This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller
This is Microsoft’s new disc-less Xbox Series X design with a new gyro controller
Microsoft’s mid-cycle Xbox Series X refresh has a whole new shape
I hate flowery language like "now adorably all digital". What the fuck is adorable about it being all digital?
Y’know, I can’t think of a lot of adjectives to use for “all digital,” but “adorably” sure af is not one of them.
I think it's a reference to it's smaller size.
Then go "now smaller, adorable, and all digital" or something that doesn't sound completely daft.
Another only digital console: ew.
Gyro in an Xbox controller: W
I wish they'd make the drive an optional add-on that you could buy later if you decide that digital only isn't for you, instead of using it as product segmentation. But that would be pro-consumer, so not gonna happen.
They should make it HD DVD drive compatible 😁
That new cylindrical Series X looks like a Wi-Fi router lol
Looks like one of those Levoit Air Purifiers.
Fridge and Router. Perfect.
Now we need what? An oven?
Buttplug Thumbdrive
This is no longer a box. Time to rebrand.
Yeah, Xtube seems fitting( ´◡‿ゝ◡`)
Apparently the new controller is also more silent. I wish it wasn't so ugly tho
I could see the utility of the textured surface if it has the durability, but holy hell does it look bad if it's actually just cut in half for colors like that.
If that's just for demonstration and the split is more naturally contoured, maybe it's OK.
I thought the same. I think it's mostly the gloss that is making me not like it. Hopefully with the amount of variation Microsoft typically offers with controllers means the will be something that I can stomach.
They can do a Duracell themed one with this design lol.
I wonder what the haptic feedback being a speaker is all about?
The vibrations a speaker can produce could be very useful for haptic feedback. If this is a speaker modified for that purpose with a thicker, heavier membrane I think it would work very well
Think like Nintendo's HD rumble. There's certain patterns it can do that make it sound like... sound. In Golf Story for example, the hits with the club, with the hd rumble on, you can perfectly hear the skins of hitting a club even with the audio of the game down. It's strange and great at the same time. The steam controller also used it for those turn on, turn off jingles you could have on, they also sound great.
Does this mean we'll finally get decent gyro support in PC gaming?
Tell me you don't have a steam controller without telling me you don't have a steam controller.
I'm more talking about API level. There isn't a proper standard operating-system-level interface in Windows for gyro, so 3rd party controllers don't have it, so it's not really a thing in Windows/Xbox-first games.
This will raise the floor so every gamepad will be expected to have gyro.
Steam controller is in its own league, but hell, even the PS and Nintendo controllers have supported gyro control through steam for quite awhile. The Xbox controller is finally advancing past 2003, and into the modern era.
Interesting, and we also finally see the completely disc-less version we've been expecting for over a generation now.
so that's what the controller would look like if it wore pants
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I hope it actually has gyros, so XBOX can finally get gyro aim. I don't play on XBOX, but maybe support for that in XBOX controllers would make devs more inclined to support it. But the document only mentions an accelerometer.
Also, what's up with controllers dropping face button colors? The PS5 did the same thing.
Also, what's up with controllers dropping face button colors? The PS5 did the same thing.
From an aesthetic standpoint it just looks better^1 , and by now gaming consoles are so Mainstream that the additional accessibility the colors offer is not a good enough reason to keep them anymore.
^1 subjective, of course, but if you look at modern, big corporate design a lot of it is trending towards minimalism, very little use of color, etc.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Microsoft is planning to refresh its Xbox Series X console in 2024 with an all-new design and features.
Codenamed Brooklin, the unannounced console refresh has been accidentally revealed in new FTC v. Microsoft documents this week.
The new Xbox Series X design looks a lot more circular than the existing console and will ship without a disc drive.
Internal confidential Microsoft documents reveal it has 2TB of storage (up from 1TB), a USB-C front port with power delivery, and an “all-new, more immersive controller.”
The new controller, codenamed Sebille, is set to be announced later this year and will include an accelerometer for gyro support.
Console customization via Microsoft’s Xbox Design Lab program was also mentioned under a list of goals that the company wants to achieve by 2030, though we should note that according to the leaked documents, this isn’t yet fully funded.
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