Microsoft United States
As one of the three giants in the console market, Microsoft produces the world's best controllers and is also the manufacturer that invests the most in controller design, although it has not released accurate data, but in Venturebeat's interview with the Xbox one controller design team, it was mentioned that its controller research and development cost exceeded $100 million. According to Steam's data in September 2018, 64% of the controllers registered on the Steam platform in 2015 are from the Xbox series, with a total of nearly 40 million Xbox controllers registered. At the same time, among these gamers who registered controllers, the utilization rate of Xbox One was more than 50% higher than that of other controllers. Thanks to Microsoft's promotion of Xinput, the basic protocol of the controller, in the past decade, the Xbox controller has become the default controller for most PC games. It can be said that all the current controllers that can be plugged and played on PC are thanks to the efforts of Xbox. Microsoft has long been known for its ergonomics, with mainstream peripherals such as mice and keyboards all selling it, and the same is true for controllers. Xbox Series Controllers have been...