Microsoft reveals its adaptive game controller

Initiatives like these have been taken on by third parties in the past. Controllers for disabled and differently-abled gamers are complicated and it’s tough to serve all the different needs of these audiences. To see a console manufacturer putting out first-party hardware meant to address these niche needs is really cool. The 3.5-mm jack used for these inputs means that gamers won’t be restricted to using Microsoft-made switches, buttons, and joysticks. There’s already a whole market of those kinds of items out there. On top of that, the controller itself is only $100, which isn’t too bad for such a niche piece of hardware.

With that said, a controller this flexible is going to end up being used by other gamers to play games in new ways, too. Even if you have full use of your hands and fingers, there are plenty of ways to bring your feet into the mix in a game. That may not be the core intent of the controller, but it’s still cool, too.

The possibilities with the controller are almost endless, and I’m eager to see how people end up using it. The controller doesn’t have a release date, but Microsoft is promising that it will be available yet this year and has an info page up where you can subscribe for updates.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/05/17/xbox-adaptive-controller/