It seems that a white Xbox X Series controller leaked online. An image of the white controller appeared on Reddit over the weekend, before the poster deleted her account and the image. Identified only as “Wolfy_Wizzardo,” the Reddit user claimed to have taken the photo at a party in Washington state hosted by the son of a Microsoft employee. Before the account removal, the Reddit account had been commenting and posting on topics in Seattle, Washington for months.
The controller itself includes the new D-pad on the Xbox Series X controller, along with the new share button that Microsoft is shipping on next-generation controllers. We spoke to the Reddit user before their account was deleted, and they stated that the associated console was also white and “looked more square and the Xbox button looked bigger.”
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They also claim to have played games on the console, and that the interface still resembled the Xbox One user interface. Microsoft largely sticks to the same Xbox board that ships with Xbox One, with a few minor tweaks to enable new functions like Quick Resume.
Some speculate that this white Xbox controller could indicate the existence of a second next-gen Xbox. Microsoft is rumored to launch its second cheapest next-gen Xbox (codenamed Lockhart) in August. It’s unclear if the white controller and console are genuine or not, but if they exist and belong to a Microsoft employee, then it could just be a special edition Xbox Series X. Microsoft created a white Xbox One exclusively for employees who worked on the console when shipped in 2013.
We reached out to Microsoft to comment on the mysterious white Xbox controller, and will update it accordingly.
