Has someone taken apart the Xbox One controller?

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Microsoft claims that it has made quite a few changes and improvements to the Xbox One controller compared to the one made for the Xbox 360. A lot of those changes were made inside the gamepad. Now a website claims to have gotten a hold of a Xbox One controller and has torn it down to show what's inside.

The Xbox Skyer site claims that it picked up the controller in the port city of Dongguan, China. The images, which unfortunately have a ton of words obscuring its details, show the casing of what appears to be a real Xbox One controller, along with the circuit board inside.

While there's not a lot of new information that can be gleaned from these teardown photos, the images do give a clearer idea of how they will be constructed. Microsoft has said previously that they have conducted extensive tests on the gamepads in their labs, including pushing the buttons on each controller a total of two million times; The company claims the controllers will last 10 years or more with regular use.

Of course, while these teardown images look legitimate, they could be faked.




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TaigaAisakaPosted:

THCv3 The buttons for the bumpers are at the bottom? Maybe the pictures are of a 3rd party controller.


It looks like the controller it standing straight up though, as the left thumbstick is closer to the top of the controller and in the picture it looks more towards the top as well. It looks a little thinner than the past pictures I have seen where it looked like a bulky controller.

SahvidgePosted:

Looks good to me. Circuits are replica of the design and the controller looks pretty legit. Let's hope we haven't been dooped. Haha.

OasisPosted:

THCv3 The buttons for the bumpers are at the bottom? Maybe the pictures are of a 3rd party controller.


It's upside down.

I like the look of the inner casing, looks alot sturdier than the current one. Also you can clearly see where the battery meets the board.

Shame no picture of battery terminal.

LWRPosted:

They should just stick with the same controller. Just updated the start and select menu thing.

LeapPosted:

They look legit.. but no so sure. And their is deff a lot of changes made lol

THCv3Posted:

The buttons for the bumpers are at the bottom? Maybe the pictures are of a 3rd party controller.