All 3 replacements from Microsoft eventually suffered from left stick drift , non responsive shoulder and pad buttons. None of the replacement joysticks lasted longer than 3 months. Shameful of Microsoft ( and Sony ) to build the controller with joystick modules that have a very short life span.

Definitely worth my money, my gaming has gone far and beyond, basically like a keyboard mouse for consoles

The controller has a massive snapback on the left stick, meaning when I move the stick e.g. To the left and release it, it “overshoots” the center/resting position and registers move to the opposite direction. Not only that, but the Bluetooth disconnects for 5 seconds each 2 minutes. We are talking $300 hardware. I was expecting much better build quality for that.

RB button becomes unresponsive after some time, happened on my old non elite controller and now elite too

I’ve had different pro controllers and this is the best one I have (aside from my Elite controller series 2 Halo edition) where everything is in the right place and all what you want from a pro controller.

It's a shame that these fall apart so easily since the customisation and compatibility with both PC and consoles is great. The issues from the original version persist here, stick-drift, sticking buttons, etc. Maybe they'll get it right with v3.

At first I liked the look and feel of the control and the paddles made gaming more efficient. I've had the control for 12 months and sadly need to find another control as over the last 3 months I've had issues. At first the right bumper started faulting every now and then until it completely stopped working 2 months ago (Used a paddle instead which was slightly annoying as being used to bumpers for over 10 years is hard to change). Last month the left bumper started doing the same thing and recently is faintly registering (1/10 presses) and just this week the left analog doesn't register moving upwards.. At all. I don't game as often now compared to years back so I am very disappointed in the elite control especially for the high price. Would not recommend for anyone expecting a years worth out of a $250+ controller.

2 years on and the rubber grips have started to peel, and the front faceplate has cracked. The left stick is a little loose, which will probably become a problem later on. In those 2 years, though, this controller has served me remarkably well in all sorts of games, and I'll likely get it refurbished to continue using it.

Been working as it's supposed to, didn't fail my expectations.

I owned the series 1 which was plagued with Build quality issues. After reading that this series 2 had supposedly fixed those issues I reluctantly brought this one since the series 1 was a great controller despite it failing multiple times in the lifetime I owned it. Well turns out after just two months of owning the series 2 this one has already begun to fail. The left stick has permanent drift upwards and also gets stuck 50% time when pushing it left or up. The A button has also started having phantom clicks (pushed once but sometimes double taps). To say that I’m beyond disappointed is an understatement because if it wasn’t for the build quality issues this controller would be 5 stars. All I can say to other potential buyers is buy at your own risk and pray that you get one of the good batches (if they do infact exist!-)