so....i don't exactly understand, it's still a d-pad, what does transforming it into a circle do?, make it an analog stick, it seems stupid, d-pad's always been fine how it is imo.

I think it jsut generally improves the sucky d-pad, which really does suck. Still, they probably should have just bundled this with the new machine.

From Joystic

Glad I held off on buying one from newegg for 30 bucks, kinda wish there was USB one since that what im using right now

that looks like something that will break (or at least become jammed) easily, then we won't have d-pads at all! :argh:

Seems more likely to turn unintentionally (resulting in a no press), then break.

Also the greyed buttons may confuse xbox 360 newbies without the colours. At least I know it took me awhile to remember which colour button was where (for Quick Time Events) and that was using a controller with the colours.

Yeah, I don't see what advantage having grey buttons would give me. Seems more like a con, imo.

I kinda like new buttons. I never cared about the colour of buttons anyway.

And I fucking hated the old D-pad, So I'm glad they changed it.

It's a step in the right direction. What boggles my mind is, why didn't these ship with the new slimline unit?

I lol'd at how he had to bring up the new button colors as if they were some improvement and selling point or something. Really all they do will confuse people and make things more difficult, kind of stupid imo.

Yeah I'm a little confused by this as well. The timing is also pretty bad, coming right out along with Kinect; the two of which are far from affordable. I just bought a new glossy black one from Dell the other day when they had them for $19.99. I'm definitely not liking the grey buttons though

I like how the buttons are not colored no more, made my controller look like a kids toy imo

Grey buttons is defintely a selling point for me, and my friends liked it as well.

The whole controller in general looks better then the plain white one I have now so I will get this fo sho.

It's a matter of personal preference.

Clever, props to their design team which figured out not everyone has the same preference, apart from the hybrid they have currently.

Simple things like this make the experience all the more enjoyable.

Don't think the button colours are that much of a problem, by now I would gauge most people have the positions memorized and only stood to confuse Playstation converters. Although, they should have just gone the whole way and coloured all the face buttons the same instead of these differently-toned versions.

This. And anybody that has owned 360 (or the original xbox for that matter) knows should know the button layout by now; as for everyone else, the buttons have letters on them for a reason.

I bet the D-Pad is still mushy shit. I liked the original L xBox controller.