Our Overall Score:
9.3/10
Thanks for stopping by to read our Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller review. Here we’ll take a look at a range of the key features, benefits, positives and negatives to help you decide if Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller is right for you, or if you should be looking for a different product in the Game controllers and joysticks category.
Latest price search at Currys PC World: £159
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There are many factors that we consider when buying, and reviewing products like Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller. In this review we will take the 4 main considerations and look at how they stack up against the competition, be it other products from the same brand, Microsoft or alternative products in the Game controllers and joysticks category. The 4 factors that we’re going to explore now are, Quality, Price, Reviews and the overall score.
Quality of Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller scores 9.3/10 for quality in our review.
Quality is a very important factor when it comes to buying any product, but it’s particularly important with Game controllers and joysticks. It’s never going to be easy to get a real feel for the quality of a product without being able to see or even test it.
This is why it’s so important to read lots of customer reviews, where you will be able to get an understanding from many of the customers of Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller, just how good it is, in terms of quality. Take your time to read through the reviews looking for specific comments about the quality. It’s worth spending time looking for reviews from customers that have owned the product for some time as that will give you a really good idea of the product’s durability.
Our best advice for checking out the quality is reading reviews, but also use some of these to help you get an idea of the quality:
- Price: The old saying “you get what you pay for” is a good indication as to how good quality you should expect from a product.
- Specification: Check out the specs for Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller and see how they compare to your expectations and other products.
- Brand: Some brands are known for delivering amazing quality products, it’s a case of trying to find the Rolex equivalent for Game controllers and joysticks, but at a realistic and reasonable price.
- Previous experience: Have you ever owned any Game controllers and joysticks? Think about your experience of the product and how good it was. What brand was it? How much was it? What was it made from? All of these can help you when considering your options.
Price analysis
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller scores 9.8/10 for price in our review.
Price is normally the most important factor when considering a purchase. Especially when you’re shopping online, it’s really easy for us to shop around now so we can easily compare prices of the same product against many retailers with just a few clicks. In fact here at Review Pros we do that leg work for you, by comparing many different retailers to find you the best price. But price is also a big factor for which product we choose too, not just which retailer.
To give an example, the most expensive product that we found in the Game controllers and joysticks category was £625.00, whilst the cheapest we found was £4.99 so there’s a significant variance in the prices that different products are available for. For this reason we always recommend that you set yourself a budget before you spend too much time shopping around for a product. It’s easy to get carried away and buying a much more expensive product than you really need, but setting a budget will help to avoid this.
As part of our price analysis we’re going to break the price of Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller down and compare it and analyse it in the following ways.
- Compare to other products in the same category
- Compare to other products from the same brand
- Compare to other products that fit both of the above (the same category and the same brand)
Prices of products in the Game controllers and joysticks category
Here we’re going to look at the prices you can expect to pay for products from the Game controllers and joysticks category. we’re opted to use Currys PC World for this comparison, as they offered the most competitive prices for Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller.
To start with, we look at the average price of a product in the Game controllers and joysticks category. This was £100.95 from the 135 products we found in that category. So Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller actually comes in above average at £159.
We then looked at the most expensive product in the category, which was £625.00 and the least expensive, which was £4.99. In total we found that of the 135, 27 were more expensive and 107 were less expensive, some products may have then had exactly the same price as Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller.
Prices of products from Microsoft
Next up, we wanted to look at products from the brand, Microsoft. Again we looked at the average price you can expect to pay for a product from Microsoft, which was £470.41 of the 126 products we found. So Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller price is below average for the brand.
The cheapest product we managed to find from Microsoft was £11.49 with the most expensive coming in at £4749.00.
Prices of products from Microsoft and in the Game controllers and joysticks category
Then finally on our price analysis we wanted to dig a little deeper by looking at products from Microsoft that sit specifically within the Game controllers and joysticks category.
For this we found that the average price was £61.53, making Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller at £159 actually above average price.
Then we looked at the highest priced item that falls under this criteria, the price of this was £159.00 with the lowest priced item being £17.99. In total there were 0 items that were more expensive and 12 that was less expensive.
Reviews of Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller scores 8.8/10 for customer reviews in our review.
Perhaps one of the most important steps in choosing a product that you’re going to be buying online, is reading reviews. The more reviews you can read the better. Take your time to look through a range of different reviews, both good and bad as these will really give you the best insight into how good Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller is.
Overall score
Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller scores 9.3/10 overall in our review.
This part of the review takes the various scores for quality, price and customer reviews and combines them in order to provide you with one simple score to help you determine how good the product is overall. This score can then easily be compared to other products and be used as a benchmark.
There are of course many alternative products from Microsoft so feel free to take a look at some of the alternatives, but in the meantime check out the many reviews for Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller by clicking the View Reviews button at the bottom of your screen.
Additional information: Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller
- Brand: Microsoft
- Model Number: 10195862
- Adjustable tension thumbsticksShorter hair trigger locksWrap-around rubberised gripUp to 40 hours battery life
- EAN: 889842196368
- Description: Adjustable, customisable design Play like a pro with the Xbox Elite Series 2 Wireless Controller. Everyone plays differently, and now you’ve got the ability to adjust your controller in loads of different ways. You can enhance your aiming with the upgraded thumbsticks – they’re adjustable so you can change the tension to suit you. You can even change the thumbsticks to a different set if you prefer – there’s 3 different options included. And there’s different paddle sets too – customise the controller to suit how you play. Want to customise the keys? It’s easy with the Xbox accessories app. You can even use assign voice commands like “record that” or “take a screenshot”. Built for speed and control The Series 2 Elite Controller is also designed for speed – fire faster than ever with new and improved triggers. And with a textured rubber grip that wraps around to the back, the Xbox Elite Controller looks and feels great. Designed for extended gameplay The Elite Controller has up to 40 hours of battery life – and when it’s time to recharge, you can plug in with the cable, or use the charging dock.
- Product ID: 24283536555
