Incredible. Stupendous. Mind-altering. Life-changing. All terms you wouldn’t use to describe Microsoft’s revelation this morning of a stylish official remote control for the Xbox One. But “A step up ...

Time was, you could plug a vast assortment of portable devices - including an iPod into your Xbox 360, and it would not only recognise the hardware in question, but also stream media from it.

If you’re looking for a controller for your computer or mobile device, you could certainly do worse than one of the latest iterations of the Xbox pad. They might not be perfect, but they’re fairly ...