Xbox is going a bit 90s with its new transparent blue Sky Cipher controller
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Microsoft’s ever-expanding line-up of special edition Xbox wireless controllers has increased yet again, this time with the new transparent blue Sky Cipher – which (as well as looking like something straight out of the 90s, when tech wasn’t worth a jot if it wasn’t at least partially see-through) also heralds the introduction of new eco-friendly controller packaging.
Of course, a new Xbox controller reveal wouldn’t be the same without at least some attempt to sex up what’s very much just more of the same in a different colour, and the Sky Cipher Special Edition – with its metallic innards visible through blue plastic – is described as “exuding an aura of sophistication and futuristic appeal.”
It also sports sky blue metallic triggers, a matching D-pad circled by a ring of dark blue, a set of “two-tone” thumbsticks – sky blue at the base, dark blue near the top – and sky blue rubberised grips on the rear. Battery life should last around 40 hours, it’s got the usual 3.5mm audio jack, and works with Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PC, iOS, Android, and Cloud Gaming devices.
