Hands On With The most recent Xbox 360 Controller [Xbox 360]

Xbox Live’s Major Nelson was roaming PAX here in Seattle, probably needing something fun to do. So I asked him to let me try the new Xbox 360 controller with transforming D-pad – oh, and the analog sticks are different.

Major Nelson even agreed to shoot this video, and while I put him to work he revealed that this is often his own personal controller. The recent d-pad is simple to rework and the alternate, raised-cross mode sounds like it’ll be good for games that require precise horizontal, vertical and diagonal inputs – you know, like fighting games.

We knew in regards to the transforming d-pad, but were you aware the analog sticks have changed? They tilt an analogous, but the shape of the depression on top of them has been tweaked. The old raised bits are gone and the heart has a deeper depression. I’m unsure what the effects shall be of the small change, but the most recent stick did feel comfortable under my thumb.

Here’s a comparison of the recent controller and an older black one, established so that you may compare the appropriate analog stick of the recent one to the left of the old one.

The new controller, so one can be sold for $65 with a recharge kit, will probably be out later this year.

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