It's good if you hate replacing batteries in the middle of the game

your batteries die in your regular controller.

I have since bought him rechargeable batteries, unfortunately and 11 year olds like to lose those batteries

We never have to worry about dead batteries.

He needed to use it recently when his other controller lost battery and the right control stick would not work

I have since bought him rechargeable batteries, unfortunately and 11 year olds like to lose those batteries

The buttons work as they should most of the time, and after 3 or 4 months it still works just as well as it did straight out of the box