Microsoft’s new core gamepad, codenamed Sebile, may become the new default Xbox gamepad in May 2024. | Image via court documents, text removed by The Verge
New Xbox for 2024! New hybrid Xbox for 2028! But can we just appreciate Microsoft’s leaked Sebile controller for a sec?
The $70 pad could arrive in 2024 chock-full of the best parts of Sony’s DualSense, Valve’s Steam Controller, Google Stadia, and — here’s hoping — 8BitDo.
Image: FTC v. Microsoft “Sebile — The New Xbox Controller.”Obviously, it’s taking the Sony DualSense’s “precision haptic feedback.”
Right, here’s hoping! It’s the thing I’m most excited about because it seriously does add a new dimension to some of Sony’s games, which just aren’t the same when you take it away.
Check out our DualSense X-ray below, versus this one of an Xbox pad, to see the difference in their haptic motors:
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