Apple Drops Price of SteelSeries Stratus XL to $49
If you’ve been wanting to grab a SteelSeries Stratus XL, nows as good a time as any: Apple has quietly dropped the price to $49.99. At the same time, they seemed to have removed the regular Stratus from their online store.
I reviewed the Stratus XL, and while I found it to be much improved over its predecessor, I didn’t particularly like it. It wasn’t anywhere close to being worth $79.99 – it seems Apple now agrees with me on that point.
For what it’s worth, I’d still take one of the Mad Catz C.T.R.L.i pads over the Stratus XL any day. The full-size C.T.R.L.i may be $10 more, but it is a far better controller. Even the Micro C.T.R.L.i doesn’t suffer from the same crippling trigger sensitivity issues that plague the Stratus XL.
But if the Stratus XL is the controller you’ve been lusting after, now is a great opportunity. No telling how long Apple will keep this controller in stock – the regular Stratus is gone – so better act fast.