Turtle Seaside is releasing a modular wi-fi Xbox controller referred to as the Stealth Pivot that launches November 26, and preorders can be found now at Amazon. In comparison with Turtle Beach’s Stealth Ultra ($200) and different customizable controllers, together with Victrix’s modular controller ($180), the Stealth Pivot is surprisingly “low-cost” at $130.
$130 | Releases November 26
In contrast to different modular controllers that use removable items, the Stealth Pivot options two rotating modules which can be built-in straight into the gamepad.
The fitting module options a normal thumbstick and 4 face buttons on one aspect and a six-button struggle pad on the opposite.
The left module has the usual thumbstick and D-pad on one aspect, however for those who flip this one, you will have a D-pad above two face buttons.
The modules could be flipped on the fly to match your most popular format. For instance, you should utilize the usual Xbox controller format for first-person shooters, then flip to the six-button module for combating video games. We’re unsure how useful the additional two face buttons on the left module could be, however Turtle Seaside was good to maneuver the D-pad into the opposite slot for combating video games, side-scrollers, and different video games that really feel extra pure with D-pad motion controls.
Each thumbsticks use Corridor Impact anti-drift sensors.
Whereas the reversible modules are the Stealth Pivot’s important options, the controller could be custom-made in different methods, equivalent to adjustable set off and thumbstick sensitivity, 4 remappable microswitch buttons, adjustable set off locks, and digital or analog modes for the D-pad.
The Stealth Pivot sports activities another cool options, together with a mini-LED which is used to configure as much as 5 customized management profiles, alter settings, and even show social notifications or different alerts. It additionally helps rumble and numerous Turtle Seaside audio enhancement options like EQ presets, chat quantity mixing, and extra. It may join through 2.4GHz wi-fi, Bluetooth 5.2, or wired USB to Xbox consoles, PC, or cellular. In wi-fi mode, it presents as much as 20 hours of battery life and has fast charging through USB-C.
Turtle Beach brought over many of the Stealth Pivot’s features from the Stealth Ultra, which launched final vacation for $200. The Stealth Extremely makes use of microswitches for all of its buttons, whereas microswitches look like restricted to the remappable again buttons on the Pivot. The Extremely additionally has two good bonuses you will not discover with the Pivot: a carrying case and charging stand.
Till we get our fingers on the Pivot, we cannot know the way the construct high quality compares to the Extremely, which inspired us once we examined it final 12 months. That stated, the Pivot’s rotating modules, at face worth, are in all probability extra necessary than microswitches and carrying instances for a lot of Xbox and PC customers. And if you’d like microswitch buttons, we might now advocate the just lately launched Razer Wolverine V3 Professional over the Stealth Extremely. Razer’s first wireless controller for Xbox and PC additionally prices $200 and is a greater total Elite Sequence 2 various than the Stealth Extremely.
The Stealth Pivot is the most recent modular controller available on the market, however not the one one. One of the vital notable is the Victrix Professional BFG, which is considered one of our favourite controllers on Xbox and PS5. The Xbox mannequin is on the market for $180 at Amazon, whereas the PS5 model is discounted to $155 (was $180). Particular version variants primarily based on Name of Responsibility and Tekken are additionally obtainable.
Should you’re involved in a modular controller particularly for PC, it is value noting you should buy both the PlayStation or Xbox model of the Professional BFG.