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Microsoft Announces Customizable Xbox Elite Wireless Controller
MojoKid writes: Today, Microsoft announced that later this year, it will be releasing what could be the "ultimate" Xbox and Windows game controller. Called Xbox Elite Wireless, this gamepad has a dramatically overhauled D-pad and four paddles underneath. Other features that make this gamepad special: there are trigger locks, the ability to customize thumbstick sensitivity, along with the level of travel for the top triggers. In addition, it also sports swappable components, like the paddles, etc. Pricing has been announced at $149 and given just how advanced this gamepad is over the original, it's understandable but still pretty steep.
Easy, don't buy it. This thing wasn't meant for you. Keep using the controller that came with your Xbox One and be happy.
What's with this "me, me, me" generation, where something sucks just because it doesn't please ME??
You're aware there's a wireless adapter for Xbox 360/One gamepads for Windows, right?
Yes, that's just what I need, another proprietary wireless communications dongle that exists only because Microsoft wanted to be proprietary. Now I see the error of my ways, and I love Microsoft! You have truly shown me the light, you obtuse ass.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Of course not. Why would you want to?! The Xbox controller is designed to put the most-used control elements (the left joystick and the face buttons) where your thumbs naturally lie when you hold your hand in a neutral position. You have to hold your left hand in an awkward position to use the PlayStation controllers, probably because the analog sticks were literally an afterthought in the original design. (The original DualShock was an upgrade to the original PlayStation controller which had no analog sticks.) It makes the PlayStation consoles awkward to use for long stretches. It's why Nintendo used the same positioning for the GameCube controller.
Why Sony has held on to that horrible controller design for so long I don't think I'll ever understand, other than it makes the controller look more symmetrical. (It doesn't help that Sony's D-pad is the worst D-pad design of all the consoles as well.)
When it comes to wireless keyboards, mice, and controllers those proprietary dongles make Bluetooth their bitch.
Oh yeah, that's why the input latency on the PS3 and PS4 are so massive. Wait, they aren't. While some titles on PS4 do have more input lag than the Xbox, it's not because of Bluetooth. We know because it's only some titles.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
"Hardcore" gamers are the biggest fucking persecution complex crybabies there are.
The last decade has seen billions on dollars in marketing spent to prop up your fragile egos and groom you into perfect consumers.
And I say this as someone who's played video games for 30 years. (I refuse to call myself a "gamer" because gaming isn't my identity.)