The saga of the Starfield Xbox controller has been happening for months, however we now have our greatest affirmation but that the modern retro-sci-fi-styled gamepad is doubtlessly actual and coming this summer time. It would simply be my favorite-looking Xbox Collection X/S controller but.
The particular version peripheral was first noticed again in April by way of images uploaded to Imgur that appeared linked to a person in China, probably somebody near the manufacturing or delivery operation accountable for making it. Then in late Might, dataminer and product leaker dataminer billbil-kun reported that the Starfield controller can be priced at $80 and introduced alongside a similarly-themed headset on the June 11 Xbox Showcase (by way of VGC).
That brings us to June 2, when a picture of a completed, boxed unit appeared on Reddit and was later shared on Twitter by Xbox gaming information account Idle Sloth.
Some followers are nonetheless skeptical that it’d all be an elaborate faux, partially as a result of it simply seems too rattling good. On the identical time, Microsoft has a historical past of going all out on particular controller designs for its blockbuster exclusives. The Forza Horizon 5 restricted version gamepad was particularly impressed and I’m nonetheless kicking myself that I by no means purchased one.
I’m not going to make the identical mistake with the Starfield one. It’s a lot subtler and I really like the gray flight UI overlay and retro rainbow colorway. As I wrote on Twitter, it doesn’t matter if Biden restarts scholar mortgage funds or my children want new sneakers—I’m discovering room within the price range. I’m additionally curious to see if the matching headset has the same aesthetic.
Starfield, in the meantime, arrives on September 6. Except it will get delayed once more, in fact.