Microsoft's Xbox One controller will be one hardened piece of hardware.

Speaking to tech news site Pocket-lint in an interview published Wednesday, Microsoft accessories and hardware manager Bob Brown said his company has been testing the Xbox One's controller by pressing its buttons "over and over, between 4-5 times a second." Twenty controllers are being mashed with 2 million button presses each, according to Pocket-lint.

As each button is pressed, a computer analyzes its function to ensure it's sending a signal back to a console. If it doesn't operate correctly anymore, its errors are analyzed and the device is improved upon for the next prototype. The controller's thumbsticks are also tossed around and the controller is dropped to see how it responds to shock. All of that information is used to build a better controller.

According to Pocket-lint, those efforts have paid off: the latest controller prototypes can handle 3 million button presses before they stop functioning. Microsoft estimates that this gives the controller more than 10 years of life. Given recent console upgrade cycles, that means the controller will last long enough for people to buy just one controller and then move on to their next console.

Microsoft announced the Xbox One earlier this month. The company is expected to provide more details on the console at the E3 gaming conference in June.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57586604-75/xbox-one-controller-button-mashing-goodness-designed-to-last-a-decade/

Now that is news I like to hear. Gonna get one of these bad boys for the PC.

The only issue I had with my current controllers was my kids "eating" the sticks... Other than that the current 360 controllers are already very good and high quality. I'm not surprised at all by this news about the Xbox Ones controllers...

I guess that's possible, i still have gamecube controllers that work just fine.

I wish dem batteries lasted ten years.

3 million button presses? just give a controller to a noob in mortal combat and see him press the buttons 3 million times within 20 minutes!

but seriously, the 360 controller seems very well built, so this isnt much news to me. i doubt ill be replacing my 360 controller for this one to play on my PC anytime soon, but this is good news nonetheless

My 360 controllers work just fine, and I've had them since 2006 o.O

Can't wait to use this, for my PC.

I cannot play Fifa anymore with PS3 controller. 360 controller should be standard for gaming devices.
It feels good and natural in your hands and the thumbsticks do not slide like the dual shock ones. Excellent for action games.

This is good news, i live in a house with 4 siblings and right now 3-4 PS3 controllers have been broken over time from dropping and stuff, about time i hear something good about the new Xbox