count your blessings and by rechargeable AAs instead. my series controller battery pack lasted less than a year holding a charge lmao
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Xbox wireless controller shortage in Europe
- Thread starter phonicjoy
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Literally had to drive over 2 hours to find a store that had an extra Xbox controller for new about 4 months ago here in Australia. I was aware that there were shortages for at least the last 6 months but I had no idea it was that bad and by all reports still is here
It's been the same thing here, only controllers I see are the PowerA junk. Would love to hear from Microsoft on what's going on.
My local retailer where I live in Australia just got some stock in (only white available) last week...... first time they had, had any stock since October last year.
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That's what hurts. And I get that this is PS country, but thats not going to change if you dont provide the people that did buy into your ecosystem with basic accessoires.
If we follow this hypothetical scenario through, then the various shortages could be why nothing was mentioned at the showcase.
The more probable scenario is that the shortages are to blame for current destock.
You'd expect that at least the Xbox/Microsoft stores would have supply though, regardless of platform popularity in the region, but they too have been largely out of or low on stock. Aside from that, the Series S and X have had better availability than the controllers for them, which makes me think it's something specific about the controllers that's the issue.
Edit: seems your thread may have inspired this?
Xbox Series S/X controller seems to be out of stock in Europe
Not even the Microsoft Store seems to be selling any.
And:
Xbox: The wireless controller is almost nowhere in Europe - Game News 24
The official statement made in the ResetEra forums seems to have a real effect. Xbox wireless controllers are from Microsoft, so they are almost impossible to
game-news24.com
Maybe Microsoft will provide some kind of comment.
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Yeah. I have 3 elite and all of them have something that doesn't work.
And Ā£80 to repair it after a year is just wrong.
Ha can you imagine if they announced the elite 3 saying 'it's the same as the elite 2 but now it works. š
Glad to finally see a thread about this. I've been trying to get one for a few months now to use with my laptop to play Halo. Had absolutely no luck whatsoever, so bought a DualSense instead (I have a PS4, but didn't want to buy another DS4 as I'm hoping to get the Series X in about a year, thus why I wanted the Xbox pad).
As well as the folks in this thread saying as much, I've also had my friends online tell me they're available everywhere across the pond, so what's the deal with the shortage in Europe?
As well as the folks in this thread saying as much, I've also had my friends online tell me they're available everywhere across the pond, so what's the deal with the shortage in Europe?
Really hoping this is because they're going to release new controllers that don't suck. Literally every single co troller of theirs I've used this gen doesn't register presses of A or Y properly. Either it doesn't register, or it registers twice.
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Edit: seems your thread may have inspired this?
Xbox Series S/X controller seems to be out of stock in Europe
Not even the Microsoft Store seems to be selling any.www.gamereactor.eu
And:
Xbox: The wireless controller is almost nowhere in Europe - Game News 24
The official statement made in the ResetEra forums seems to have a real effect. Xbox wireless controllers are from Microsoft, so they are almost impossible to
Hahaha glad to provide an "official statement" to the press.
Microsoft has confirmed a shortage of Xbox controllers | VGC
āSupply disruptionsā are affecting stock, the company has told VGC, as many major retailers remain sold outā¦
www.videogameschronicle.com
Outside of the dpad, I still prefer the xbox one controller.
In the U.S. it is pretty easy to get Xbox controller though from Amazon they seem to be hard to get. Target and Walmart websites seem to have them. Hopefully the supply gets better in Europe.
Which country? Had a quick look around UK sites and still seems O.O.S.