Xbox One Elite Controller Thumbstick Drifting

We all know thumbstick drift is a serious issue at the moment with Xbox One Controllers. This is because in this generation, the thumbstick modules are really cheap and the quality of these modules is bad.The 2 main problems are (compaired to the Xbox 360
Controllers) that the two 'lines' you see running over the module are made of plastic, instead of copper and the module is surrounded by more plastic, instead of metal.

Thumbstick drift happends when the little plastic piece either left or right of the thumbstick module breaks (99% of the time it is the left piece, and on the left thumbstick, because that one gets used the most, because of using that thumbstick to move
in games). Once this little plastic piece breaks, it can not be put back on. The thumbstick will be permanently broken. All 'fixes' out there are all temporary fixes. On the Xbox 360 Controllers, this was mostly made out of metal, and basically never broke
(EDIT: did not break nearly as much as the Xbox One Controllers! After reading the comments there are apparently loads of people that have Xbox 360 Controller thumbstick drift! This is pretty strange, because if it was such a big problem in the first place,
then why did they 'downgrade' the quality of the materials even more?! One thing that I do know is that we are now seeing a thumbstick drift post every single day, and that was not the case in the Xbox 360 era).

I, and countless of other people, were very excited to find out how the inside of the Elite Controller would look like. But I've got bad news; the Elite Controller uses exactly the same thumbstick modules as the regular Xbox One Controller!

You know what this means? You are just as likely to get thumbstick drift on your $150 controller compaired to the regular Xbox One Controller. This is not a good thing! This is a big factor for a lot of people when thinking about buying this controller,
especially if they experienced thumbstick drift before and know how annoying it can be. Combining this with the horrible warranty, we will see a lot of angry customers in a few months!

I also don't like the way Microsoft addresses this issue. They just tell you to buy a new controller. But I don't think this is entirely Microsoft's fault. This is probably the thumbstick module manufacturer's fault, they decided to switch to this cheaper
alternative. Please Microsoft, order the Xbox 360 thumbstick modules (or even better ones!) if you can, and put them in the Xbox One Controllers!

If you've got any questions, please feel free to post them down below. Please don't see this as an attack on Microsoft of any kind, I've been with the brand for over 8 years and I still love it! I've personally not experienced this issue before, but I do
know this is a real issue and that Microsoft's response to it is not so professional. I'm just here to point this problem out and to suggest a way to solve it.

they have turned into apple, they sell inferior cheap tack at a premium price.

I have seen loads and loads of posts about stick drift on a lot of new controllers, not just elite.

Best thing is i have three xbox one s controllers, all with drift on the left thumbstick, seems to be an issue when you click it in repeatedly for running in games it then gets drift very quickly. (mainly drifting up)

I bought a power A controller with two rear buttons and low and behold no drift even after three months of use.

I Don't have this on the Elite controller. Seen it on previous controllers. You have way to much movement in that thumbstick, does not happen on either thumbstick, and obvious a flaw as only one of your sticks.

I do however have both left and right thumbstick drift. Deveolpeed after a couple hours of use, noticable on Instant sensitivity on certain apps, games. Going through a complaint regarding this matter onthe standard controller. Shocked to see it on the
Elite. So not only is the design/ quality bad, manufacturing seem horendous looking at your controller as it should not have that much movement, send it back mate.

I clicked on the phone support link but it only brought me to an invalid link page. Could I get a link to the actual page?

Whoops! Looks like I dun goofed. Try this:

Phone/chat support

Sorry about that!

Hey there!

I'm sorry to hear about the issue. We are unable to assist with repairs/replacements here on the forums. You will want to reach out to your local
phone/chat support teams and see if they can help you out a bit more.

Good luck!

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