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My Son Inadvertently Designed A Metroid Xbox Series X/S Controller
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Behold, the Gravity Suit controller. Needs a little yellow, I know. (Photo: Mike Fahey / Kotaku)
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Overwhelmed by the options available at custom controller shop Mega Modz, I turned to nine-year-old Seamus Fahey for design advice. What at first seemed like a completely arbitrary selection of colours and buttons coalesced into this purple, green, red, and orange homage to
New Xbox Series X Pulse Red Controller Released
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The new Xbox Series X Pulse Red controller has been released from Microsoft itself after being available to pre-order for weeks. Like the black, white, and blue controllers, the Pulse Red controller runs at $64.99, and as the name suggests, gives the controller a red-colored makeover. Beyond the aesthetics, however, there s nothing really separating this from the other standard controllers, but if you re a fan of red electronics, it s a great alternative to the other aforementioned ones.
Like the other controllers, the Pulse Red controller works with the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, Windows 10, and Android devices. Meanwhile, Microsoft has promised that iOS support is still coming sometime in the future. Also, like the other controllers, the Pulse Red controller uses AA batteries, and comes with two that will provide up to 40 hours of gaming.
Mayank Sachdeva | Published on 08 Feb 2021
It’s past midnight, you are in a heated match of Warzone with your friends, and suddenly you can’t hear anything. You look down to see your controller is out of battery, so you scramble through the drawers to find batteries but by the time you get back online, you are dead. PlayStation s players would have never felt this rage but we Xbox players definitely have, so let’s look at why Xbox controllers still use batteries.
So, why does the Xbox Series X controller still use AA batteries?
Xbox s controllers have always shipped with a pack of AA Duracell batteries. Unlike the PlayStation controllers, Xbox players need to buy a rechargeable battery kit separately. This according to Xbox’s partner director of program management, Jason Ronald, is an intentional decision because, “it comes down to is when actually talking to gamers, it s kind of polarizing and there is a strong camp that really wants AAs. So just giving flexibility