Comments on: Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver for Windows

By: Gambhiri

Gambhiri — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:58:37 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Ideal for emulators
Awesome, works perfectly. It couldn’t have been any easier to install in my Dell Inspiron 530s running XP Media Center 2005(which outputs to my 60″ HDTV).

By: Zeppelin

Zeppelin — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:45:35 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Very good, easy to install and to use
Excelent product. The installation CD is not updated for Vista but you are readily prompted and directed to download the correct installation file.

By: Luz

Luz — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:48:22 +0000

2.0 out of 5 stars
Stay AWAY!
This thing kills all my USB devices on my computer. If it is unplugged your devices still won’t work & it will not sync until you restart your computer.

By: Zahur

Zahur — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:47:43 +0000

4.0 out of 5 stars
Xbox 360 to PC
I have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy so it is hard for me to use a mouse/keyboard to game on PC. I have an Xbox 360 so attaching my controller to my PC allows me to play PC games…

By: Tabor

Tabor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:59:29 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Works like a charm!
This works very well with my 360 wireless controller. The initial pairing went w/o any issues and now it connects within 1 sec of pressing on the middle X button on the joypad…

By: Estevao

Estevao — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:32:58 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
It works!
What more can I say? It works on with all windows operating systems from Windows XP to the Windows 7 Beta & RC.

By: Prita

Prita — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:37:07 +0000

3.0 out of 5 stars
Barely works.
This product only works on USB 2.0 (the high powered ones) and even then only if you unplug almost every single unnecessary USB device.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:07:29 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Handy
This is a very handy device to have if you’re making the switch (or just want to use your controller on your PC) from Xbox 360 to PC, but still want to retain your controller…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:57:23 +0000

Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars

As of this writing, the best value for this device is yet to come. Xbox 360 owners will enjoy being able to reuse all types of Xbox 360 wireless controllers on their PC games, but there are two major hangups that will have to be corrected with time.

1) It has been reported this item does not work with Vista yet. I can't comment on this.
2) The "Games for Windows" brand is just getting off the ground. As this brand evolves, each game with this logo on the box will support this controller natively. There won't be any need for mapping software. That means, for old games... you'll have to find something to map the controller.

If you are interested in XNA, get this. XNA (nutshell) is MSFT's platform for future game development, and it includes tools hobbyists can use to make games at home and play them on Windows or their Xbox 360. That makes this item a must-have if you plan to join XNA Creators Club and deploy your games onto your Xbox 360.

Still, the potential of this is really yet to be realized. XNA is in its fledgling state, even though to this point it has to be considered a success. "Games for Windows" has just a couple of titles on the shelf as of this writing, but is intended to explode by the end of the year. It might be that if you're willing to pony up for the Xbox 360 Wireless Headset and Racing Wheel, you may get more value out of this and you can use those items on your PC.

When I compared buying a wired controller versus buying this (I already had two wireless controllers), this is obviously the better value. Just consider the facts above, and look at how things have changed since this writing, and decide for yourself.

By: Xenia

Xenia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:39:28 +0000

5.0 out of 5 stars
Plug and play, it was so easy and worked perfectly!
You don’t have to be any computer smart at all. I plugged it in turned on the xbox wireless controller and started the PC game and started playing. Awesome!!!