it had stick drift right out the box. I returned it for another one and it also had stick drift

The Elite series 1 is my favorite controller of all time. The series 2 is not....yet. MINOR Gripes: -only comes with 1 tall thumbstick. -all the sensitivity curves on my presets were changed when switching to the v2 -they changed the button mapping process & it is now clumsy MAJOR Gripes: -the paddles are too tiny -the dpad covers slide back & forth over the dpad resulting in a feeling of double clicks -all the directional buttons (dpad, thumbsticks, L,R) will randomly register as multiple presses when you simply press them once. I exchanged the controller & the replacement had the same issue. This issue made the controller useless because it would happen randomly. Maybe with future firmware upgrades or better quality control this controller could be good but I returned mine & am happily ising my elite v1.

Controller wont work with software to adjust pressure on left trigger. Everything else seems to work fine

It got stick drift after about 2 months. Now at 7 months the right bumber stopped working. What an expensive paperweight. I should have listened to the other reviews.

Works great until the controller started to drift.

The 'A' button wouldn't register half the time and it was also sticking.. For a $180 controller I would of assumed Q.C. would of caught this!!!

Grip is peeling off after 9 months. I like the controller but for $200 i expect the grip won’t peel off

Just like the title says. I've only had it since 12/2023. Right trigger is making some weird noise and it doesnt always shoot. Just a heads up, those metal looking triggers are painted plastic. Theres nothing premium about this controller except the price.

This is not about the controller but a review about purchasing an open box item. The item that i got stinks so bad so i decided to return the item. When i got to the store, one associate inspected the item and told me that the serial numbers do not match on the order. I mean its not my fault that they made a mistake on this. Luckily one of the supervisor accepted the return. This was a very bad experience and i will surely think twice before i buy another open box item.

I had the first series elite and it’s joystick started drifting to the point it was unusable. The Elite 2 I just bought and had for maybe 2 months is starting to drift now as well. Unacceptable for a “premium” controller

Great controller but has a very large history of breaking.

I was super excited to try this controller given the fact that I had only ever used a standard xbox controller. In the last year I have gone through a total of four controllers (thank god for geek squad replacement plan). On average each controller only lasted me 3-4 months, after that I begun to experience "drift" and button malfunction. After over a year I felt I had gave the Elite Series 2 a fair shot and can confidentially say they were a let down. I resorted back to the traditional xbox controller which I have had zero issues with after 6+ months.

This is the second controller we have purchased after returning one just like it after having one of the toggles quit working. The new one came with a toggle that clicks or sticks when you use it!! Unable to replace the latest one due the lack product supply.

Insane stick drift after only 2 months. its honestly kind of sad because I loved this controller but week after week the stick drift just kept getting worse. and now its completely unusable.

This controller was so bad I had to leave a review. The first elite controller is superior by far than this one, aside from build quality. The dead zone on the sticks was horrible. I thought my gameplay was off because I was on a newer controller but it appears that this is a common issue according to the support sites as well as Reddit. I’ve tried adjusting settings of the controller and my game to no avail. I’ve had this controller for less than 12 hours and it’s getting returned tomorrow. Hope this review helps.

Bought it in August 2020 and RT no longer works without heavy pressing. The same happened to me with the elite 1. That one also lasted 1 to 1.5 yrs. Great when it works but will be sticking to the regular controllers going onward.