Xbox Celebrates Scotland By Weaving Traditional Fabric Into a Limited-Edition Controller

Xbox is a gaming console brand developed and owned by Microsoft. Over the years, the company has dominated the console industry and never fails its users’ expectations with brand-new products. Not to mention, Xbox is on its way to becoming one of the world’s largest video game companies with the help of the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard $68.7 billion deal.

Furthermore, the recent Xbox Series X|S has been an enormous success for the company. According to recent reports, Xbox new-gen consoles have finally surpassed the iconic Xbox One console in the number of sales. The reports say that Xbox X|S console has generated a total of 13.87 million units while Xbox One console had 11.48 units sales.

The company is also famous for producing one of the best controllers in the market. It focuses on performance, features, quality, and accessibility. Apart from focusing best value controller in the market, Xbox also loves to support innovative ideas. Recently, Xbox released a new Scottish theme controller to celebrate its 20 Years in Scotland.

Xbox releases unique Tartan controller to thank the Scotland community for 20 successful years

Microsoft thanked the 20th anniversary of the original Xbox console’s launch in Scotland in a unique way. The company has released the brand-new tartan theme controller to respect the traditional Scottish culture. The controller is produced by Gordon Nicholson Kiltmakers and woven by Lochcarron, Scotland’s oldest weaving mill.

Furthermore, it’s a hand-crafted, ultra-custom controller meaning the tartan isn’t printed on plastic either, as the actual material was laid on top of the controller. Gordon, the owner of Gordon Nicholson Kiltmakers, said, ” I was very excited and honored to be asked in the first place. I looked at it as a challenge to get a tartan, which is going to be quite unique onto a controller.”

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Emma, who works as the Kilt Maker at Gordon Nicholson Kiltmakers, left her views on the building process. She said, “This tartan was by far one of the most exciting but one of the most challenging that we have designed. It was so intricate.”

Indeed, the unique tartan Xbox controller has received a lot of love from the Scotland community. It’s quite impressive how Microsoft decided to use the traditional aspect of tartan to celebrate its 20 years in Scotland. What are your thoughts on the recent Tartan Xbox controller? Let us know in the comments down below.

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