xbox controller on a PC

james.miller · 1 Nov 2008 at 17:37

Robert1986 said:
Wrong advice? Its not wrong advice, a lot of others have had problems with the wireless receiver. Do a google search and just read the amount of threads people post on forums about how poor it is.

vastly outweighed by the amount of people who havent had problems. to call it junk is far too far fetched.

Jack Bauer · 1 Nov 2008 at 18:22

Couldnt find one anyway, I will go down to the nottingam tomorrow and pick one up. It wont be the wireless one tho as its for the kids and they have a habit of breaking things, so the cheaper the better.

mr griffin · 1 Nov 2008 at 20:00

I got a 360 contoller - wired one is great for somes games like race driver grid

works great on vista 64 too

londonbairn · 1 Nov 2008 at 20:12

I know it is effectively monopolising PC controllers but I am impressed with the way games on the PC are preset to work with the controller seamlessly. I really hated having to assign loads and loads of combinations to a controller and messages in game saying "Press button 26" whereas the games have it like Press A in green which makes it far better.

This is one main reason why I see no point in owning a Xbox and a decent PC simultaneously.

skullman · 1 Nov 2008 at 20:30

Robert1986 said:
The wireless reciever is a piece of junk, avoid at all costs.

Too late

Think we discussed this in another thread but yeah your right...piece of junk.

alex24 · 1 Nov 2008 at 21:23

I have the wireless controller and reciever on my pc and have used it with no problems from day 1. This is on XP and Vista 64. Personally I think it's a great controller, and it's nice not to be tied down. Just my opinion if it's worth anything!

Confused · 3 Nov 2008 at 12:05

I've got a wireless 360 pad with the Crossfire adapter - worked perfectly from day 1, and is great for stuff like GRID and the LEGO games

Just need to buy a 2nd wireless controller now so I can play LEGO Batman with the GF

muttclugg · 3 Nov 2008 at 12:19

I have been using the normal 360 controller with my PC and it works perfeck

mrk · 3 Nov 2008 at 12:23

Is there any new Mortal Kombat type games coming for the PC? it's the only reason I'd buy a 2nd wireless 360 pad for that kind of game

uv · 3 Nov 2008 at 12:49

Never had a single issue with my wireless 360 pad. Or Aekeron's 2 wireless 360 pads. They've always worked flawlessly for myself, and if the pads had a dualshock style D-pad, they'd be the ultimate controller

apatia77 · 3 Nov 2008 at 12:57

I have used wireless 360 controller + the receiver but sometimes, very often it will just disconnect, the pad will switch itself off even though it is fully charged, this is driving me crazy, the only way to prevent the controller switching off is to use the usb charger that i bough ages ago to charge my controllers, so i have it constanlty on charge.

Any idea why this is happening to me?

Kelt · 3 Nov 2008 at 14:18

mrk said:
Is there any new Mortal Kombat type games coming for the PC? it's the only reason I'd buy a 2nd wireless 360 pad for that kind of game

Fallout 3 and Dead Space are brilliant with the 360 pad.

Robert1986 · 3 Nov 2008 at 14:31

Street Fighter 4 is coming out this winter for the PC. Would be better to play that with a 360 pad, or even better, an arcade stick.

FoxEye · 3 Nov 2008 at 14:38

rafster said:
I know it is effectively monopolising PC controllers

MS do make quality hardware. The 360 pad is almost flawless. Although it makes my left hand ache after several hours.

I've owned a few PC pads over the years. Before the 360 pad, the only one I had that was half-decent was the original Sidewinder, again by MS. PC pads have normally been junk.

Robert1986 · 3 Nov 2008 at 14:44

FoxEye said:
MS do make quality hardware. The 360 pad is almost flawless.

Have you heard of this thing called an xbox 360?

Microsoft are a software company.

Alty · 3 Nov 2008 at 14:46

james.miller said:
vastly outweighed by the amount of people who havent had problems. to call it junk is far too far fetched.

+1

AWPC · 3 Nov 2008 at 16:43

apatia77 said:
I have used wireless 360 controller + the receiver but sometimes, very often it will just disconnect, the pad will switch itself off even though it is fully charged, this is driving me crazy, the only way to prevent the controller switching off is to use the usb charger that i bough ages ago to charge my controllers, so i have it constanlty on charge.

Any idea why this is happening to me?

Usually its a lose connection caused by removing the battery piece too often. Just reseat it and it goes away.

FoxEye · 3 Nov 2008 at 17:13

Robert1986 said:
Have you heard of this thing called an xbox 360? Microsoft are a software company.

Yeah I guess what I really meant to say is MS do make quality PC peripherals.

The 360 itself is just OK, given the amount of failures it has.

And I'm including the 360 controller in "PC hardware" since it works natively with Windows. Heck, device manager will fetch and install the software for you if you ask it to.

apatia77 · 3 Nov 2008 at 17:56

AWPC said:
Usually its a lose connection caused by removing the battery piece too often. Just reseat it and it goes away.

Thanks, I will try that.

FrenchTart · 3 Nov 2008 at 19:49

FoxEye said:
MS do make quality hardware. The 360 pad is almost flawless. Although it makes my left hand ache after several hours.

I've owned a few PC pads over the years. Before the 360 pad, the only one I had that was half-decent was the original Sidewinder, again by MS. PC pads have normally been junk.

I agree with you for the most part - PC gamepads are generally awful (the sidewinder I had was OK I guess) and I usually resort to console pads + converters.