That's bizarre to me too. Everyone keeps praising the Xbox controllers for being the best and they don't even have gyro??
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How is that bizarre? It‘s not exactly a widespread feature so most people don‘t care about it.
It's not widespread BECAUSE Microsoft refuses to include it in all their controllers. It's been a standard in Sony, Nintendo, and even some 3rd party controllers like 8bitdo.
Gyro has been present in Sony controllers since Dualshock 3. All of the Nintendo controllers I ever used had it. Steam deck has it. I honestly assumed it is a standard feature.
I‘ve have a PS3 and PS4 and can‘t think of a single game that uses this feature. When I say widespread I don’t mean the hardware, but how it is implemented in software.
GTA IV had it for PS3, I remember.
It did? How was this utilized?
It was optional to use, you could control leaning on bikes I remember but I never used the feature.
Isn't xbox the only one that doesn't?
Yep games for Xbox don't have it because Xbox controllers don't have it.
People tend not to like gyro aim.
People are wrong, but I am not surprised.
whether they like it or not, it should still be included on a "premium" product, when the Wii U controllers had it!
I wouldn't be surprised if there's a patent Microsoft just hasn't been willing to license use of.
I remember when the Sixaxis came out. It was missing vibration. It was because Immersion sued Sony (and ultimately won) over patent infringement of rumble motors. Sony ended up having to pay somewhere around $100 million.
Unfortunately so much stuff on the web is astroturfed it’s hard to form a good opinion nowadays.
Even the products reviews or maybe especially these it’s hard to tell what is true nowadays and what is fiction or misinfo
Id love to brush it off and say eh just paranoid but there’s real money and motive.
Reddit was relatively good for some time but then I heard it’s already full of marketing
I bought that same controller and it's absolute garbage. It started developing multiple problems before I realized it was too late to use the warranty. The left bumper was inconsistent, the d-pad was wobbly (more give on one side than the other), and the right stick started drifting badly. Not to mention the basic, crappy software and connectivity issues. I tore it apart and tried every fix I could find but nothing helped. I wasted a lot of money for something that felt and looked really great, but was fucking awful otherwise.
Then I did a lot of research and found the Flydigi Vader 3 Pro. It has hall effect triggers and sticks, mechanical buttons, both C and Z buttons, triggers that could actually click, a gyro, a high poll rate, Nintendo Switch compatibility, and a lot more. It doesn't feel as premium as the XBES2 controller did in my hands, but it seems just as durable and it's less than half the cost. Don't let the look fool you. I HIGHLY recommend it.
8bitdo controllers are good. They care about making good input devices.
I highly recommend the Gulikit KK3 MAX, I think it has all the features of the Elite Series 2 and also Gyro and a lot more. And it's only $80.
Hey this one looks exactly like what I expected to get, thanks!
Hello friend. I use the brooks adapter on my xbone elite gen 1 for ps4. It adds gyro and touch pad click support.
Unfortunately it says it does not support the Elite series 2.
Maybe this one? https://www.brookaccessory.com/detail/43268489/
That one does appear to be compatible with the Elite 2, but I don't think either model supports motion control on PC, just PS4/5 and Nintendo Switch.