So Seamus Blackley posted these on twitter, the first designs for the original Xbox controller from Nov. 1999
But why stop there, I thought it would be cool to carry on with some more, heres the Playstation 1
Theres way more out there, feel free to post and discuss them, ill try to keep adding more
Notice the VMU and swirls? They seem to have had a really heavy Dreamcast influence back then, say what you want about the Duke and beyond but i'm happy as hell we got those instead.
But why stop there, I thought it would be cool to carry on with some more, heres the Playstation 1
the purple outline seems to hint an NA Super Nintendo influence, not surprising considering how the Playstation was born. It's weird how this DNA spreads
This ones an easy guess, the Gamecube controller looked a bit lankier
Theres way more out there, feel free to post and discuss them, ill try to keep adding more