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The next Xbox controller is a lot like the current Xbox controller

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While we’ve been hit in the face with a barrage of news about Sony’s PlayStation 4, we’ve seen and heard very little about the next-generation Xbox from Microsoft. Today, via Kotaku, comes some news about its controller.

And according to their sources, it’s very much like the current one, only a little smaller. Unlike the controllers from the Japanese competition, the Next Xbox’s primary input doesn’t feature anything particularly new; there’s no giant touch screen, no flashing bars of light, no built-in speakers or any sort of touch input at all.

Though I’d prefer a little more innovation,  I can’t say I’m at all upset about that. The 360 controller is, as far as I’m concerned, pretty close to perfection; save of course for that godawful, clunky D-Pad. Fix that (more than they have with the newer transforming controller) and  it’ll be a winner.

Unfortunately, unlike with the PS4 controller, it’s quite likely we won’t be treated to a pre-announcement leak. Apparently all of the new controllers in the wild have been painted with stripy, zebra-like markings that may or may not be unique and traceable

If the rumours and speculation are true, we should be learning a little more about Microsoft’s next box later this month.

Last Updated: April 3, 2013

13 Comments

  1. Sir Captain Rincethis

    April 3, 2013 at 09:51

    Yeah, read about this last night, they painted their controllers ZEBRA so they could combat leaks? Wow, I just don’t know how they came up with that tech, cus REPAINTING them would be pretty impossible…

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    • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

      April 3, 2013 at 09:57

      Photoshop is your friend hehehehe

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    • FoxOneZA

      April 3, 2013 at 10:02

      You don’t simply repaint it. You cover it in a vinyl/sticker thingy.

      The Zebra stripes camo is standard affair in the car industry for prototype vehicles.

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      • Sir Captain Rincethis

        April 3, 2013 at 10:04

        Yeah, and was first used back in something like 1911 for warships etc. What I meant was there are a plethora of ways to get around this for something like a controller 🙂

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        • FoxOneZA

          April 3, 2013 at 10:08

          Agreed. I’m calling BS on this stripe thingy because it can still be photographed in the wild.

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          • Sir Captain Rincethis

            April 3, 2013 at 10:13

            I see what you did there! Agreed, also calling BS, and by BS, I mean 1911 Battle Ship 0_O

          • FoxOneZA

            April 3, 2013 at 10:18

            LOL… we should paint or Rhino’s in Zebra stripes!

          • Sir Captain Rincethis

            April 3, 2013 at 10:23

            Haha! Why not, we’ve tried everything else! I say paint a fleet of drones and go CoD on poachers!

  2. Admiral Chief Erwin

    April 3, 2013 at 09:54

    Header lulz!

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  3. Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

    April 3, 2013 at 12:46

    It’s not about the controller lads… it’s never been about the controller, it’s all about KINECT!

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  4. Pieter Kruger

    April 3, 2013 at 19:55

    “it’s very much like the current one, only a little smaller” So they ARE gunning for the Asian market?

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  5. SpellGramarDouche

    April 4, 2013 at 00:11

    “Though I’d prefer a little mroe innovation” possibly you mean “more”

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  6. Skyblue

    April 4, 2013 at 14:16

    “The 360 controller is, as far as I’m concerned, pretty close to perfection; save of course for that godawful, clunky D-Pad”

    Agree 100% with that comment. I even purchased a X360 derivative controller for my PS3.

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