Xbox One Can Support Up to Eight Controllers

<p>It would seem that the Xbox One can support up to eight controllers at one time&comma; according to an update to the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;xbox&period;com&sol;en-US&sol;xbox-one&sol;accessories&sol;controllers&sol;wireless-controller">controller&&num;8217&semi;s product page<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For comparison&comma; the Xbox 360 can support up to four controllers&comma; while the PlayStation 3 can support seven&period; It is currently unknown how many the PlayStation 4 will support&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I doubt that Xbox One games will support eight-player local co-op &lpar;imagine N&plus; with that&excl;&rpar;&comma; as I&&num;8217&semi;m more inclined to believe that this is for situations where four people are playing&comma; then&comma; when they&&num;8217&semi;re done&comma; players 3 and 4 can drop out so that players 5 and 6 can jump in on the fun&period; Some people prefer to play with their own controllers&comma; so this could eliminate the small issue where players are swapping out with each other and passing off controllers&period; Or maybe it&&num;8217&semi;s not that and I&&num;8217&semi;m making up problems&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The product page also notes that controllers will have a range of 30ft&comma; which is useful if you&&num;8217&semi;re say&comma; playing online but what to go to the bathroom&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;