Uh, I have bought the last 3 generations of Xbox controllers and the battery's always been swappable. What's new?
this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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Doesn't fucking matter when they keep using cheap potentiometers in their joysticks making them only last 6-12 months before stick drift gets unbearable. It's time they switch to hall effect sensors. I have a joystick from 2014 with hall effect and zero drifting. I have a king Kong 2 controller with hal effect sensors. Zero stick drift after nearly a year of rocket League abuse and zero drifting. I've gone through 2 Xbox elite controllers in 1.5 years. Get rid the trash components first.
I've got a Rumble pad 2 from ~2005 with zero drift. Still works flawlessly.
That's cute. How about Hall effect sticks so they don't wear out after six months?
I love that the controller is using aa batteries that I can charge and swap at low cost and use for other devices.
Swappable batteries and gyro controls. Good stuff.
Accelerometer ≠ gyroscope
Huh, you're right. I must've caught a misleading headline then.
I made the same mistake. The Verge misreported. What a shame.