Popping off those plastic panels reveals what looks like a neat little assembly, complete with four haptic feedback motors.

But once we start to extract the beast, we see the truth: Unless you're handy with a soldering iron, this is an all-or-nothing disassembly procedure.

We decided to pick option "all" and just lay everything out, still connected.

Beauty is only skin-deep, and so too are this controller's physical changes. Inside, it's largely the same design as the original Xbox One controller—our guides should be relevant for both models.