Microsoft Thinks Xbox 'Pioneered' Dual Analogue Controllers
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Asha Sharma went wild in listing Xbox's achievements and accidentally credited the console with pioneering dual-analog controllers. Historically, Sony beat Microsoft by several years. Sony reported this in 1997, but Microsoft apparently forgot. The Xbox CEO surprised gamers with her version of the story, published by GRYOnline.pl on November 13, 2026.
Xbox falsely claims it "pioneered" the dual analogue...
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/11/microsoft-thinks-xbox-pioneered-dual-analogue-controllers?fbclid=IwdGRjcAVjC9JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABH1voUid1cRdXcyyHR-7mnh7Jp9-KfMKuRXENSunx0F5G6R8s1OHEg8-3Lw8e_aem_OLPuCKAe6YJeCkhH2MElNQ It’s a big month for Xbox as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, with lots of entertaining initiatives underway – including a pretty cool website where it tracks your entire history …
In a publication by the 25th anniversary of the Xbox, the head of Asha Sharma's brand announced that the first Microsoft console had been pioneered by two analog steaks. However, Sony released such a gamepad for the first PlayStation as early as 1997, four years before the Xbox. Xbox was released on November 15, 2001. Microsoft offered a console with an integrated hard drive and the port of Ethernet ... The post Microsoft attributed the first Xb…
Microsoft is celebrating 25 years of Xbox, which earned a celebratory message in which it writes that it pioneered video games with two analogs. Read more
Microsoft Thinks Xbox 'Pioneered' Dual Analogue Controllers
Ummm.It’s a big month for Xbox as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, with lots of entertaining initiatives underway – including a pretty cool website where it tracks your entire history with the brand.But in a big – and otherwise interesting – celebratory blog post, boss Asha Sharma appears to have mixed up some of the facts.Read the full article on pushsquare.com
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