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Spencer: The Community Asked for the Elite Controller

Spencer: The Community Asked for the Elite Controller - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 29 July 2015 / 3,522 Views

Xbox boss Phil Spencer was recently interviewed by Edge magazine, as reported by GamesRadar, and was asked if the Xbox team wanted the Elite controller or whether the community had asked for it.

"Definitely from the community," answered the Spencer. "There’s a lot of innovation that happens in the controller space – people want more customisation when they’re at the higher end, and they want to be able to make it their controller. Whereas for me I take the default setup that I’ve learned. But you think about your eSport pro gaming, which is a very, very strong growth category: those people – a growing segment of our population – really care about making the controller feel exactly the way they want it to feel. "

Spencer feels that the standard Xbox One controller is nonetheless the best controller they have made besides the Elite controller:

"I think that controller," said Spencer," especially with some of the recent modifications we made with the audio jack and the shoulder buttons, is the best controller, obviously, that we’ve made up until the point the Elite controller comes out. We look at the Elite controller as being for somebody who feels they’re an elite competitive gamer, and that’s great for them, but we’ll continue to be very supportive of our Xbox One controller. It’s what a vast majority of our gamers will be playing on for the life of the console."

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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4 Comments
CrunkE4 (on 29 July 2015)

Asked for the controller but did they ask for that price tag cmon $150

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KingdomHeartsFan (on 29 July 2015)

A $150 controller better be the best controller...

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It seems like it, so far ;) I'll eventually get one, but not right away.

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It better suck dick too.

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