Seamus Blackley has taken to Twitter to show off some concepts for the original Xbox’s controller.
First, check those out, below:
Some original Xbox controller designs from November 1999. Enjoy! pic.twitter.com/cTReQCJ96s
— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) June 26, 2016
Interesting, eh? There are some weird shapes in there; weirder, in fact, than the original design decided upon: the original Duke controller, shown below:
The beast above was released in all markets but Japan during 2001 and 2001. Japan got a smaller version of the controller, codenamed Akebono, that suited smaller hands. The smaller model proved so popular that it eventually was packaged with new consoles around the world.
Take a look at the Akebono, below:
What do you think of the controllers above? Would you rather have had one of the prototypes?
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