Microsoft Reveals THEIR Transforming D-Pad For Xbox 360

You can find the link with video here.

I think it’s an interesting innovation. The D-pad telescopes to get some clearance from the surrounding encasement. The D-Pad certainly needed an improvement, so kudos to the Microsoft Engineers- who also weren’t given enough credit for remedying the original Big Bertha controller for the first Xbox. Here is a pic:

They also removed all the colors from the buttons, opting for a monotone approach. I think this is another brilliant move, as it makes the controller more adult, and less fisher-price. I think most gamers won’t even miss the colors.

I got all excited when I saw the Kotaku headline, because I thought they were going to do something like mine I designed a year or so ago:

I think this 360 control pad is the best in the business. It just needs a name, like the DualShock, Sixaxis, Wiimote…something cool. HaloPad? WarGear?