Gamecube Controller with no buttons

The Gamecube Controller with no buttons is an item which was at the centre of "Buttongate" (otherwise known as the Button cover-up, Balmer's Folly or the Great Cube Hullabaloo). The controller was seen in the opening of the Xbox One reveal event, during a video montage. The controller is found during one montage clip, where a woman sits behind a man, presumably her son (or neglectful boyfriend), and talks to camera. In this scene, the controller is shown at the bottom of the frame, beside two other controllers, both of which have a normal amount of buttons. #microsoftwherearethegamecubebuttons trended worldwide the entire weekend after the event, showing just how controversial the whole thing was.

Kyle has two potential theories as to the existence of this controller anomaly:

1) The man featured in the video owns a Gamecube Controller with no buttons

2) Microsoft paid to have the buttons removed using special computer effects (to an approx. cost of $2.1m)

It is widely accepted that the latter is the more likely reality, with Microsoft attempting to show off their ability to remove buttons as they see fit. There were concerns for many years that Sony was also working on a Gamecube Controller with no buttons, but these rumours were baseless. Some people believe Kyle used the Gamecube Controller with no buttons as a metaphor for DRM, but this is clearly not the case.

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