Xbox Reportedly Working on Three New Controllers

According to Windows Central’s Jez Corden, who was precocious speaking connected the Xbox Two Podcast , Microsoft is presently moving with 3 antithetic prototypes for caller controllers that are expected to travel retired sometime successful the future. He said that helium is inactive looking into the concern and doesn’t person a ton of info yet, but to him, it appears that Xbox is acceptable to travel retired with 3 controllers of varying premium features.

What are the Three New Xbox Controllers?

According to Corden, the 3 caller Xbox controllers presently being worked connected are:

• An Elite Series 3 controller
• The “Project Sebile” controller antecedently leaked
• A caller modular variation controller

Xbox is beauteous acquainted with putting retired caller controllers successful the signifier of caller colour variants oregon peculiar editions, but proceeding they person 3 abstracted controllers they are moving connected is rather the surprise. Unfortunately, Corden says helium doesn’t rather cognize yet what the large features volition beryllium connected the caller controllers, but luckily, we person plentifulness of rumors and documents from Microsoft themselves that mightiness pb america to knowing what is coming.

Starting with Project Sebile, Corden says this is meant to beryllium a mid-range upgrade controller. Essentially, you should expect thing that has much features than the modular controller, but not arsenic overmuch arsenic the Elite Series 3. Where that top-of-the-line controller volition astir apt outgo aggregate hundreds of dollars to buy, Sebile volition apt beryllium determination betwixt that and a basal controller.

If you retrieve backmost to the FTC tribunal lawsuit against Microsoft acquiring Activision Blizzard, Microsoft really leaked a clump of documents to the public. One of those included our archetypal look astatine Sebile below.

Granted, a batch could person changed since the representation above, but we would expect some Sebile and the Elite 3 to person the caller haptic feedback, accelerometer, quieter buttons, rechargeable battery, and assistance to wake.

Corden wrote connected Windows Central astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth that the controller volition besides person the quality to straight link to your Wi-Fi to assistance with latency issues during unreality gaming. That is simply a diagnostic that we would ideate Microsoft wants to see successful each 3 of these caller controllers, though that is speculation.

One of the biggest complaints with the erstwhile 2 Elite Series controllers was their durability. While determination aren’t immoderate leaks talking astir it yet, we besides expect Microsoft to effort to absorption connected making definite the enarthrosis buttons successful peculiar are amended prime and the thumbsticks don’t drift.

When Will the New Xbox Controllers Come Out?

Unfortunately, we don’t person immoderate existent thought erstwhile the 3 caller Xbox controllers volition beryllium released. Speaking specifically astir the Elite Series 3, Corden says helium doesn’t deliberation that volition travel this year. He did speculate astir it coming adjacent twelvemonth alongside what is expected to beryllium the merchandise twelvemonth of the next-generation Xbox, which could happen, but that’s besides erstwhile Sebile is expected to release.

It’s 1 happening for Microsoft to beryllium moving connected truthful galore prototypes astatine once, but we would beryllium truly amazed to person each of these controllers released astatine the aforesaid time. From a concern standpoint, they mightiness privation to effort and abstraction them retired much to get radical to double-dip erstwhile the caller releases travel out.

From a pricing standpoint, everything successful the gaming manufacture (and the world) is successful flux astatine the moment. We can’t enactment a coagulated fig connected thing close now, but it’s harmless to accidental that things are not getting cheaper, truthful don’t expect these controllers to outgo thing similar what you spot successful stores now.

Sources: Xbox Two Podcast, Windows Central