The Xbox Elite Controller, which is fantastic, has only ever been available in black. Now, it’s also available in a very fetching shade of white.
I bring this up for two reasons. Firstly, because I like it a lot! And secondly, because after trashing a controller earlier in the week, I’m bringing balance to the universe by praising one here.
I’ve always had a thing for white controllers (they’re super easy to find when you leave them lying around!), but I’m especially liking the all-white buttons on this as well.
The only question here is, with Elite controllers being such workhorses, just how white is that white going to look after a few months’ worth of grimy hands…
It’s out worldwide on October 16, and will cost $199.95.
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17 responses to “Oh, This Is Nice”
thats going to look sludge grey in like no days flat.
Meh. I have the white sunset overdrive bundles controller and a white one from the s, both as lustrous as the day we got them.
I found if you get those white ‘eraser pads’ you can buy at woollies and coles for cleaning walls, they’re utterly amazing for cleaning controllers 🙂
My biggest issue with the elite is the triggers which clip on the back.
Often I’ll play games where I don’t need/want the triggers, so I take them off. It leaves these uncomfortable square holes in the back of the controller with no decent way to plug them up.
I’ve tried blue-tac etc but no luck… so I end up using the normal Xbox controller most of the time.
Thats a paddlin’.
Yeah I found I was hitting the bottom 2 paddles accidentally, so removed them and just leave the top 2 in now. No solution for your holes, as I dont really notice them at all.
Neither of the controllers look great but I’d take the Smash Pro controller over this whitewash any day. I’m surprised the D-Pad and analogue sticks aren’t white too but I suspect that’s more because they have a set manufacturing process than being a design choice.
Looking dirty is exactly why I’ve never had or will have a white controller, just see some of the original white 360’s and controllers on gumtree. Makes me shudder.
Looks like this is still version 1 of the elite, will be better to wait for the revision that’s coming soon
Which revision Phil Spencer?
maybe one with bluetooth?
https://www.windowscentral.com/xbox-elite-controller
The one that has been leaked and reported on since January, smart arse.
Codename is spider.
hahaha, fair call. I’ll take that as it was intended and rightfully so.
Please accept my apologies
Have the elite controllers been fixed now? On launch, they had a terrible return rate with buttons and sticks often breaking.
I dont want to pay for something that is going to break in a couple of months.
I’ve had mine since launch…
aside from some slack in the analogue stick vertical movement, it’s never missed a beat.
It gets about 2-3 hours use 5/7 days a week.
I wonder if it was just a bad batch initially?
My xb1 suffers from the dreaded phucked wifi controller module which im confident a new controller isnt going to fix :'(
My problem is they still have the cheap plastic cover (in comparison to PS4) so hitting stick to the limits will make more noise than a PS4 controller. The Elite with metal sticks makes it so much worse.