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Quick Question About Xbox 360 Controllers

InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
edited October 2010 in Games and Technology
Just a quick question, I've been wanting to purchase an Xbox 360 controller for use on my PC, specifically a wired one so I don't have to go about the hassle of purchasing batteries once in a while, and my room isn't very big anyway.

I know there are the white ones that says Xbox 360 Controller for Windows, but I've also seen black wired ones, which I think are aesthetically more pleasant. However, these black ones don't come with the "for Windows" thing and I'd like to ask the kind folks of Penny Arcade as to whether you guys know if the black ones will work, or if any wired Xbox 360 controller will work for the PC. Thanks!

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  • AdusAdus Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Doesn't matter. Any official wired controller for the 360 should work on Windows. If you have Vista or 7 you won't even need to set anything up.

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  • MorvidusMorvidus Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    What's even better is being able to use the Xbox 360 headset plugged into your controller as a mic.

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  • InzignaInzigna Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Fantastic guys, thanks a lot!

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  • ArrathArrath Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Morvidus wrote: »
    What's even better is being able to use the Xbox 360 headset plugged into your controller as a mic.

    Son of a bitch why didn't i think of that.

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  • greeblegreeble Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    The xbox 360 headset is pretty shitty though... still I guess if you are going to be using the controller its convenient. (I use a usb based 3D headset with mic, it was less than $50 on sale)

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  • MorkathMorkath Registered User, __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2010
    Adus wrote: »
    Doesn't matter. Any official wired controller for the 360 should work on Windows. If you have Vista or 7 you won't even need to set anything up.

    If I remember correctly the "games for windows" versions of the controllers had the drivers in the controller, so when you plugged it into winXP or earlier it would just work, rather than having to download the driver.
    As already mentioned this shouldn't be necessary in win7.

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  • DelzhandDelzhand Hard to miss. Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    This is tangentially related - I have a PC 360 gamepad, and the d-pad is starting to shit out. Does anyone know if that new version of the pad with the dpad that turns and locks down will be available for PC?

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  • Zilla360Zilla360 21st Century. |She/Her| Trans* Woman In Aviators Firing A Bazooka. ⚛️Registered User regular
    edited October 2010
    Delzhand wrote: »
    This is tangentially related - I have a PC 360 gamepad, and the d-pad is starting to shit out. Does anyone know if that new version of the pad with the dpad that turns and locks down will be available for PC?
    It will work, as the all do, regardless. They all use the USB HID spec.
    Internally they just do further refinements as regards die size/manufacturing processes:
    http://www.tested.com/how-to-take-apart-an-xbox-360-gamepad/47-85/

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