How The Xbox One Controller Has Changed

The good folks at Kotaku take us inside the guts of Microsofts Next Gen controller.

[golding89]

"Go Ahead And Throw It" lol gamers' rage.

Nice to see they tested that too i guess lol

[ABeastNamedTariq]

I almost broke my 360 controller playing Dark Souls...I chucked that thing like a baseball player lol, I'm glad it's durable (referring to both the 360's and XB1's controller).

[Tony-A]

It's gonna be pretty tough for me to let go of the 360 design for this one since I thought that it was such a comfortable, durable controller. I'm sure I'll get used to it after some time, though.

Still, I'm glad they decided to change some things, specifically that god-awful d-pad.

[4Sh0w]

Well its basicly the same with minor ergonomic differences to improve comfort and improved D pad with rumble triggers. I read from plenty of sources that it feels very much exactly like the 360 controller, so there should be no real adjusting.

[PSVita]

Dark souls was WAYYYYY too easy, try Demon Souls. You'll go through plenty of controllers then lol

[dedicatedtogamers]

As long as the sticks are still springy, the form-factor is still good, all they need to do is improve the d-pad (which they apparently did) and improve the face buttons (which they apparently did as well) and they're good to go.

[mewhy32]

The old controller was good. If this one is better then it should be pretty awesome.

[Zeref]

"Rechargeable batteries have—this is physics—X number of cycles. After those cycles, the controller has to be replaced. So we decided that we wanted to give our customers an option"

This^

" after one year of daily recharging, it seems to be losing its charge in a significantly faster timeframe than when it first did coming out of the box."

And This^

[cee773]

That's bs Microsoft just wants to Nickle and dime you they could've easily intergrated A removable rechargeable battery on the x1 as well as the 360 Sony did it why can't Microsoft its all about the dollars at the end of the day.

[no_more_heroes]

The ps3 controller doesn't have a removable rechargeable battery.

Rechargeable - Yes

Removable Rechargeable - No

[darthv72]

"That's bs Microsoft just wants to Nickle and dime you...."

You do know they only make $$ off the P&C kit right?

They dont get a nickle or a dime from the likes of Duracell or Rayovac let alone any other company that makes AA batteries.

"they could've easily intergrated A removable rechargeable battery on the x1" uhh....they did. It may not be "integrated" but the batteries are certainly removable and rechargeable.

edit...what nuke said.

[nukeitall]

"That's bs Microsoft just wants to Nickle and dime you they could've easily intergrated A removable rechargeable battery on the x1 as well as the 360 Sony did it why can't Microsoft its all about the dollars at the end of the day."

MS did integrate a "removable" integrated rechargeable battery. It is called a play and charge kit.

What Sony did is called a "non-removable" integrated rechargeable battery. It is not intended for you to remove it, and when your controller barely charges or when the battery dies, you will have to buy a new controller or scour third party questionable and potentially exploding batteries, unscrew the controller (and hope that you can) and replace battery yourself.

Or like on Xbox One, you just take out the batteries like it was intended too.

non-removable internal batteries is a step backwards imo.

[cee773]

@nuke

Really ps3 has been out 7 years and you gonna tell me and 80+ million that you can't change the dualshock 3 batteries when its as clear as day in the manual and many you tube videos that you can indeed change the ds3 battery for less than 5 bucks it takes less than 10 min to change the ds3 battery once every 5+ years. Remove 5 screws that's it you can find OEM ds3 batteries on eBay for less than 5$ lmao.

Clearly you either don't own a ps3 or your simply ignorant to the fact that you could indeed change the battery on the ds3.

[No_Limit]

LOL, I knew the rechargeable battery thingy will show up once again on another XB1 controller thread. YAWN

[Thegamer41]

Is that why they sell the rechargeable kit separate. There is no reason for not including it with all the controllers.

"after one year of daily recharging, it seems to be losing its charge in a significantly faster timeframe than when it first did coming out of the box." If this is true then why are they selling the rechargeable kit?
My launch PS3 controllers batteries have not even slowed down to this day, the batteries for all 4 controllers are just as good as when I bought them at launch.

[ainsleyharriott]

I don't see why Zeref got so many disagrees, I thought knowing that rechargeable batteries are eventually depleted was common knowledge.

[Maddens Raiders]

I'm awaiting a 180 from MS on the controllers that require AA batteries in 2013. It certainly wouldn't shock me, but then again they would lose the money on all those charging stations.

[kratos_TheGoat]

x1 controller is going be awesome

[kewlkat007]

I never had issues with the old controller..damn thing has taken a beating and it is still comfortable and working.

I hate that the analogs get worn out..and the D-pad is just not like all other consoles take came before it.

Isn't there somebody working on anti-sweaty material for controllers? Come on it's 2013

[CalamityCB]

Props to Microsoft's controller team,they definitely put a lot of effort into this. They've tried stuff already done e.g. screen on the controller, and they've also tried stuff never done before such as the controller emitting smells (this is real: http://www.theverge.com/201...
In the end though they have built upon a already great controller which really just needed some fine tuning such as modification of the controller pad shape and the d-pad.

[SilentGuard]

I prefer AA batteries myself, always have some laying around. It's nice to be able to swap them out with new ones when you need them. Nothing worse then having your controller go dead and realize the only option is to plug it in and suddenly be stuck with a wired controller. Play and charge kits are pointless; get two rechargable battery packs and a charging stand and switch them off when you need them if you hate AA batteries.

The controller is the one thing MS nailed spot on. Their is really nothing to gripe about there...bearing in mind I haven't held one.

[SynestheticRoar]

Hope its still strong enough to get rage slam. Big Francis will test it one day one.

[skydragoonity]

Xbox controller OFF!

[ufo8mycat]

I've read a few people that have held the XBONE controller at E3, that the bumper buttons are worse, that you have to really turn your index finger to touch them. They are more 'out of reach' compared to the 360 bumpers.

Anyone here who has held one, is this true?

[CPTN MITCHELL]

Xbox i need batteries...lmao

[vigilante_man]

Its all about how much MS can make off you. Recharger kits should be free with the console. BIG mistake.