Poll: *** Xbox Series X|S - General Discussion Thread ***

[PiKe]

Annoying how long game audio takes to settle down when you drop back to the dashboard and open it back up, seems to affect optimised for series x titles more, ironically.

I actually had Fortnite lose audio completely until it reloaded after dying.

 

[Zeebedy]

Just done a non-stop six hour sesh on ACV, and whisper quiet and never missed a beat..

man I LOVE My series X

 

[Frijj]

Just done a non-stop six hour sesh on ACV, and whisper quiet and never missed a beat..

man I LOVE My series X

Just got mine installed, do you play in 60fps or 4K?

 

[ricky1981]

I went for performance in AC:Valhalla as the resolution sticks pretty high regardless.

Sadly my Elite Controller 2 is faulty out of the box (A button intermittently doesn't register), it feels less solid than my original Elite so I might just get a refund rather than a replacement.

 

[Kreeeee]

I went for performance in AC:Valhalla as the resolution sticks pretty high regardless.

Sadly my Elite Controller 2 is faulty out of the box (A button intermittently doesn't register), it feels less solid than my original Elite so I might just get a refund rather than a replacement.

I sent mine back over a week ago and still waiting to hear from Microsoft despite receiving delivery confirmation on Wednesday.

 

[Yas786]

I went for performance in AC:Valhalla as the resolution sticks pretty high regardless.

Sadly my Elite Controller 2 is faulty out of the box (A button intermittently doesn't register), it feels less solid than my original Elite so I might just get a refund rather than a replacement.

Less solid?? The original controller feels like a toy compared to the elite. Elite has a nice weighty feel to it, couldn’t go back to a normal controller even if you paid me lol.

I had to get 2 replaced, thankfully my 3rd one is perfect. First 1 had a mushy rb button and the second one had noisy vibration motors. Both were replaced my Microsoft pretty quickly, took about a week or so.

 

[Kreeeee]

Less solid?? The original controller feels like a toy compared to the elite. Elite has a nice weighty feel to it, couldn’t go back to a normal controller even if you paid me lol.

I had to get 2 replaced, thankfully my 3rd one is perfect. First 1 had a mushy rb button and the second one had noisy vibration motors. Both were replaced my Microsoft pretty quickly, took about a week or so.

The Elite 2 is significantly inferior to the Elite 1 in a few key areas.

 

[beachBOYken]

Just had the same. First time it’s happened.



Must be the one on the insider program. Glad they’ve fixed the crackling audio with wireless headsets, it was really bugging me.

Liking some of the other updates. An auto hdr indicator will be handy.

https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2020/11/30/november-2020-xbox-console-update/

Still need to see what that AUTO HDR feature is like, not played anything that takes advantage of it, is the general consensus that its a worthwhile feature to have enabled?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Still need to see what that AUTO HDR feature is like, not played anything that takes advantage of it, is the general consensus that its a worthwhile feature to have enabled?

HDR transforms Halo 3 on the XSX vs PC.

 

[beachBOYken]

HDR transforms Halo 3 on the XSX vs PC.

Cool, will enable it, even if its only the rare game I play that is normally SDR and may be able to use the feature.

 

[Zeebedy]

Just got mine installed, do you play in 60fps or 4K?

4K mate.

Less solid?? The original controller feels like a toy compared to the elite. Elite has a nice weighty feel to it, couldn’t go back to a normal controller even if you paid me lol.

I had to get 2 replaced, thankfully my 3rd one is perfect. First 1 had a mushy rb button and the second one had noisy vibration motors. Both were replaced my Microsoft pretty quickly, took about a week or so.

Yeah, I use the series 2 also, it’s night and day above the standard controller.

 

[sad099]

The Elite 2 is significantly inferior to the Elite 1 in a few key areas.

Can you be more specific please - as looking to potentially purchase the elite 2 for my son, his elite 1 is coming to end of life so need to replace, might miss the elite 2 if its worse as we had issues with the elite 1

thanks

 

[Kreeeee]

Can you be more specific please - as looking to potentially purchase the elite 2 for my son, his elite 1 is coming to end of life so need to replace, might miss the elite 2 if its worse as we had issues with the elite 1

thanks

1. The sticks are prone to drift and are far looser than the Elite 1 (not the tension which is adjustable, the large amount of freeplay which exists regardless of the tension).
   
2. The buttons have to be pressed at a directly perpendicular angle or they are prone to miss inputs (unless you always press them hard).
3. My Elite 2 controller disconnected randomly on me twice.
4. The dpad on most controllers is tilted left, making inputs left and right feel different and it takes a different amount of pressure to press the directions. This makes the pad useless for fighting games and platformers.

The loose sticks and poor buttons are design flaws that will be there on all controllers, the drift and dpad issues is only on a large percentage of controllers. None of these are issues I had with the Elite 1 (which has its own potential problems, of which I have none).

Yeah, I use the series 2 also, it’s night and day above the standard controller.

No one in this thread said otherwise. It is however objectively inferior to the Elite 1 controller.

 

[sad099]

1. The sticks are prone to drift and are far looser than the Elite 1 (not the tension which is adjustable, the large amount of freeplay which exists regardless of the tension).
   
2. The buttons have to be pressed at a directly perpendicular angle or they are prone to miss inputs (unless you always press them hard).
3. My Elite 2 controller disconnected randomly on me twice.
4. The dpad on most controllers is tilted left, making inputs left and right feel different and it takes a different amount of pressure to press the directions. This makes the pad useless for fighting games and platformers.

The loose sticks and poor buttons are design flaws that will be there on all controllers, the drift and dpad issues is only on a large percentage of controllers. None of these are issues I had with the Elite 1 (which has its own potential problems, of which I have none).

Great, thanks for the info, so when his elite one is no longer functional, what options are there then to get a decent controller.
Hopefully they do a elite 2 refresh and fix some of the issues, may have to get my son to resort back to using a standard controller in the interim.

 

[kona786]

I'm impressed with the quality of the Elite 2 controller. No issues that I can think of. But then I'm not a die hard gamer.

Got 3 years insurance on it when bought from amazon.

 

[Kreeeee]

Great, thanks for the info, so when his elite one is no longer functional, what options are there then to get a decent controller.
Hopefully they do a elite 2 refresh and fix some of the issues, may have to get my son to resort back to using a standard controller in the interim.

Keep sending it back until you get one that doesn't have stick drift or a lopsided dpad (I'm yet to see a straight dpad, I'm not convinced they exist). The other flaws with the sticks and buttons are inherent to the design and you just have to put up with far less precise analog sticks and fussy buttons compared to the Elite 1. Most people say it doesn't really matter, but then why bother spending that much on a controller if you don't want something better than last gen?

I will personally be manually fixing the buttons, sticks, and dpad on my next replacement, but for those who aren't comfortable modding their own devices I don't know what the options are.

 

[Ryan-3]

I'd expect a Series 3 to appear in the not too distant future, which will include the new share button. Hopefully, they improve on the buttons, as they're the only weak area IMO.

 

[Kreeeee]

I'd expect a Series 3 to appear in the not too distant future, which will include the new share button. Hopefully, they improve on the buttons, as they're the only weak area IMO.

The sticks desperately need changing. Motion controls should be added too as playing FPS games without them needs a lot of auto aim to compensate for the lack of precision.

 

[Yas786]

The Elite 2 is significantly inferior to the Elite 1 in a few key areas.

Agree to disagree on that one, I personally think it’s much better than the ver2 which wasn’t very well built. Think I went through a few before the ver2 came out and finding the ver2 better in every respect. At least I don’t have the issue of peeling handgrips and bumpers that fall off after a few hrs of use lol.
None of the ver2 I have had, that had issues had stick drift or a wonky dpad.

 

[Zeebedy]

Agree to disagree on that one, I personally think it’s much better than the ver2 which wasn’t very well built. Think I went through a few before the ver2 came out and finding the ver2 better in every respect. At least I don’t have the issue of peeling handgrips and bumpers that fall off after a few hrs of use lol.
None of the ver2 I have had, that had issues had stick drift or a wonky dpad.

amen.