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bannedagain on 03 January 2011

So xbox has released it's new controller which uses the D-pad to change it's feel and interaction. It only takes a twist to go from a disc format to a plus format. This I think is a great design and will be good for games such as, Gears of war, Halo reach, Mortal Kombat and many more.  They have changed the color of X,Y,A,B buttons to grey, light grey, white and black. Also come's with a play and charge kit. Cost is 64.99 and is only available in the west right now. Coming to Europe sometime in Feb.

So have you picked up this controller? If so, what do you think of it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz6aTTKE6hE



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bannedagain on 03 January 2011

this controller is awsome and it makes changing weapons in gears way better. I have been waiting for this controller and glad that they came out with this design.



bannedagain on 03 January 2011

No one bought the controller. To soon, got to wait for Feb, when Europe also gets there hands on this device.



Cobretti2 on 03 January 2011

so esentially they made it like a nintendo d-pad.

I am happy about that because you get a better feel for the buttons. WIll definitely pick one of these up



 

 

disolitude on 03 January 2011
Cobretti2 said:

so esentially they made it like a nintendo d-pad



Actually they implemented a Sega genesis/Saturn dpad. Up/down/left/right raised in a circle. Nintendo Dpad is just up/down/left right.

I picked this up and love it. Its the second best dpad I've used for Street Fighter, after saturn pad ofcourse...



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Americant_heroxbox on 03 January 2011

waoo ,,very cool



 


 

Seece on 03 January 2011

Can't wait to get this, where did you get the Feb date from? My local GAME store still don't have a solid date



 

masschamber on 03 January 2011
disolitude said:
Cobretti2 said:

so esentially they made it like a nintendo d-pad



Actually they implemented a Sega genesis/Saturn dpad. Up/down/left/right raised in a circle. Nintendo Dpad is just up/down/left right.

I picked this up and love it. Its the second best dpad I've used for Street Fighter, after saturn pad ofcourse...


I find this almost unbelievable given console manufacturer's track record with dpads for the past decade, but your word... gives a chance, I'd love to be able to pop rising storm's like on the saturn's dpad and play my game room games without the need to switch over to my arcade stick



I HAVE A DOUBLE DRAGON CAB IN MY KITCHEN!!!!!!

NOW A PUNISHER CAB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

bannedagain on 03 January 2011
Seece said:

Can't wait to get this, where did you get the Feb date from? My local GAME store still don't have a solid date



major nelson said sometime in feb. hopefully. the controller is awsome.



disolitude on 04 January 2011
masschamber said:
disolitude said:
Cobretti2 said:

so esentially they made it like a nintendo d-pad



Actually they implemented a Sega genesis/Saturn dpad. Up/down/left/right raised in a circle. Nintendo Dpad is just up/down/left right.

I picked this up and love it. Its the second best dpad I've used for Street Fighter, after saturn pad ofcourse...


I find this almost unbelievable given console manufacturer's track record with dpads for the past decade, but your word... gives a chance, I'd love to be able to pop rising storm's like on the saturn's dpad and play my game room games without the need to switch over to my arcade stick

Yeah, I neatly opened my controller box since I was pretty sure ill return it and take this back to best buy... but its a keeper.

Even with the Dpad not twisted its much more responsive than the old dpad, but with it twisted down its quite excellent...It almost feels like microsoft spent days doing half circle like movements in all directions as it feels very sensitive and worked in for you out of the box lol