PowerA Enhanced Wired Controller for Xbox Series X|S - Sapphire Fade, gamepad, wired video game controller, gaming controller, Xbox Series X|S, Officially Licensed for Xbox

Very good products. Still works after 3,5 years. It started drifting, but I disassembled it, blew thru it, cleaned it up, assembled, and it is like new. Very sturdy and good build quality too. I am very happy with this product.

I can't speak to the durability of this controller, but that's a low bar to clear. I've bought five of the official wireless controllers since I got my Xbox One. One of them still works, and one is completely broken. The remaining three no longer work unless physically plugged in, and two of those have the stick travel issue. None have any outward signs of damage. Having resigned myself to the fact that wireless official controllers are a ripoff that I'll end up having to use wired anyway, I figured I might as well get a wired one. I bought this one fully expecting to return it because of the ridiculously bad deadzones, and inaccurate d-pads that plague nearly every 3rd party controller I've tried. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it. At first I thought it simply didn't work, until I realized you really have to shove that cable deep into the USB port. The opening on the controller is shaped to fit the end of the included cable, and it hard to get in there. Once it's in, it grips like a vice, and unlike the official controller, there is no way normal movements will shake it loose. So I fired up the Xbox, and loaded the whatever game was in the tray, which happened to be Call of Duty: WWII. I fully expected my character to spin in circles every time I breathed on the analog stick, or any number of other horrid defects you usually get with 3rd party controllers, but it worked flawlessly. Possibly even slightly better than the official controllers. As I said before, I have no idea how durable this thing is, but if I can even get six months out of it, it would surpass the original controller in every regard.

I'm a Division 1/Elite division FIFA player both on Xbox and PC, so naturally I use a Xbox controller a LOT for FIFA. Take my review however you want to....but for a product that is designed for longevity, as most XBOX controllers are known for, for some reason after heavy use both the LB1 and RB1 and left trigger on this controller started to noticeably get worse over time, to the point that after a gaming session around May this year the RB1 stayed pressed down permanently, and I know how to open and fix this issue myself, and even then after opening the controller and trying to manually fix the pressed down button, it still wasn't working properly... I am no means a player who breaks controllers or throws his controllers, so this outcome came exclusively from playing actively 3-4 hours a day with this controller from like September 2022 up until May 2023 when most of the aforementioned buttons started to give out... so take that however you want. If you're not a sweatlord like me playing a game that requires a lot of input, flicks and ocasional button mashing, this controller will serve it's purpose for you in the long run. But if you play intensive games that require a lot of usage from your controller, eventually, this guy sort of gives out within a year or half a year or so... maybe look for a literal XBOX controller bought directly from Microsoft...I bought one around April this year and it looks good as new, while this PowerA after a few months had noticeable wear and tear... It's a good budget Xbox controller, just be aware it may not last a whole year or a bit less, depending on your usage, but it IS serviceable and usable. This review in no shape or form is to say that it's BAD, just be aware that it might not last a whole year...or it can if you're very careful with it and don't play sweaty games like me lmao

Starts drift after like a year and the decadzones are high from the getgo.

I bought two controllers to use with a PC and Mac for emulator retro games. My brother is using it with retroarch on Windows 10 without issues. It was plug and play. Everything works including rumble. My brother said it's fine, though he's made a small complaint about the added buttons they added on the grip, that it gets in the way and makes it less comfortable to hold. The PC picks up the controller fine, but it picks it up as an Xbox One controller, not an Xbox Series. That doesn't seem to make a difference though, at least that we know of. For the Mac. I'm running High Sierra since it's an older laptop. Mac will recognize it via the USB settings in System Preferences but there are no drivers. There is an open source third party driver "360Controller" you can find on Github to work with Xbox controllers. It has some third-party controller support, but the creator of the driver said PowerA will never work due to the way PowerA implements the functionality on the controller. Apple introduced official support for Xbox controllers in later releases of MacOS, but only for select official Xbox controllers. In short, definitely not MacOS friendly. Got a USB-C to USB-A adapter. Plugged this into my 2021 Fire HD 10 Tablet and brand new Pixel 6A Phone. The controller didn't even light up. No response. Googled the issue. It appears wired controllers, especially third party controllers like this are not going to work without additional accessories on Android devices. Bluetooth controllers only. I don't own an Xbox One or Xbox Series, but I do have an Xbox 360. Just to remove any doubt, this controller 100% does not work with an Xbox 360. I wasn't expecting it to, but tried anyway. I'll have to do more research to find a controller that is more cross-platform. UPDATE: After researching more, it appears Xbox Series consoles are backwards compatible with Xbox One controllers, but you can't use an Xbox Series controller like this on an Xbox One or older gen device. So I paid more money for a newer controller that has less usability than the cheaper older versions. It's a decent controller, but only if you're sticking to Windows or Xbox Series devices. PowerA should do something about this driver support. Update 2: (1+ year later). My brother bought me a $12 third party Switch/Xbox controller that supports Bluetooth, USB 2.4 ghz wireless and USB wired connections. It's rechargeable, supports gyro, has a higher build quality and can connect to all my devices without dealing with the obnoxious long wire. If you're a PC gamer, there's so many better and cheaper options if you're willing to look.

Amazing product. Worked for 5 year. Great company, they provide top notch support. Highly recommended.

Well they honor the warranty, but that did not help me much. First one might have lasted a year, I toughed it out for a bit, then the second one went bad in months, quicker than the first. Maybe I just got really unlucky, it seems like everyone is making dirt cheap controllers no matter what you pay to me. Controller 1 had a damaged RB, useable but sometimes it would not connect, however both controllers experienced stick drift. The following was the real annoyance, the sticks and buttons would activate another, LT would trigger RT, right stick up trigged LT, how does this even happen and on both!

Works.