Credit: Mitch WallaceIt’s a wild time to be an original Xbox fan. Beyond the recent influx of backward compatibility Xbox One updates for old games, the 2001 console’s notorious hulking Duke controller is returning to store shelves almost 20 years after first being introduced. Even the weight is really similar to the original Duke. Then there’s perhaps the coolest and most significant change: When pressed, the giant Xbox jewel in the middle of the peripheral plays the original Xbox console start-up animation via a built-in LCD screen. I know the Xbox start-up animation is just a gimmick, but it pays homage to a time when the original Xbox was going to have screens embedded in its controllers, and I love everything about that history.

Source: Forbes May 04, 2018 20:37 UTC