A Brazilian regulator has published photos of an unreleased Xbox controller.
  • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
    9·
    24 days ago

    If it’s like the Stadia controller, stuff like user authentication is done by the controller’s embedded system.

    • Lemmayng@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      24 days ago

      If it’s like the Stadia controller, it’ll have a kickass D-pad but shitty battery life, featuring a battery that CAN’T be replaced.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
        1·
        23 days ago

        featuring a battery that CAN’T be replaced.

        That would make it tough to impossible to sell in certain jurisdictions that adopted right to repair laws.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldOP
        2·
        23 days ago

        But we already know its not.

        “It will connect directly to Xbox Cloud Gaming servers to reduce latency, much like how Google’s Stadia controllers used to work.”

      • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        24 days ago

        The controller sends nput direct to the server via WiFi, rather than via Bluetooth through the viewing device. Removes some latency, which given how much latency cloud having introduces makes a difference.