Wireless Controller
» PLATFORM: Xbox 360 » YEAR: 2005
» COST: £32.99 (launch), £25+ (today, boxed), £10+ (today, unboxed)
When
Microsoft’s second console launched, it ushered in a new era for standard game controllers – but you wouldn’t know that to look at it. Visually, the pad looks like a fairly subtle evolution of the Xbox Controller S, retaining much of the basic layout but adding the LB and RB shoulder buttons (or Bumpers, in Microsoft parlance) in place of the Black and White buttons. The peripheral slots are gone from the top, and there’s a new port for headsets at the bottom of the controller.