I simply discovered my Holy Grail: the Gears of Battle 3 Restricted Version Xbox 360 controller!

I gather gamepads, and I’ve obtained a little bit of the whole lot (so long as they’re from high manufacturers), however I’ve a particular delicate spot for Xbox360 controllers. I already had a number of fashions, and I wished to share with you all that right now I lastly, FINALLY! managed to get what’s certainly my all-time favourite mannequin: the Gears of Battle 3 Restricted Version controller!

This particular version got here out alongside the sport again in 2011, it was a restricted run, and it's estimated that solely between 10,000 and 50,000 models have been made in whole. So yeah, it’s comparatively uncommon.

Is it the rarest and most dear Xbox 360 controller? No.

Is it the rarest and most dear Xbox 360 controller I personal? Additionally no. I already had the Star Wars C3PO version, which is rarer and extra beneficial.

However is it my favourite version? YES, as a result of… LOOK at it! It doesn’t get cooler than this. And one thing I actually didn’t know is that, not like different particular Xbox 360 controllers, this one truly has chrome paint and a unique colour on the again. It appears to be like wonderful. Bear in mind when firms truly put effort into particular editions?

Clearly I had to purchase it by means of Fb Market, and it was low cost, however yeah… condition-wise, it’s fully beat up. I want to exchange each sticks, the button rubber pads, the thumbstick caps, possibly the microswitch of one of many buttons, the RB and LB buttons too… and so on. It may be restored, in fact, however you gotta put cash into it. If it have been some other controller, I wouldn’t have purchased it on this state, however I’m not kidding after I inform you that the final time I noticed this precise version on the market (and I examine FBMP fairly usually) was in FEBRUARY! and again then I used to be completely broke. So I mentioned “screw it,” and actually I don’t remorse it in any respect. I’ve been in search of this controller for a very long time, and I’m actually completely satisfied.

What do you guys suppose? I’m studying!