Xbox Elite 2 controller still has poor quality manufacturing...

Hi, I would like to create a discussion highlighting the fact that the Microsoft Xbox Elite 2 controllers are still not improved enough over the Xbox Elite original controller to warrant the massive price Microsoft asks for these poorly manufactured pieces
of hardware.

In the last 7 months I have gone through two Elite 2 controllers one of which had the same issue as the original Xbox Elite controllers I have previously owned (I had to replace 2 Elite original controllers within a year due to faulty shoulder buttons -
they broke without excessive force or poor treatment). Now I have had my 1st shoulder button on the Elite 2 controller become faulty within a few months of ownership.

Their is no way this is acceptable for what we are charged in Australia $249 for. Keyboards these days are made with keys which manufacturers proudly state are rated at millions of keystrokes for each key giving the consumer a good few years of trouble free
typing without having to continually return their product due to poor quality manufacturing.

Why does Microsoft clearly not rate their buttons (including their poor quality shoulder buttons which become faulty through normal use) for millions of clicks etc even though they claim these "Elite" controllers are the best your money can buy?

After going through 4 Elite controllers (2 original and now 2 Elite 2 controllers) I can tell you why and that's because they know they are going to fail and cannot live up to any type of claim of being rated for X amount of button presses. If I was skeptical
I could possibly think this is actually done on purpose to keep profits rolling in on way overpriced hardware with high profit margins so it's actually in the companies best interest to have components that fail within a short amount of time.

And for anyone who thinks I have an issue with Microsoft and work for Sony nope, Sony's dualshocks gave me a lot of failures also which is why I changed to the Elite controller on my PC from being tired of returning dualshocks.

Please feel free to comment if you have had similar issues with your NEW and IMPROVED Elite 2 controller.

:)