Turtle Beach is releasing a modular wireless Xbox controller called 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 other customizable controllers, including Victrix’s modular controller ($180), the Stealth Pivot is surprisingly “low-cost” at $130.
$130 | Releases November 26
Unlike other modular controllers that use detachable pieces, the Stealth Pivot features two rotating modules which can be integrated directly into the gamepad.
The best module contains a standard thumbstick and 4 face buttons on one side and a six-button fight pad on the opposite.
The left module has the usual thumbstick and D-pad on one side, but for those who flip this one, you will have a D-pad above two face buttons.
The modules will be flipped on the fly to match your chosen layout. For instance, you need to use the usual Xbox controller layout for first-person shooters, then flip to the six-button module for fighting games. We’re unsure how helpful the additional two face buttons on the left module can be, but Turtle Beach was smart to maneuver the D-pad into the opposite slot for fighting games, side-scrollers, and other games that feel more natural with D-pad movement controls.
Each thumbsticks use Hall Effect anti-drift sensors.
While the reversible modules are the Stealth Pivot’s important features, the controller will be customized in other ways, reminiscent of adjustable trigger and thumbstick sensitivity, 4 remappable microswitch buttons, adjustable trigger locks, and digital or analog modes for the D-pad.
The Stealth Pivot sports another cool features, including a mini-LED which is used to configure as much as five custom control profiles, adjust settings, and even display social notifications or other alerts. It also supports rumble and various Turtle Beach audio enhancement features like EQ presets, chat volume mixing, and more. It may well connect via 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth 5.2, or wired USB to Xbox consoles, PC, or mobile. In wireless mode, it offers as much as 20 hours of battery life and has quick charging via USB-C.
Turtle Beach brought over most of the Stealth Pivot’s features from the Stealth Ultra, which released last holiday for $200. The Stealth Ultra uses microswitches for all of its buttons, while microswitches look like limited to the remappable back buttons on the Pivot. The Ultra also has two nice bonuses you will not find with the Pivot: a carrying case and charging stand.
Until we get our hands on the Pivot, we cannot know the way the construct quality compares to the Ultra, which galvanized us after we tested it last 12 months. That said, the Pivot’s rotating modules, at face value, are probably more vital than microswitches and carrying cases for a lot of Xbox and PC users. And for those who want microswitch buttons, we might now recommend the recently released Razer Wolverine V3 Pro over the Stealth Ultra. Razer’s first wireless controller for Xbox and PC also costs $200 and is a greater overall Elite Series 2 alternative than the Stealth Ultra.
The Stealth Pivot is the most recent modular controller in the marketplace, but not the just one. One of the notable is the Victrix Pro BFG, which is one in all our favourite controllers on Xbox and PS5. The Xbox model is obtainable for $180 at Amazon, while the PS5 version is discounted to $155 (was $180). Special edition variants based on Call of Duty and Tekken are also available.
In the event you’re thinking about a modular controller specifically for PC, it’s price noting you possibly can buy either the PlayStation or Xbox version of the Pro BFG.
