Xbox Elite Controller 3 Specs Leak By way of Xbox’s Personal Design Lab
It might provide a selection of Hall-effect or TMS joysticks and can use voice-coil haptics.
Xbox’s Elite Controller Series 2 got here out seven years ago however a brand new one is lastly about to exchange it, judging by recent leaks. Now, Redditor u/esketitethan has dug up the product’s main options immediately from Microsoft by poring by means of the Xbox Design Lab’s backend. The leak revealed that the controller (codenamed Edessa) will provide Hall-effect and TMR sticks, superior haptics, a devoted audio scroll wheel and rather more.
Xbox Design Lab is Microsoft’s on-line software that lets players customise their Elite Series 2 and different controllers. “There are configuration data and 16 precise 3D element fashions within the backend utilized by Xbox Design Lab,” the leaker wrote. “The controller is codenamed Edessa, linked to an adjunct/customization product referred to as Beatrice.” The sources are listed within the submit, however seem to have since been eliminated.
The final Elite controller used potentiometer analog sticks that may drift, but it surely seems just like the Elite Controller 3 mannequin will use Hall-effect and TMR sticks “suggesting a selection of magnetic sensing expertise and stick resistance,” the leaker stated. Haptics may also be upgraded with superior haptics (VCAs) motors, that means it might use voice-coil haptics and set off vibration like PS5 DualSense controllers, fairly than rumble motors as earlier than.
Other key options embody efficiency D-pads with “customary, cross and grippy/faceted selections,” a devoted audio scroll wheel, faceplate choices (“steel, anmed designs, in depth colours and engraving”), low-friction/silent sticks, extra paddle designs (“customary, traditional and doublewide paddles”) and 27 mapped topper and paddle configurations. There are 4 SKU combos, together with “Elite Complete” and “Elite Base,” each with and with out motors.
Take this leak with an enormous grain of salt, particularly because the supply information aren’t there to be seen anymore. Some Reddit customers within the submit had been skeptical that Microsoft would construct its personal drift-free Hall-effect joysticks, whereas others derided the persevering with lack of a built-in gyro. We ought to know fairly quickly, as the sooner leaks (and unintentional sale of a seemingly actual machine) recommend that the Elite Controller 3 might be launching quickly.
