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The Tiny, Cool Details of the New Xbox One Controller

The Xbox One controller looks a lot like the Xbox 360 controller, but the new pad actually sports some subtle but relevant differences. Let’s take a video tour, shall we?

The video above shows you the goods and also includes an attempt at a joke by me. Very regrettable, sorry. But
details! For those of you without the time or bandwidth to watch!

A clickier d-pad

Smaller control sticks with a tighter dead zone

Control sticks that take less effort to move (phew!)

A new “View” button in place of the back button
 could pop up your inventory or map in an RPG or the leaderboards in an FPS

A new “Menu” button in place of the forward button
 would go to a game’s menu.

“Triple-shot” face buttons that make them look snazzier and require less force to use (phew again!)

Vibration motors (“impulse triggers”) in the triggers (This is awesome. Find out more from our friends at Gizmodo.)

High-speed data port

Less-obtrusive battery compartment running AA batteries.

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