Xbox Adaptive Controller Packaging Features 'No Teeth' Design

Microsoft before this year showed off a new Xbox Adaptive Controller specifically designed for ease of use by gamers with disabilities, including those with express range of movement and use of limbs. Ahead of its release this fall, we now know that the device's inclusive design will extend to its packaging as well.

In a Wednesday blog post, Microsoft's Kevin Marshall and Marking Weiser said the company adopted a "no teeth" rule when developing the packaging for its new Xbox Adaptive Controller.

"Oftentimes when engaging with packages not designed for maximum accessibility, customers [with limited mobility] resort to improvised means of accessing the production —including using their teeth," they wrote. "With the Xbox Adaptive Controller packaging, we wanted to ensure that no such extreme measures would be required!"

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The packaging is designed to "unfold" and "reveal what'due south inside with minimal friction," Marshall and Weiser wrote. Gratis from annoying twist ties and zip cords, the packaging features a series of helpful loops that allow for easy access.

"Every major step of the unboxing incorporates loops, a feature that we heard resounding positive feedback on from beta testers," they wrote. "Loops are a highly proven lever to assist in accessibility."

The box also has a "low eye of gravity," which offers a grounding, stable feel, Marshall and Weiser added.

The $99.99 Xbox Adaptive Controller is bachelor for pre-club at present and slated to arrive in September. PCMag's Will Greenwald got a chance to play with the device at E3 and said information technology "could exist a very useful new accessory for gamers with disabilities."

"On its own, it'south merely a big slab with two buttons on it, simply its compatibility with a wide variety of inputs ways many gamers with different physical capabilities volition be able to play games with the controls that best suit them," Greenwald wrote.

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