The launch of the Xbox Adaptive Controller was a complete success for Microsoft, not only because it worked really well, but also because it marked a before and after for the community in terms of accessibility. However, the reality could have been very different, and it is that now we have been able to know that Microsoft almost canceled the Xbox Adaptive Controller.
As we have been able to find out thanks to the colleagues at TheVerge, Redmond came close to canceling the release of the driver, according to Robin Seiler, corporate vice president of Windows and devices at Microsoft. “There was a time when the Xbox controller that was designed for accessibility was on the cut list,” Seiler said, as the company was managing budgets and was canceling funding for some products.
Microsoft almost canceled the Xbox Adaptive Controller
The vice president went on to assure that “Across all teams, Xbox and Surface, we said, ‘No, this is really important to the world. It’s not about revenue or brand positioning; it’s important that people can play if they want'”, which finally caused the device to go ahead, and end up reaching the market.
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Apparently, the Xbox Adaptive Controller came about after brainstorming within Microsoft, and it was something that was redefined over the years and the passage of prototypes and concepts. The step was such that several company employees decided to improve their efforts to increase the company’s accessibility options, and this was the perfect way. In fact, Seiler says that employees from China manufacturing, Redmond design, and the Xbox team teamed up to make it a reality.
Therefore, thanks to the insistence of the workers, the fact that Microsoft almost canceled the Xbox Adaptive Controller was forgotten, and that has caused that, since then, the company is becoming a Authentic example of accessibility options for its users, both in relation to Xbox and in Surface or Windows.