Decker

It takes AA batteries. Buy rechargable AA batteries.

Adam Tyner

Whether you use AA batteries or a charge-and-play kit, they won’t be visible from the outside, so you don’t need to coordinate colors.

Decker

Yeah, that's the old 360 controller battery pack.

OldBoy

Definitely a nice controller. Certainly lighter than Elite, but feels pretty good in the hands. Once I get my rechargeable battery pack, we should be good to go.

Decker

You can't use AA batteries? 🤷

OldBoy

Why would I want to when it’s so easy to plug and charge? Changing batteries is unnecessary.

Music

Exactly

OldBoy

Whose bright idea was it to change the usb connections between controllers? The Starfield is usb-c and Elite is regular. So stupid to have two charging cables now.

Music

The Elite is old, the Elite 2 is newer and has USB-C.

OldBoy

Well, it’s stupid. If the rechargeable battery didn’t come with cable and adapter, I would have been sol.

OldBoy

Are these non-OEM accessories just the same as OEM? I just hate the idea of having a non-OEM that who knows what it can do over time. I’m sure it’s fine.

nickdawgy

I have like 15 usb-c cables lying around. You don’t have one?

OldBoy

No, I do. Came with batteries. Just annoying to have one for each controller now.

Spiderbite

Adam Tyner

Alternatively, you could get a charging dock and not have to futz with plugging a USB cable into the controller at all.

Decker

How often are you people changing your batteries anyway? My AAs last a month at least. The PS5 needs charging all the time but that Xbox controller lasts a hell of a long time.

nickdawgy

Depends on how long you play and if you have rumble on (I always turn it off) but mine can last awhile. Just Costco batteries for now

fujishig

Just a warning, Costco/Kirkland batteries kinda suck. Get some eneloops next time costco has a sale on them (assuming they still have them)

Adam Tyner

Pretty infrequently. I mostly use an Elite 2 anymore, which has a charging cradle, so I just plop it on there every once in a while. Even when I'm gaming pretty heavily, I feel like I probably don't even charge it weekly. My couch has USB jacks in the center console, so before the Elite, if it looked like I was about to be out of juice, I'd just plug the controller in there and keep playing. Nice and lazy.

OldBoy

Eh, it’s fine. I realize I just need one cable as the cable that came with batteries has adapter for Elite controller input. So just pop that on and off is pretty easy. Plus, I got it for free bc Amazon sent to wrong house.

nickdawgy

If you’re trying to say they’re not as good as name brand I knew that. Outside of my controllers and maybe a clock or two, I really don’t use batteries.

I had eneloops years ago and wasn’t impressed. Maybe they changed them but they didn’t hold a charge very well.

mhg83

USB to wall outlet = No batteries and forever chargd

fujishig

Well this is certainly snowballing in the wrong way:

davidh777

My AAs last about a week.

dom56

A little help please, I purchase the Xbox Series X yesterday at my Target, got the Game Pass Utimate card however when I redeem the code doesn't tell I got the free month it still tell me how I want to pay. What do I do?