Thursday, August 16, 2018

The worst thing about my Xbox One is its reliance on batteries

Two Black Fridays ago, on the tail end of a holiday hangover, I succumbed to my consumer urges and bought an Xbox One. The bonus of this particular bundle was, in my bleary eyes, the console itself: a deep teal color with a slick controller to match. It arrived even more beautiful in person, with one catch: Its controller, by default, still required two AA batteries.

Microsoft’s competitors, Sony and Nintendo, sell consoles free of drugstore-shelf batteries. The Switch’s JoyCons fit snugly into the charging station powering the whole rig. Sony’s PlayStation controllers siphon power from a USB charge or the system itself. On the handheld front, both the PS Vita and the Nintendo 3DS rely on a plug-in charge. But even in 2018, not all Xbox...

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