Whereas console {hardware} costs hold going up, Xbox is providing a less expensive {hardware} different with the brand new Xbox Nano controller.
Xbox formally introduced its latest controller mannequin on Wednesday, revealing a pocket-sized controller different to the usual Xbox wi-fi controller (which begins at $64.99) and the high-end Xbox Elite Wi-fi Controller (which begins at $149.99). The $49.99 Nano controller, Microsoft says, is designed with “youthful gamers, smaller fingers, or anybody looking for one thing transportable for play on the go” in thoughts.
The Xbox Nano Controller is 5 inches vast and weighs 3.5 ounces — small and light-weight. Examine that to the Xbox Wi-fi and Elite controllers, each of which each measure 6 inches in width and weigh roughly 10 and 12 ounces, respectively. Regardless of its smaller measurement, the Nano Controller consists of all 18 normal gameplay inputs. It is an Xbox controller, simply smaller.
Xbox Nano Controller particulars and worth
The Xbox Nano Controller has a chargeable battery that expenses by way of USB-C — a boon for players residing within the yr 2026. The Nano Controller also can join with appropriate PCs, cell phones, and sensible TVs by way of Bluetooth. (Formally, Microsoft guarantees assist for Xbox One, Xbox Sequence X and S, Xbox on PC, Home windows, Android, and iOS.)
It is available in one shade: white.
The Xbox Nano Controller will probably be launched on Nov. 4 in choose territories, and pre-orders are already accessible. Every account can buy as much as 5 controllers per order to maintain scalpers at bay. Players in the US needs to be looking out, as choose Samsung TVs will probably be a part of a vacation promotion that features a particular Nano Controller and two months of Sport Go Final.
The brand new Xbox controller comes amid a flurry of bulletins from Microsoft, which incorporates Xbox XP and Xbox Labs.