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Interesting times once more as Microsoft unveil the new Xbox 360 controller. One of the major changes (at least in the shots available on the internet right now) appears to be the demise of the colour coded button scheme replacing them with grey buttons.

Grey buttons!

Will this mean that the rash of “press the corresponding coloured button to match the corresponding colour” games that XBLIG features will be unusable for people with the new controller?

Perhaps it’s time to ensure dev’s doing a colour matching/colour button game ensure the controller legends are in place. Workable if admittedly a tad more unintuitive but on the bright side, so much nicer for colour blind folks to use regardless.

Of course, it could be that it’s just a special edition color scheme, it’s perhaps a little too early to tell.

The potential plus point of the controller is that the D-pad “transforms” into a cross pad. Whether this makes a noticeable difference or not remains to be seen, we’re hopeful though.. The proof, as ever, is in the erm controller really. There’s no pudding here. Although if anyone wants to send us some pudding, you know where we are.

The controller is due to hit the US in November.

Pics and demonstration on Joystiq.