Microsoft has made 1 million Xbox One Elite controllers

Peripheral makers have always known that gamers will spend money on quality keyboards and headsets. Now, Microsoft has proven that the same is true of gamepads for consoles.

Microsoft has manufactured 1 million Xbox One Elite controllers since announcing it at the Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in 2015. Xbox boss Phil Spencer took to social media to announce the milestone, and he even showed off the one-millionth controller with “1,000,000” engraved on the front. The device sells for $150, and many critics believed the device wouldn’t appeal to most people. Even Microsoft didn’t expect a lot of demand. But it is the best controller I’ve ever used, and that high quality has led to Microsoft having to make more than a million Elites in less than a year since its October release.