XBox 360 Wireless Controller on a PC

The wireless controller charge cable is only that - a charge cable. The controller continues to communicate wirelessly with your console even when plugged in.

What you want is the Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows, available later this year...

for those of us in canada,

futureshop has this product listed on the their website, as available Feb 6th/07

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0665000FS10084538&catid=&test%5Fcookie=1

same at bestbuy

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10084538&catid=23563

I'm glad i didnt go buy a wired controller!

I got mine today :) (in stock at Future Shop)

Installed the Software (check) (XPPro 32bit)

plugged in wireless gaming receiver (check) (front USB - since the back is full lol), and it works fine.

You go thru the same connection procedure as for linking the wireless controller with the 360

There is even a little app the appears when you hit the big(X) on the controller, that shows battery indicator (you cant move it on the screen though, its locked in the lower middle of the screen - lol) but click big(X) again and it goes away.

my only wishlist item, is that you could turn the controller power off with a button, like you can on the 360

so what, I gotta unplug the batteries or let it time out and go to sleep

made a Windows version of the SpaceWar Starter kit, and presto, using the controller with the default controller button scheme.

neato. we'll see how this helps develop games.................um....

if we build games to take input from an xbox controller (aka gamepad), will that work for other gamepads (like logitech etc)

DarthFahza wrote:

if we build games to take input from an xbox controller (aka gamepad), will that work for other gamepads (like logitech etc)

No

that's funny

I have 2 as well, but the only time the second gets used is when my brother comes to visit.