Yesterday, an alleged leak of what looks like an Elite Series 3 controller hit the press, and on the same day, Xbox officially announced two new Gears of War E-Day limited edition controllers. All the while, Xbox hardware sales are down across the US by 62% amidst layoffs of the brand's game developers, a new CEO trying to patch a leaking ship, and, to top it all off, price increases due to the current RAM nightmare. Are new Xbox controllers really the solution?
In short, absolutely not. Controllers don't cost enough, nor sell enough even at their most popular, to balance the books of a multi-billion-dollar outfit like Xbox. Even if Xbox console sales are doubled YoY, some fancy new controllers might not be the cure-all for Xbox's struggling hardware ecosystem right now.
