Microsoft have lastly let an precise designer free on their updated Xbox Wireless Adapter, making it look rather less like they obtained the summer season intern to crap it out in between getting espresso and determining simply how a lot deliberate ache and struggling they’ll impose on Windows customers with pressured restarts and updates.
The new adapter is the proper companion for our decide of the best PC controllers.
Look, I get it. I perceive the reasoning behind the design of the unique chunky, blocky, Xbox wi-fi adapter. It was clearly meant to ape a budget plastic, ‘90s VCR aesthetic Microsoft had been going for with the visually challenged Xbox One. But rattling, it is a severely ugly, lazy design.
The new design is a few 66% smaller than the unique buggy stick and has extra of a softer look to it than the squared-off authentic. I imply, it’s not going to win any Red Dot Design Awards, nevertheless it at the very least seems to be just like the designer spent a bit of greater than their lunch break developing with it.
It nonetheless packs the identical performance into its svelte new chassis, letting you join as much as eight wi-fi Xbox One controllers to your PC at anybody time. And, as a result of companies like Turtle Beach are additionally utilizing the identical wi-fi expertise in different cable-free peripherals, you’ll be able to join extra gaming goodies to the identical dongle too.
The new design goes to be on sale from August eight (subsequent Tuesday), with a sticker worth of $25 (£20).
Fingers crossed it’s additionally rather less flaky and awkward to get related too. My present old-school adapter must be re-inserted each time I activate my PC and controller or it gained’t be recognised. A little bit factor, however annoying as all hell.
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