https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2021-01-07-no-microsoft-isnt-forced-to-use-batteries-in-xbox-controllers-because-of-a-deal-with-duracell
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No, Microsoft isn't forced to use batteries in Xbox controllers because of a
deal with Duracell
微软不是因为金顶合约才在手把使用AA电池
You may have read reports which suggested Microsoft is forced to use AA
batteries in Xbox controllers because of a long-standing agreement with
Duracell.
你可能看过微软因和金顶的长期协议被迫在手把使用AA电池的报导。
Eurogamer understands this is not accurate.
据 Eurogamer 了解这并非事实。
The story was sparked by Duracell UK's marketing manager Luke Anderson, who
said the following in an interview with Gfinity blog Stealth Optional:
这则新闻来由是英国金顶行销主管 Luke Anderson 接受 Gfinity 旗下部落格
Stealth Optional 访问时的言论：
"There's always been this partnership with Duracell and Xbox... it's a
constant agreement that Duracell and Microsoft have in place.
“金顶和 Xbox 一直有合作关系……这是金顶和微软的长期协议”
"[The deal is] for OEM to supply the battery product for the Xbox consoles
and also the controllers' battery. So that [deal is] going to go on for a
while... it's been going on for a while and I think it needs to go for a
while [more]."
“（此协议就是）让 OEM 厂为 Xbox 主机以及控制器提供电池。（此协议）已经进行
了一段时间，我认为协议还需要维持更长的一段时间。”
It is true that Xbox does use Duracell batteries in its controllers, and that
the two brands have appeared together in Duracell marketing materials.
Xbox 的控制器的确采用金顶电池，两个品牌都曾出现在金顶的行销广告里。
But reports today suggested Microsoft's hand was being forced into requiring
its controllers used batteries instead of built-in rechargable packs simply
because of this partnership. This is not the case.
但有报导指出微软就因为此合作关系被迫在控制器里使用可替换电池而不是内建充电
电池，然而事实并非如此。
In a Digital Foundry interview last year with Microsoft veteran Jason Ronald,
partner director of program management at Xbox, the company discussed its
decision to once again use AA batteries in its Xbox Series S/X controller
while its competitors use rechargable battery packs as standard.
微软资深员工，Xbox 合作伙伴主管 Jason Ronald 去年接受 Digital Foundry 访问时
讨论到当他牌都使用内建充电电池时，Xbox Series X|S 控制器依旧再次使用
AA 电池的决定。
"What it comes down to is when actually talking to gamers, it's kind of
polarising and there is a strong camp that really want AAs," Ronald said. "So
just giving flexibility is the way to please both [sets of] people... You can
use a rechargeable battery pack and it works just like it does on the Elite,
[but] it is a separate thing."
Ronald表示：“这件事和玩家讨论时有点两极，有一方十分希望采用 AA 电池。所以
这是满足双方的弹性方案……你可以使用充电电池组，用起来就跟菁英控制器一样，
（但是）不是内建的。”
Simply put - there's still a large chunk of Xbox owners out there who prefer
to use batteries, and it is this thinking which drove Microsoft's decision.
Batteries, while short-lived, can also be more easily replaced than an
internal power cell, which will over time fade and die.
简单来说，还是有大量的 Xbox 玩家喜欢使用可替换电池。是这个意见才使微软下了
这个决定。可替换电池虽然不耐用，但相较内建电池可以轻松替换，不会随着时间流
失蓄电量。
Today, Microsoft issued a statement saying similar - that its decision to use
batteries was about customer choice.
今天微软发表类似声明：其决定是基于消费者的选择。
"We intentionally offer consumers choice in their battery solutions for our
standard Xbox Wireless Controllers," a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer.
"This includes the use of AA batteries from any brand, the Xbox Rechargeable
Battery, charging solutions from our partners, or a USB-C cable, which can
power the controller when plugged in to the console or PC."
微软发言人向 Eurogamer 表示：“我们刻意让消费者在一般 Xbox 控制器里自己选用
偏好的供电方式，包含使用任何品牌的 AA 电池、我们合作伙伴提供的充电电池组、
或者 USB type-C 连接线，在插入主机或 PC 时为控制器供电。”
Note the mention of "any brand", there. Despite its ever-energetic bunny
mascot, hopefully this Duracell report has run its course.
请注意微软提到了“任何品牌”。