I wouldn’t say the Xbone controllers are a must-have or anything, but they are noticably nicer than the Xbox 360 controllers when “in hand”. At least that’s what I thought when trying them out. You could tell they were a generation ahead, but it’s mostly little tweaks, not any one thing that is dramatically better about them.
http://www.pcgamer.com/xbox-one-controller-review/
- face buttons closer together, bigger, and flatter
- d-pad greatly improved with directionality, clicky and tactile
- analog sticks are smaller, tighter, springier and have slightly less resistance to initial movement
- triggers and bumpers closer together
- triggers much springier (I noticed this too)
- bumpers have a more pronounced click
Pretty subtle stuff, but I am now remembering that the d-pad is greatly improved, so that’s probably the biggest reason to upgrade, if you use the d-pad a lot. (I don’t)