Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, has said that the Xbox driver could obtain an update in the future, while complementing what Sony has done with DualSense of PS5.
Spencer discussed the peripherals and the possibility of an Xbox X / S controller updated in the last episode of Kinda Funny Gamescast (through VGC), saying that the equipment is “definitely thinking about different types of devices that can bring more games to more places. “
“There is probably some work we will do in [the] controller,” Spencer said, adding: “I think Sony has done a good job with his controller, we see more of that [and think]” Are there things we should go to do ? “
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While the new Xbox wireless controller takes a more iterative approach, improves in its predecessor of subtle but important forms, the Dualsense is more a review, introducing new features such as adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.
Of course, Xbox has already shown that he is paying attention to what his competitors are doing before now, as recently as January 2021, a survey asked the owners Xbox Series X / S if they were “aware of the characteristics of The PlayStation controllers “who wanted them to be in the Xbox controllers.
Adding to that, this is not the first time that Phil Spencer has offered praise by the Dualsense; Shortly after the launch of the new consoles, Spencer said to the height: “I applaud what they did with the controller … I think for all of us in the industry, we must learn from each other and the innovation that we all press, either its Distribution of the business model as the passage of the game, or the controller … “.
Spencer continued to explain at the height that people have a “common expectation” for the Xbox controller and that, although “do not prevent us from innovating ourselves … we have to think about all cases of use that are out there. We can not turn off The controller inside because there is as much expectation about how it should work now. We can innovate at the top of that, and we will see what any other company does and learn from it, and you will see if it is something we want to apply to What we’re doing “.
No VR plans
Undoubtedly, an updated driver is more likely any large-made accessory, as a response to Sony PSVR 2, since the VR and AR peripherals are “Actually”, you are not looking at Xbox. Spencer told Kita Funny Gamescast that the team is “probably not in the place more fitted accessories at this time. We only observe what happens in Windows and other places and see if there is a unique opportunity for us. At this time, no I think there is something that is obvious to me. “
“We are observing what happens on PC,” he said. “As you relate to VR specifically, the best experience I have seen is Quest 2 and I only believe that it is attenuated [and ease of use in its ability simply not, for me, for me, they require that it is connected to a Xbox in anyway.
“So, when I look at such a stage, I think about Xcloud, I think about the Xbox Live community, I think about other things, how we could bring content to a screen like that, whether we do something like this through first party associations or from third parties, I think it’s a kind of second step for ‘Do we believe that the games we have currently have that we can run on our platform would work there?’ “
This VR posture is aligned with what Spencer has previously said on VR support in Xbox. Back in 2020, before the launch of Xbox Series X, Spencer said Microsoft is waiting until VR in Xbox becomes a “brainadora” before it is considered in that field. This followed from a previous interview in which he said that the new console was not created with VR in mind, and added “We are responding to what our customers are asking and … No one is asking for VR”.
