Summary
- A dedicated Xbox player showcases their impressive collection of controllers from all generations, including limited-edition versions.
- Xbox controllers have evolved over time but still maintain the general layout of the original gamepad, with improvements made in each console generation.
- Xbox controllers have become highly collectible with various color schemes and designs inspired by games or movies, including special editions like the Space Jam 2 and Titanfall controllers.
A dedicated Xbox player is showing off their impressive collection of controllers from across the brand’s entire lifespan, including special limited-edition variants. When Microsoft entered the console gaming landscape with the original Xbox back in 2001, it also introduced players to the Xbox Duke controller, a jumbo-sized gamepad that gained both fame and notoriety for its unusually large size. A more streamlined Xbox controller was released in 2003, and it would serve as the benchmark for every Xbox console generation to come.
While they are all different in their own ways, the controllers for the Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S all follow the same general layout of the original Xbox gamepad, with some significant improvements from one generation to the next. Over the many years, these Xbox controllers have come in a variety of different colors and designs inspired by then-recent games or movies, with the Xbox Design Lab even allowing players to create their own special layouts.
All these different models and color variants have made Xbox controllers quite collectible, and one Reddit user by the handle of IR0NFletch recently posted their own assortment of gamepads on r/Xbox. This collection of 31 different controllers includes classic original Xbox Duke controllers, Xbox 360 and Xbox One models, and more recent Xbox Series X/S gamepads. There are plenty of special edition controllers as well, such as the blue-and-orange Xbox Series Space Jam 2 controller and the Xbox One Titanfall controller.
Other users have been impressed by IR0NFletch’s Xbox controller collection, with some sharing their own favorite variants like the special Xbox 360 version with an adjustable D-Pad that was available in 2010. IR0NFletch notes that they mainly stick to collecting special game-based Xbox controllers, though they have considered trying to gather the single-color variants. Some users are even offering to buy some of IR0NFletch’s controllers, as their own have reportedly stopped working due to joystick drift or other issues.
There is certainly no shortage of Xbox controller variants, with Microsoft recently releasing new Series X/S gamepads themed after Starfield and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem among other notable examples. Some of these color schemes are being sold at retail, while others were offered as promotional contest prizes. In any case, the long-running Xbox brand has countless controller types under its belt, as proven by the awe-inspiring efforts of collectors like IR0NFletch.