# Microsoft Thinks Xbox ‘Pioneered’ Dual Analogue Controllers

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/microsoft-thinks-xbox-pioneered-dual-analogue-controllers/
- Published: 2026-11-12T19:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T20:54:05+00:00
- Original publisher: Push Square
- Original article: https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2026/11/microsoft-thinks-xbox-pioneered-dual-analogue-controllers
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming

## Key points

- Microsoft credited Xbox with pioneering dual analogue controllers.
- The PS1 had dual analogue controls years earlier.
- The Dreamcast introduced pressure-sensitive triggers in 1999.

## Summary

Microsoft’s Xbox 25th anniversary blog post said the original Xbox “pioneered dual analogue controllers”, but the article says that claim is inaccurate. The distinction matters because Sony’s PlayStation consoles had already established dual analogue controls before Xbox launched.

The original Xbox launched on 15 November 2001. The article says dual analogue controllers appeared on the PS1 four years earlier, and the DualShock was included as standard with the PS2 in 2000. It also notes that the Dreamcast introduced pressure-sensitive triggers in 1999, so the phrase may not refer to triggers either.

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