Description:
Wired controller for XBOX console With 2 analog thumb sticks;
6 analog cation buttons with pressure-sensitive controls;
With 1 eight-way directional pad;With 2 vibration feedback motors;
With 2 navigation buttons;With 2 expansion slots for peripherals,
What is Xbox and the introduction of Xbox
accessories.
The Xbox (name derived from "DirectX box") is a video game console produced by Microsoft.
It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's
PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube. The integrated Xbox Live service
allows players to compete online.
The console was Microsoft's first product that ventured into the video game console market,
after having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Dreamcast console. The Xbox
first edition was initially developed by a small Microsoft team that included game developer
Seamus Blackley.
The Xbox was the first to wield a hard disk drive, used primarily for storing game saves and
content downloaded from Xbox Live. This eliminated the need for separate memory cards
(although some older consoles, such as the TurboGrafx-CD, Sega CD and Sega Saturn had
featured built-in battery backup memory prior to 2001). An Xbox user could rip music from
standard audio CDs to the hard drive, and these songs were used for the custom soundtracks
in some games.
The Xbox controller features two analog sticks, a pressure sensitive directional pad, two
analog triggers, a Back button, a Start button, two accessory slots and six 8-bit analog
action buttons. The standard Xbox controller (also known as the "Duke" controller was
originally the Xbox controller for all territories except Japan. The Duke controller has
been criticized for being bulky compared to other video game controllers. The Controller S,
a smaller, lighter Xbox controller, was originally the standard Xbox controller only in
Japan (codenamed "Akebono"), designed for users with smaller hands.
Product Reviews:
Date Added: 03/09/2010 by Rachel Towns
I bought this for my fiance for Xmas early. He loves it; it helps his driving on Forza 3 so much. Th
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 03 January, 2010.