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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:21 am

Xbox controller on PC?

If I have a Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, and I also have the USB charger for it, can I use it on my PC to play emulators and other things of the sort?

Think it's a good idea for when Im not playing halo lol
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 8:35 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

To be honest I don't remember, I know the wired ones work fine but I want to say that you can't use a wireless one without the extra dongle that M$ makes.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 9:03 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

if it helps, a wireless controller with a charger on it plugged into the 360 is recognized as a controller (like while its charging)

So I'm assuming it would work.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:28 am

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I actually am 90% sure you can. I think you might need to find and install the drivers but thats about it.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:38 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

um.. it should Win 7 recognizes it as it a gaming controller, so use it.

if your wanting something for say.... steam games, go torrent xPadder. its great.

you cant do it wirelessly cuz it isnt bluetooth. if it was a ps3 controller you can do it like that.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 11:55 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

Well my PC doesnt have bluetooth so would that matter? like a ps3 cont would still connect or no?
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 1:34 pm

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btw we have the windows driver for the ps3 controller in the downloads section :)
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:35 pm

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

Plug & Play, boi!
I did this two nights ago with Halo 1 and a 360 controller. I think Vista and up automatically detects it.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 2:37 pm

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

Ahhh maybe that was it, I believe I probably tried it with XP then? I dunno know, it's been forever since I tried.
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Post Sun Oct 10, 2010 4:51 pm

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xp wont identify

and a ps3 controller works plugged in.
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Post Sun Oct 17, 2010 4:02 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

Sadly it depends on the age of the Play and Charge actually. "Play and charge" means play while charging not play by charging (if you get what I mean). Mine, a year old, wouldnt allow me to play on my laptop (Win 7). Newer ones supposedly allow you too.
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Post Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:13 pm

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

BKFraiders7 wrote:Sadly it depends on the age of the Play and Charge actually. "Play and charge" means play while charging not play by charging (if you get what I mean). Mine, a year old, wouldnt allow me to play on my laptop (Win 7). Newer ones supposedly allow you too.

As far as i am cencerned, it can work in win 7.
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Post Fri Aug 05, 2011 7:42 am

Re: Xbox controller on PC?

So...

XBox wired = works (auto on vista / 7) needs drivers on rest
XBox wireless = requires MS dongle

PS3 wired = works (driver available in download section... may Plug and play depending on OS computer)
PS3 wireless - http://davieslim.wordpress.com/2008/09/ ... bluetooth/ (install and setup drivers)
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Post Fri Aug 05, 2011 4:47 pm

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It pisses me off...

A wireless controller is more expensive than a wired controller and you can use a wired controller without anything but you need to purchase more stuff with a wireless one. -__-
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Post Sat Aug 06, 2011 6:56 am

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hehe ya. but you only need one MS wireless dongle for all your controllers. if you look on amazon you can get some weird colors pretty cheap.
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