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Xbox One: Controller key assignment soon freely configurable

The key assignment of the controller of the Xbox One is likely to soon be fully configurable. Then the player will be able to decide freely what happens in the game when a certain button is pressed. Some wonder: Why is this now?

To all appearances, the integration in Windows is not the get 10 the only new software, it Xbox owners to do soon. This can be found in a Twitter message from Mike Ybarra from the Microsoft Gaming team. The announced for the elite controllers function is available on all gamepads the Xbox One. This also means that you do not necessarily need to set the right costly new controller if one is sharp only on the possibility of individual key assignment.

Keys on the Xbox One not only convenience
The ability to map the buttons completely to your own preferences and the commands in the game, is not just a matter of convenience. For players with physical limitations this may be the only way to be able to gamble a game at all. And since the games manufacturers rarely allow in their titles the individual key assignments, it makes sense that the console manufacturers Microsoft On the subject now. Sony has the function this year - although unnoticed by many PS4 owners - already introduced with an update of the software and Microsoft now makes it after.

When exactly the function for all Xbox One controller will be at the start, is unknown - Mike Ybarra said only, "It is coming soon". Originally Microsoft had announced the possibility of new key assignment for its new elite controllers. Moreover, this exclusive gamepad also has removable parts to an individualization in an entirely different
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