Xbox One Elite controller: Demand has “exceeded planning”

2 Dec 2015

Steve Wright

Xbox head Phil Spencer has admitted that demand for the Xbox One Elite controller has “exceeded planning”, leading to a shortage this holiday season.

“We are working to get more in stock, sorry they’ve been so hard to find,” he said on Twitter. “It’s tough as I don’t want to over promise. Demand has just exceeded our planning. If you find one and you want it, pick it up, sorry.”

Retailers like Amazon are taking pre-orders for the controller, but advise that units ordered today mightn’t be shipped until Autumn 2016.

We reviewed the Elite controller here.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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