Is my xbox controller broken?

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  1. Sian Wall
    Sian Wall Guest

    Is my xbox controller broken?


    We have changed batteries, plugged it in etc, but the wireless xbox controller which is only 2 months old is now not lighting up & just immediately vibrates. How do we fix this or send this in for repair?

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  2. Nolan Coker Win User

    why are xbox one controllers so faulty and wear out fast and unreliable compared to other xbox controller generatioms

    I agree, my xbox 360 controller lasted the whole 10 years I had it. My xbox one controllers have had broken triggers, bumpers, controller drift, you name it.
  3. SigmaTheDJ Win User

    Xbox OnePC Controler unusable after 1 and a half year! Programed inbuild obsolenscense

    I dunno why people are so anti-consumer about this.

    I've been gaming since the 1970s. I've owned one or more consoles in every generation. In all of that time as a gamer, I've had 8 broken controllers: -

    An Xbox 360 controller that developed minor stick drift after many years as being my main controller for both the 360 and PC gaming.

    7 broken Xbox One controllers - 4 regular controllers and 3 Elites. 2 of those controllers were broken out of the box, including my Day One controller. Even with the Xbox One controllers that "worked", I've had regular issues with them disconnecting where
    the sound starts to break up in my headset, the controller disconnects then reconnects, but then it says I have no mic and I have to manually turn the controller off and back on to get the mic working again. This has happened with several original Xbox Ones
    and all of the controllers I've owned and it's only when I switched to an Xbox One X that it stopped happening - or at least, it hasn't happened yet.

    So in all of those years of gaming, all 8 broken controllers I've had have been made by Microsoft, but 7 of them have been Xbox One controllers. Don't try and tell me it's something I'm doing unless "using a controller to play a game" somehow counts as misuse
    now. Saying "my 360 controller has never broken" isn't even relevant to the OP's post, as he's talking about Xbox One controllers.
  4. Monkey Man 27140 Win User

    Xbox controller not 'usable' on my PC.

    Thanks for the tips. I did find that site on my own and none of the suggestions have helped.

    Unfortunately, it just isn't acknowledged as being connected by anything other than the device manager. I do not receive any error messages.

    I guess the controller is just broken? I'm just not sure what would be broken about it.

    Other Xbox controllers connect to my PC fine. This controller connects to the Xbox fine. It also connects to this PC fine via Bluetooth.

    I can't figure out what would be broken that prevents specifically this controller from connecting to my PC via USB and the Xbox Wireless adapter but does allow it to connect to the Xbox. And also allows other Xbox controllers to connect to the PC just fine.
  5. ZaneSchubert Win User

    Xbox controller is being weird with Bluetooth

    There was just an update for my xbox controller and yet its still broken, has it improved for you at all?
  6. PrisonMikeLV Win User

    Is my XBOX Controller Broken?

    Exactly, the X button is only an issue when I play 2k20, I even tried 2k19(because it uses the same button mechanic) and it worked perfectly fine, and in other games such as Rainbow 6 or Moder wafare its fine, im just confused about it
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