Penny pinching Microsoft Controllers
For some reason: Microsoft has continued to make the Xbox controller, smaller and smaller. The S controller and the Xbox 360 controller worked very well in adult hands. The Xbox one controller was noticeably smaller and now we have the Xbox series X controller, which is even smaller with Reduced trigger size. It fits oddly in my hands.
These controllers are cheaply, made, and sold for relatively high prices. I have noticed a considerable decline in controller quality since the original Xbox. My Xbox one had the absolute worst controllers where I would suffer frequent failures. In fact: I bought this controller to replace an Xbox one controller. I have replaced my Xbox one controller at least five times. This time after one of the shoulder buttons broke.
For such a high price, these controllers don’t even come with a USB cable - which I find highly disappointing. I ordered some USB controllers wires off of eBay. They do come with two door cell AA batteries but why aren’t these rechargeable batteries?
Microsoft has decided to force you to buy every single peripheral that they could in order to continue to milk you. Instead of allowing you to simply buy rechargeable AA batteries, they want you to buy a licensed rechargeable battery pack. Sure enough: the Xbox ones rechargeable battery packs for the controllers do not fit in the Xbox series X controller.
I have recently used the Xbox series X elite, two controller, and while I do like it, I find the price even more ridiculous than these controllers.
The one good thing I can say about these controllers is that they use USB Cee instead of micro USB, which is a more universal charging standard now in 2023. Even apples iPhone has gone to USB-C along with their iPads, and just about all of their MacBooks. But even with USB-C Microsoft demands that you buy their license peripherals in order to get the most out of your device.
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