Talking Point: Have You Ever Bought A Controller From Xbox Design Lab?

I bought the Starfield controller.

Does that count?

I got an Elite 2 in customised colours and that's my controller of choice. I do wish it had a screenshot/share button but I can make others screenshot with a shift button. And that's not a negative of the Design Lab but the Elite 2 in general.

It's a ok idea I suppose I just don't get the obsession with millions of different types of controllers need to produce bluey, them arse controllers from Deadpool and anything in between why its not helping xbox sell more so why?

I bought one for my Wife a few years back, the grips peeled on them within a year

It's a cool idea, but by the time you're done overpaying for a controller you could buy an Elite, and by the time you're done paying for an Elite without Hall Effect that can develop drift anyway, why pay more than minimum, it's disposable.

Why are we still stuck with graphene potentiometers in high end controllers when cheap Chinese generics have hall effect now?

My partner and I did it for Xmas one year for each other. It’s cool and the controllers still work.

I've customized them a number of times, I've just never pulled the trigger on actually ordering one...yet.

I bought 2. An Elite Controller about 1 year ago and a standard controller where I'm still waiting for.
I love the Elite controller, how I designed it and how it feels.
But I'm still pissed, that it only took a few months when I realized, that the right stick already has a light drift effect.

@NEStalgia me and you been asking that question for a long time buddy. It makes no sense. All the people thinking Sony did us this huge favor with the replaceable sticks is full of it. That was a way to make even more money off the cheap made parts. I understand they cheap out some on the controllers cause they are the higher margin sell to off set console prices but still. Hall effect sticks are setting them back that much.

I personally have not but my grandpa who is a gamer designed a controller with my favorite color and my name at the bottom of it and gifted it to me about 2-3 Christmases ago. I still use the controller to this day.

Bought my wife a personalized controller in black and yellow, it's gorgeous. Great service for a gift for a gamer especially if they have a favorite color.

@HonestHick IDK they're even making money off them, they never have them in stock even if people want them. Like everything else is seems like a checklist product to cash in on the early adopter rush, summarily abandoned once that passed.

It just astounds me that the higher end the controller, the less chance of hall. Scuff, elite, edge, Asus Ally...200, $800..... No hall effect. Turtle Beach, 8bitdo, KRCJGIRA, JiBestGameGood, $18 CONTROLLERS HALL EFFECT!

I bought Legion Go first over Ally due to the big screen and the hall effect. Ally and Edge have hall effect TRIGGERS. Wtf?

I have two, both about 2 years old. One themed after Spider-Gwen, one themed after She-Hulk. I do use the Gwen themed one more, but do swap between them semi-regularly. Both work and look exactly the same as they day I got them. My only complaint, which is incredibly minor, is how absurdly loud the button presses are. The Gwen one doesn't have the rubber grips and is measurably louder than the She-Hulk one, which does have the grips. Other than that, though, zero issues.

I typically buy elite controllers and my hubby got a custom designed one for my birthday last year. It developed a drift issue after about 6 months, but they promptly replaced with new one and been very happy since. Can't speak for regular controllers but love the custom elites.

@logicslayer the elite 2 controllers no longer have the dreaded peeling rubber but still feel pretty solid.

@NEStalgia i mean it makes no sense. There is no reason in 2024 controller are built worse than in decades past. I will admit tho i have only had one Xbox Controller stick drift on me. Zero for PS5 tho my play time is 1/3rd the amount. Switch was bad in the beginning think i had 2 but now it seems to be mostly fixed to a point that it’s not as bad. Elite 3 better get it right. They have taken their time on it so it better be the best improvement yet.

I ALMOST bought one. I spent ages tweaking the design with all the different options I wanted to get my perfect controller, and then when I went to checkout I found that hey had stopped taking Xbox store credit. So if you've got an Xbox Gift card, or money via MS rewards then you're out of luck buddy.

I ended up buying one of the special edition controllers from the MS store instead which I really like, but it's not the wacky rainbow design that I wanted

@HonestHick PS5 seems to be the winner of the stick drift this gen, I've never seen so many reports of drift other than the early Joycons. I have not had my stick drift yet on it, but that's because 75% of my PS5 play time has been VR with the VRSense, and I switched to the Edge part way through for non-VR so it only got shared wear. I really fear for the VRSense though, as you can't replace those controllers, they won't sell them, so if the stick drifts, you throw out the whole $550 kit and buy a new one. And you thought Edge was overpriced! Switch, I have a box full of drifting sticks. Like 6 or so Joycon, and a Pro controller. Xbox....I fear for my Elite 2. I have a dozen drifting 360 controllers a few Elite v1's. My Elite 2 has, knock wood, held up, despite so many reports of issues, even out of the box, even as my most used controller. I fear that can't last much longer, and that one was somehow the lottery winner of luck. It's absurd to pay those prices for controllers guaranteed to drift in time (to say nothing of Scuf.....they're just shameful.)

@NEStalgia Scuf is really bad and carries a heavy price tag with industry worse warranty, not even sure why people mess with those. Yeah PS5 controllers got off to a really bad start. Supposedly it’s better now. I have 2 normal ones and an edge. None of them are bad yet. But outside of FF16 i haven’t played much on my PS5 all year. So they aren’t in bad shape. I wouldn’t buy a Scuf on sale. Thats how little i trust them.

@HonestHick Lol yeah. I really don't know how scuf stays on business, their stuff is absurdly priced and horrendous quality. But esports wannabes keep paying for it. Probably because esports pros are paid to look like they use them without showing they're using a new one every single match lol

I got one a few years ago that I paid like 80 bucks for only to have it arrive with broken bumpers. Luckily the ones I ordered on the custom were black so I was able to harvest the ones from my old busted controller and swap them out myself instead of waiting for a return/repair. But it was pretty disappointing for having paid that much for a brand new device.

@NEStalgia Hahaha that would be more the case. Those things i hear break so fast and they have a limited 6 month warranty. They cost more than Series S haha

Yeah, a few years ago. Wanted one with the Superman colors and rubber grip (XYAB all in different colors). It's my fave controller but still waiting for the "new" one now.

And tbh, the "skin" cracked under the Xbox button though so not very sturdy.

@logicslayer

@Ricky-Spanish it makes them money that is why lol