$150 Xbox One "Elite" Controller Revealed at E3 2015

I think the pricing is reasonable for PC gamers who want to play with something better (they invest a big amount of money on their machines, so their pricing margins are different). But for console gamers, it's too expensive. In my opinion, $100 would have been a perfect balance point. I know its called "elite" for a reason, but for the console market is just too pricey.

about the same as a scuf but you get ms support. clear winner over those things

The price isn't as bad as some seem to be making it out to be, granted, it's high but you get a fair bit for your money. $150 is pretty reasonable when you consider comparable pads. Either way, as much as I'd like one it's certainly too rich for my blood!

Does madcatz and other cheap knockoffs still exist?

Damn that's pricey. I'll still get one though.

Modded xbox controllers have been a thing for many years and really competitive gamers swear by them. I'm not sure what the price usually is for these kind of things though. It would be nice if Microsoft were to undercut most of the third party ones but I don't think this does. Maybe by virtue of these being official they'll have better support and function better than any third party modded controller. That could make the price point appropriate, who knows...

150 dollars?! Get rekt.

For that much, do they at least include a battery and charging cable without buying separately?

I just want a wired one, stupid cable always comes out.

That's a lot of darn money. I suppose some real hardcore folks will buy it, though - it has some cool features to be sure

Just bought a razor mechanical gaminh keyboard for my rig for $199. And a thrustmaster driving wheel (just for driving games) for $299.

Where was the outrage?

Oh I forgot, the faux outrage is reserved for Microsoft.

It's a premium product folks. No one is forcing anyone to buy it. I for one will likely buy one, after paying 700 bucks on a new GPU.

Cant wait to buy one then play Trials and smash the sh1t out of it.

I was expecting $20-30 more than the standard model. And even then I was unlikely to buy one...Jesus.

No controller is worth $150, unless it's gold plated and socketed with sapphires or emeralds.

Um... yeah... I think I'll just go with a Steam pad over this overpriced thing if I need a new controller in the future.

they should rename it the cod controller :D i think microsoft is doing its best to recapture the core gamers they lost to sony. unfortunately, an overpriced, gimmicky controller is not the answer. the "backwards compatibility" update (which isn't completely true since not all 360 games will work on the x1 and they will not run directly from disc, but rather via a digital download) is still their best idea of the past couple years. good on them for that one... that is one area they have an advantage over sony...

$150...

Say they have new games (not monotonous sequels or remasters or BC 360 games), and they give you a new game controller instead. This is where MS development money goes. Half the price of the console for a single controller to boot. Smh. But, hey, at least you can play 360 games now on that next gen tech lol.

The controller looks super cool. The pricing is stupid though.