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Some games are just designed all up for PC, like it or not.

World of Warcraftissort of playable with a controller.

World of Warcraft

Some World of Warcraft classes play a bit like a musical instrument, although some require fewer keybindings than others.

Those devices already have keyboard mapping, though.

So, how would this new feature benefit games like World of Warcraft in this scenario?

It’s all about modifiers, baby.

Xbox Elite Series 2 Core…

Some World of Warcraft classes play a bit like a musical instrument, although some require fewer keybindings than others.

Binding one of your inputs to SHIFT or ALT would essentially double or triple the number of available keybindings.

Some games already use the standard buttons available to create modifying control schemes, of course.

Of course, however, the issue is actually having toownone of these controllers.

Microsoft Xbox Elite Series 2…

But this move strikes me as just the first step.

Therein lies the issue, though, really.

Back buttons arenotstandard onXbox controllersright now.

Microsoft Xbox Elite Wireless…

Part of me thinks that’s absolutely the plan here.

Microsoft Xbox Wireless…

Microsoft - Elite Series 2…

World of Warcraft

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