Are you satisfied with your Xbox Series X console? Microsoft certainly wants to know and wants your suggestions on how it can improve your overall experience.
A survey of the Xbox console experience was sent to consumers who purchased the Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S and reveals some potentially interesting news about the company’s future plans for the systems.
Although the usual set of standardized questions appears, how to assess your level of satisfaction since you own the console, there are some very specific and interesting topics that stand out.
Mainly, the question of whether the Xbox Series X “looks like the next generation” is raised, which has been a criticism that some users have made to both Xbox consoles since launch.
What is more surprising, however, is the question that Microsoft asks if users are “aware of the features of the PlayStation controls” that they would like to have on the Xbox controls. He also specifically asked what features users wanted to see.
The new Xbox Wireless Controller is a refined and enhanced version of its previous gamepad, with its main new features being a better D-Pad, textured grips and triggers, as well as a dedicated Share button. Although it is visually similar at first glance, it would be wrong to say that the Xbox Series X controller has not changed.
However, the PS5 DualSense controller has adaptive triggers that can change in resistance depending on what’s happening on the screen, such as when you fire a gun, and it also includes tactile feedback, which can create much more subtle and engaging vibration levels for imitate different sensations like rain.
The impressive feature set of the DualSense controller inevitably led some Xbox owners to ask for the same type of technology to be used on the Xbox Wireless Controller, especially since developers seem to be taking advantage of them.
Microsoft also asks what users think of the console’s home screen UI, which has gone through many iterations over the life of the Xbox One, but remains largely unchanged for the launch of the Xbox Series X / S. The new systems benefit from funds dynamic, which is not possible on older Xbox consoles.
If you can’t beat them
We’ve seen Microsoft lend innovations from its competitors’ controllers in the past, such as adding a headset to the Xbox One controller and a Share button, after both features were so well received on the PS4’s DualShock 4 controller.
Sony and Nintendo are no different, of course: the PS4 DualShock 4 controller switched to concave analog controllers for the first time in PlayStation history (a previous staple on Xbox controllers) and Nintendo possibly introduced tactile feedback first into the console space with its HD Rumble technology found on the Nintendo Switch Joy-Con.
There is no doubt that adaptive triggers and tactile feedback would make the Xbox Wireless Controller better, but in the end it will depend on how many users will feel the same way before Microsoft makes a move.