Xbox One to Support 8 Controllers at Once

[NatureSun]

Microsoft has revealed the Xbox One will support up to eight wireless controllers at once.

An update to the peripheral's product page reveals that the controllers will also boast a 30 foot wireless range.

Source: Xbox One to Support Eight Controllers at Once - IGN

 

[Jaymun]

That's a really cool feature, it could make for some awesome offline multiplayer, it allows for enough people that you could actually do fun offline games of things like Halo

 

[GetFresh]

That sounds crazy, double the amount of players from the regular 360. I imagine it would only be useful for people with huge televisions though, maybe 60 inches or more. Eight people playing on a 22 inch TV would be complete hell for me.

 

[crazyduck]

That is not good unless you had a cinema screen. On a 40" TV it is small now for 2 players, but 8 on a 40" even worse. Also sometimes I play round a mates house and he has a 20" TV and you can't hardly see, so having 8 players on that screen would be hell. You would have to have a magnifying glass.

 

[BlackSolaris]

Ok, one thing is having 4 people, which is fun and still controllable, but how do you expect 8 people in the same room, looking at the same screen? That is just a little too overboard.

...and how many games are even going to support this.

 

[corporatenoun]

I imagine it's best suited for sports games. I can't really comprehend any TV in my house splitting into 8 screens.

Do you think they'll support one console for multiple TVs? That'd be a cool idea for something like offline 4v4 deathmatch.

 

[Esperahol]

You can have over eight people play on the system, but they can't pack two controllers in a blasted box... Seriously.

 

[pxyc]

That should make for some interesting split screen gameplay I thought it was bad playing with 2 people on the same screen! Jeez, I'm gonna need a 100" 4K TV soon if I want to play with 8 other people.

 

[Mikey Paine]

I certainly can't imagine splitting my TV into 8 smaller screens, but hey, it's a nice feature. If it ever become relevant, than good. If not, no one gets hurt.