Replace 03/29/2024 8:23pm ET: Regardless of my greatest efforts, I wasn’t in a position to seek out the unique patent tied to this story, and sadly, as is typically the case with tech running a blog, this information has became a sport of damaged phone.
Fortunately, The Verge‘s Tom Warren discovered the patent and it seems it’s not really tied to Microsoft or Xbox in any respect — not less than circuitously. Actually, the submitting doesn’t point out Xbox anyplace, and it’s unclear what platform the gamepad is designed for.
Based on Warren, the controller patent was really filed by Turtle Seaside, a preferred online game accent maker greatest identified for its third-party controllers and headsets. It’s unclear how Video Video games Chronicle additionally missed this essential truth or why the publication didn’t hyperlink straight again to the patent submitting.
since no one bothered to examine the patent submitting… this has nothing to do with Microsoft. It’s a Turtle Seaside controller and the patent was filed by Turtle Seaside pic.twitter.com/cUizYk4CQb
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 30, 2023
The unique story is beneath:
A lately filed Xbox patent outlines a gamepad that permits gamers to avoid wasting customized loadouts that may then be accessed by way of a touchscreen constructed into the controller.
Based on the patent, the show may also observe the participant’s in-game efficiency and be used to entry varied social media options (probably posting clips of gameplay and different images). Different potential options embrace audio settings, cost stage and extra. The patent additionally mentions that the hypothetical gamepad — which may very well be known as the “Stealth Controller” — is appropriate with smartphones by a cellular app.
In a way, the gamepad type of looks as if a pared-down model of the Wii U’s GamePad or, should you’re outdated like me, the Dreamcast’s Visible Reminiscence Card (VMU), solely its show is designed to indicate very particular info. It’s value noting that Recreation Rant surprisingly doesn’t hyperlink again to the patent hyperlink in its protection and I wasn’t capable of finding it myself. Nevertheless, the picture appears official and certain exists in a patent database someplace.
Earlier this week, Microsoft revealed ‘Pink’ and ‘Blue’ Elite Collection 2 gamepad Core colors, and some months in the past, the tech large launched a customized model of the Elite Collection 2 controller.
As is the case with all patents, it’s essential to level out that it’s unclear if this gamepad will really be launched. That mentioned, the Elite Collection 2 was launched again in 2019, so a brand new model of Microsoft’s high-end gamepad may very well be within the works — particularly contemplating the construct points the Collection 2 has skilled (although the customized model of the gamepad appears to resolve most of them).
Through: Recreation Rant
