Xbox One controller design contest winners are largely green

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The Xbox One Take Control contest asked fans to design fresh, new Xbox One controllers, with a grand prize of $1,000 – and here are the winners. Michael, the grand prize winner, received $1,000, five Xbox One wireless controllers and the opportunity for Microsoft to evaluate his design for physical production. The People's Choice winner received $750, and the nine First Prize winners won $500 each. The Best Use of Fresh Paint winner received a $150 gift certificate to CanvasPop.com and a Sensu digital Artist Brush & Stylus valued at $40.

Microsoft's panel, which included spokesman Major Nelson, evaluated submissions based on the following scale: 40 percent asked if the design was original and creative; 30 percent questioned if it would appeal to other gamers, and another 30 percent asked if the design felt "premium" and reinforced the Xbox One brand. Any of the submissions may be evaluated for public production, according to the contest's official rules.

 



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DJMarkyMarkPosted:

Those are some great designs. I personally like the 1st and 8th ones the best.

SIKSPosted:

Se are truly beautiful designs. I kind of want to buy one just for the designs.

ECSPosted:

G_Man I personally think the first two are the nicest designs. They're all okay apart from number eight, the last one. It looks like a very poor photoshop job. To me it looks very tacky. The first two fit in better with the theme and look professional.


I agree I love the first 2 but my favorite is probably the second one.

TRSNPosted:

Idea How did controller 8 get chosen... It's hideous compared to the others!


If you think that's hideous, I don't even wanna see all of the other ones that weren't chosen!

G_ManPosted:

I personally think the first two are the nicest designs. They're all okay apart from number eight, the last one. It looks like a very poor photoshop job. To me it looks very tacky. The first two fit in better with the theme and look professional.

TRSNPosted:

That second controller (Slide 2, at least) looks a lot like the art style one of my good friends has. She makes amazing portraits and pictures, just with a pen. Great picks on X1's part.

KatsumiPosted:

All of these controllers actually look pretty cool, the winners deserve it :)

pyroboy926Posted:

I like all of the designs. I'm more of a simplistic/minimalist though when it comes to controller design so I wish there was one like that.

RS3Posted:

That controller with the motherboard on it looks amazing

Third_EyePosted:

The guy who one obviously had the most appropriate controller. Some others looked cool, but seem more suited towards limited and special editions. Why is most of the design a tree though?