# xbox has finally addressed the alligator shortage

- Link: https://tacobout.online/2026/11/05/xbox-series-x-bite-artificial-alligator/
- Published: 2026-11-05T10:30:00-06:00
- Author: schwegler

Xbox has put a working Series X inside an artificial alligator more than five feet
long. The controller sits between its jaws, complete with bite marks. Somewhere,
a perfectly adequate black rectangle has lost another argument with marketing.

Creature specialists John Nolan Studio built the one-off Series X-BITE using modeling,
sculpting and fabrication. The studio’s credits include _Jurassic World Dominion_
and _The Witcher_, which explains why this particular console enclosure has rather
more presence than the usual plastic shell.

Xbox says the hardware works, then recommends the creation primarily as a display
piece. That feels about right. It is an impressively elaborate object whose most
obvious function is making every other thing in the room look insufficiently committed.

[Watch Xbox’s official trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJptn7J1xeI) · [Xbox’s announcement](https://news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/11/03/xbox-series-x-bite-console-sweepstakes/?noamp=mobile).
Found via [Hypebeast](https://hypebeast.com/2026/11/xbox-debuts-series-x-bite-working-console-inside-alligator-release-info).

Featured image: illustrative standard Xbox controllers, not the X-BITE build. [Photo by AlexZade / Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xbox_Wireless_Controllers_(Xbox_Series_X_Blue_Controller,_Xbox_One_X_Black_Controller).jpg),
[CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Resized for display;
the image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0. Video: Xbox.