Microsoft Launches Xbox Wireless Controller in Astral Purple

[Tsing]

Microsoft has announced that the Xbox Wireless Controller – Astral Purple is available for pre-order today in select Xbox markets worldwide for $64.99 USD ERP. Yet another color variant of the popular gaming controller, this version maintains all of the original's features, just like the rest, but comes with a new dark purple theme that's carried over to both the thumbsticks and buttons, coupled with a black matte finish on the hybrid D-Pad, bumpers, and triggers. The backplate, however, is entirely white—a contrast that Xbox says makes the controller even more striking.

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[DrezKill]

I wish the normal prices of controllers was back to around $40. I usually refuse to pay more than that for controllers. Nintendo and Sony especially f*cked up with the Switch Pro Controller and DualSense being around $70 normally. That's f*cking insaaaane. They have lost their gawd-d4mn minds. At least the Microsoft controllers go on sale to appropriate prices a decent amount, but yeah their normal prices aren't great either.

Still, always nice to have more color choices. This purple ain't for me though. I wish the console manufacturers made more official controllers with transparent/translucent shells. I've always been big into see-through sh1t.