Microsoft working to fix annoying Xbox Series X controller glitch

Microsoft working to gear up abrasive Xbox Series X controller glitch

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The Xbox Series 10 has one particularly annoying glitch that could disrupt your next marathon session, and information technology'due south so bones that y'all'll probably exist disappointed that this is nonetheless happening on a "adjacent-gen" console.

In a Microsoft forum thread titled "XBOX Series Ten Controller keeps disconnecting," users are reporting the about frustrating of issues: the system keeps cutting off their controllers. Fortunately, Microsoft is on it.

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The original mail from user PanayiotisIoannou explains the issue simply: "when I load Assassins Creed Valhalla though, the controller keeps connecting and disconnecting on its own. So for example, within 10 seconds it connects and disconnects nigh five times which makes the game unplayable."

In that same thread, user dirthurts notes that information technology's besides affecting PC gamers, writing, "this trouble notwithstanding affects PC BTW. MS is acting like they stock-still it through an 'optional update' just information technology is withal here."

That mail service, which went upwards on Nov. 13, 2020, has at present ballooned to a 43-page thread. And it also defenseless Microsoft'due south attention. A representative from the company told The Verge that it is "aware some players may be experiencing disconnects with their new Xbox Wireless Controllers and our teams are actively working on a solution to be included in a future update."

And every bit for how widespread this issues is, the "I have the same question" counter is currently at one,772 at the time of publishing.

We should note that nosotros did not feel this effect during our Xbox Series 10 review testing.

Hopefully Microsoft pushes out an update for this consequence soon — as information technology'southward the kind of flaw that could lead to controllers being thrown in a heated friction match of Call of Duty: Black Ops Common cold War.

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