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xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« on: February 03, 2006, 01:18:14 pm »
does anyone know if the xbox 360 wireless controller will work with a pc?
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 02:20:06 pm »
No, there's no receiver for the pc.
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 11:17:49 pm »
oh, I didnt know the xbox 360 had it built in. I wonder if the windows media center remote reciever would work?
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2006, 11:36:26 pm »
Quote from: muell67 on February 03, 2006, 11:17:49 pm
oh, I didnt know the xbox 360 had it built in. I wonder if the windows media center remote reciever would work?

assumign you had an IR for it and had drivers, remote would work..

I have a wired 360 controler for my pc.. works great.. wireless would be nice, true, but meh.. :)
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2006, 06:20:48 am »
It's interesting that the wired ones appear to work.

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Micro$oft had built some sort of encryption into the 360 controllers to try and prevent third party manufacturers from making their own clone controllers for the 360 (yet more anti-competitive BS from Micro$oft >:().I assumed this would also prevent the controllers from being used on a PC.

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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2006, 09:38:30 am »
Quote from: Grasshopper on February 04, 2006, 06:20:48 am
It's interesting that the wired ones appear to work.

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that Micro$oft had built some sort of encryption into the 360 controllers to try and prevent third party manufacturers from making their own clone controllers for the 360 (yet more anti-competitive BS from Micro$oft >:().I assumed this would also prevent the controllers from being used on a PC.




MS' plan from the very get go was to have the 360 wired controller available also for PC. It is part of their XNA thing.


For those that want a wireless controller for PC, I highly recommend the Logitech Cordless Precision controller for Xbox. It modifies real easy for PC (Just replace the Xbox plug with a standard USB one), and it is an excellent controller.


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MS didn't do anything to prevent 3rd parties from making controllers for Xbox.

They just made it so they couldn't make them without paying the licensing. MS are selling the 360 WELL below cost, and they need to actually make money on the thing somehow.


« Last Edit: February 04, 2006, 09:43:51 am by versapak »
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2006, 02:23:19 pm »
http://www.yurka.org/  here is a game for you to monkey with on your pc with a wired xbox 360 controller. Its a clone of Geoemetry Wars.
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Re: xbox 360 wireless controller for pc
« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2006, 06:03:19 pm »
Quote from: NIVO on February 05, 2006, 02:23:19 pm
http://www.yurka.org/  here is a game for you to monkey with on your pc with a wired xbox 360 controller. Its a clone of Geoemetry Wars.

Quality :)
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