http://www.computerandvideogames.com/423871/features/the-100m-story-behind-the-xbox-one-controller/
The $100m story behind the Xbox One controller
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"The final Xbox One controller may not look different on the outside, but inside it's remarkably different," says Alam.
Microsoft has spent more than $100 million on designing the Xbox One controller. It sounds like an extraordinary sum, but that includes the design of hundreds of pad prototypes, thousands of hours of user research studies, and creating new tooling and construction facilities. The project dragged on for two-and-a-half years.
"The investments in redesigning a controller go into the hundreds of millions of dollars in tooling and R&D costs. Bearing in mind we started with something that people considered best-in-class, the pressure to do it right again was tremendous.
"Honestly, some of us felt like we were putting our career on the line. We were afraid we were going to burn through $100 million and come back with an under-developed controller."
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