How Xbox controllers have changed in the last 25 years

Engadget·August 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM

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Every Xbox controller has the familiar ABXY buttons and offset thumbsticks. But Microsoft has slowly evolved the controller over its quarter-century life.

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