Huh.

It will launch on November 4 for $49.99, and is compatible with Xbox consoles, PC, iOS, Android, and select smart TVs.
Launch territories include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Czechia, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hong Kong SAR, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad & Tobago, the United Kingdom, and the United States, with additional markets to follow.
Reminds me a lot of the 8bitdo Lite 2, although that one is way more portable because it’s flat.
Yeah, remind me of 8BitDo as well, they have a range of “for your little brother” type controller, Lite, Micro, SN30, Zero2. Definitely cheaper and spec better than Xbox one.
Can we go the other direction and bring back the Duke?
The Steam Controller (2026) is trying
So they’re clearly still chasing the “everything’s an Xbox”.
Which I still don’t get whose buying into that. How is it different than pc games, besides needing an Xbox account and I’m assuming an Xbox live subscription to play online? You’re giving Microsoft control of your games, for what exactly?
Is this only targeting existing “Xbox people”? Do those still exist?
Not to mention the fact that they just effectively killed their own cloud gaming platform, which was the use case where this form factor made the most sense.




