{"id":81972,"date":"2015-10-05T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=81972"},"modified":"2015-10-05T16:50:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:50:38","slug":"save-r1-500-microsoft-to-make-all-xbox-one-controllers-remappable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/xbox\/81972-save-r1-500-microsoft-to-make-all-xbox-one-controllers-remappable","title":{"rendered":"Save R1, 500: Microsoft to make all Xbox One controllers remappable"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Xbox One Elite Controller is about as good as controllers get<\/a>, but it comes with a serious premium<\/a> as a result \u2013 just over R2, 200<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s expensive, granted, but it can do a heck of a lot, a lot more than the standard Xbox One controller for sure.<\/p>\n

Most of the additional functionality comes down to the hardware implemented, but since its release, a good deal of Xbox One owners have asked why aren\u2019t the standard controllers remappable?<\/p>\n

The ability to remap the controller should come down to software rather than hardware, so why not allow all controllers to remap their buttons \u2013 it\u2019d be a definite win for Microsoft.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, we will be getting that very feature for non-Elite controllers.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/XboxQwik\/status\/650674400786694144<\/p>\n

The feature, reports Ars Technica<\/a>, \u201cwill allow Xbox users to reassign the buttons on their controller to their liking, including\u00a0swapping around the placement of buttons like A and B. Button remapping came to the PlayStation 4 earlier this year via the 2.50 firmware update.\u201d<\/p>\n

Microsoft hasn\u2019t confirmed exactly when the feature will drop, but we suspect it will be soon.<\/p>\n

If you think about it, the increased speed and improved user interface thanks to the new Xbox One experience<\/a>, Xbox 360 backwards compatibility and button remapping makes for a really appealing collection of features for the Xbox One.<\/p>\n

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In other news<\/strong><\/h3>\n

New Xbox One UI is faster than PS4<\/a><\/p>\n

Get a free copy of FIFA 16 with your Xbox One purchase<\/a><\/p>\n

Xbox One Elite Controller is priced locally: releases October 31st<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Throw in Xbox 360 backwards compatibility and the improved Xbox One experience, and you’ve got a serious competitor on your hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":81974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[9148,15906,4734,91,1969,16024,10065],"class_list":["post-81972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-xbox","tag-controller","tag-elite-controller","tag-gamepad","tag-microsoft","tag-news-2","tag-remappable","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81972\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}