Rumor: new Xbox 360 controller with improved d-pad for the holidays

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We've got it on good authority that sometime this Holiday season, Microsoft will launch a new Xbox 360 controller with a rather unique d-pad. According to our trusted source, when one rotates the d-pad ninety degrees on this new controller, it'll raise up about a quarter of an inch -- a modification apparently revealed to be targeted at fighting game fans.

Could it be a version of that nifty (yet ugly) European controller tie-in for Pro Evo 2009? Will it replace the new Xbox 360 S controller (pictured above)? Or will it be a separate, special controller? We've got plenty of questions and will try to dig up some more info, so stay tuned.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/30/rumor-microsoft-prepping-new-xbox-360-controller-with-improved/#comments

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TTG_DIGITALPosted:

i dont see a problem with the d-pad

DarkUnicyclePosted:

yeah i think it should be with the other controller with the twist thing in the D-pad

the1and0nlyBoBPosted:

theres no problem with the dpad at the moment tho...

i_JaMes_zPosted:

Buzz_Lightyear Even if it were to happen, how many people would be willing to pay the RRP, when they can get their hands on a third party controller, which already has the improved d-pad, for a lot less?

Me thinks it's too late. This should of been done a long time ago.

exactly, companies like MadCatz surly have made custom joysticks or controllers (which are cheaper than official MS ones but still worth it) for games like Tekken or Street Fighter, but MS r just trying to hard too late :s

SeanPosted:

whitesox274 I've never had a problem with the d-pad..


play tekken you will have a problem

NinjaNoFearPosted:

Why didn't release this Last year ?

I might aswell buy a modded controller. :)

WhitesoxPosted:

I've never had a problem with the d-pad..

TRICKNNPosted:

Lol a little Late Microsoft aren't they?

Buzz_LightyearPosted:

Even if it were to happen, how many people would be willing to pay the RRP, when they can get their hands on a third party controller, which already has the improved d-pad, for a lot less?

Me thinks it's too late. This should of been done a long time ago.


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