{"id":68937,"date":"2022-09-07T16:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-series-x-gets-new-cheaper-simpler-custom-elite-controller\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T16:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T16:59:58","slug":"xbox-series-x-gets-new-cheaper-simpler-custom-elite-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/xbox-series-x-gets-new-cheaper-simpler-custom-elite-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Xbox Series X Gets New Cheaper, Simpler Custom Elite Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Microsoft has just released a new entry in its premium line of Elite wireless controllers. The Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 \u2013 Core, currently available only in white, is the latest and the most affordable controller in the Xbox Elite line, coming in at $129.99 instead of the usual $179.99.<\/p>\n

The new controller has many of the same features of its Elite brethren\u2014your \u201cadjustable-tension thumbsticks,\u201d your \u201cwrap-around rubberized grip,\u201d and the like. And, of course, you can map the buttons on it any which way you choose. But there’s a catch. While the existing Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 ships with \u201cinterchangeable components,\u201d<\/span> including a set of six differently-shaped sticks, two D-pad options, and two types of paddles, the slightly cheaper white controller only comes with a thumbstick-adjustment tool and USB-C. If you want to adjust your controller further, you’ll have to purchase a Complete Component Pack<\/span> for an additional $59.99. So, a white Xbox Elite controller plus the usually-standard customization pack will run you a more expensive $189.98. hm.<\/p>\n

But wait, there’s more! The tech company launched its first Xbox Elite controller in 2015, and, at the time, Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer billed it as \u201can elite controller for the elite gamer.\u201d But only wretched non-elite gamers like myself could customize their shamefully standard Xbox Wireless Controllers in the Xbox Design Lab<\/span>, which gives you power over controllers’ skin, body, and buttons. That changes soon\u2014Microsoft also announced today that Xbox Elite customization was coming, ominously, to the Design Lab \u201cthis holiday.\u201d<\/p>\n