Xbox 360 Controller Incompatible with Xbox One

[Callate]

Well actually I couldn't care less about games released by MS (I have the PC versions of GoW and first 2 Halos and they totally keep the sequels). However MS peripherals are always state of the art. I have a cheap MS keyboard which is awesome, a MS-produced Razer mouse which is better than anything Razer itself makes, and the MS wireless X360 controller which is also the best I've ever tried.

And also the streamlined Games for Windows APIs which make every game compatible with this controller is pretty kick-ass too - well except some troubles with the wireless version... sigh. Still better then fiddling with the old-school joystick drivers of old.

Fair enough. I tend to favor Logitech, myself, but I have heard good things about the 360 controllers.

Still, given the features that Microsoft is touting as the reason for the incompatibility between 360 and One controllers, it's a little hard for me to see how a One controller would particularly advantage a PC user over the 360 version. The big headliners seem to be things that are specifically designed to interface with the One/Kinect itself, and would thus almost certainly be useless to a PC user barring what would almost certainly be a third-party jimmying.

 

[Seracen]

I just hope they don't stop supporting the old controller for pc.

 

[bug_of_war]

why wont you let me be anal about something that i will be holding in my hand for over 10.000 hours? yes, thats almost 14 months straight. im sure i want this to be comfortable if i am going to hold it for so long.

How can you possibly know how comfortable it is simply by looking at it? Granted, it does look bigger than the previous controller, but still it's a controller and no one has even given it a chance. If you're planning on owning the console and playing it for 14 solid straight months then why are you complaining about it's comfort when NOTHING but pictures and information has been released to the public? You could say it looks awkward, but how in the hell can you possibly gage how comfortable it is?

 

[Nikolaz72]

Boy more money for controllers, less money for games.

Customers get less entertainment.
Develoeprs get less money.
Microsoft get more money.

Everyone wins!

 

[Strazdas]

why wont you let me be anal about something that i will be holding in my hand for over 10.000 hours? yes, thats almost 14 months straight. im sure i want this to be comfortable if i am going to hold it for so long.

How can you possibly know how comfortable it is simply by looking at it? Granted, it does look bigger than the previous controller, but still it's a controller and no one has even given it a chance. If you're planning on owning the console and playing it for 14 solid straight months then why are you complaining about it's comfort when NOTHING but pictures and information has been released to the public? You could say it looks awkward, but how in the hell can you possibly gage how comfortable it is?

because i am able to see its shape? and i have experience to say that such shapes are not confortable to keep in hand?

Umm.. It doesn't require an online connection (at least all the time, its still unclear but its not defined as a fact yet). The PS4 isn't backward compatible and the Wii U is shit, and why the Kinect hate? Its free with the system? Only REAL argument you have is the used game fee and that will change by launch...

Well if it requires a login once a day as most people think by now then people who have no internet is screwed. also anyone who does not want to be controlled by MS is also screwed since MS can pretty much do ANYTHING it wants once a day. even film you on your living room. Thats where Kinect comes in. its basically a high-res webcam that is on 24/7 in your living room. wana bet how long it will take till someone finds a way in and starts making porn with it? and its not free with the system. you dont buy Xbone. you buy a packpage of Xbone+kinect. if you were to be albe to buy without kinect it would be cheaper. alas, no such option. and not to mentio you have to keep it on and eating your power suplpy that you pay for for it to do aboslutely nothing.

 

[bug_of_war]

because i am able to see its shape? and i have experience to say that such shapes are not confortable to keep in hand?

That still seems like a poor excuse, but fuck it, if you don't like it than who am I to try and change your opinion.

 

[Petromir]

This makes sense. The current XBox 360 controller is not designed for watching television, which would degrade your XBone television watching experience.

I'm intrigued as to how adding more feedback to a few controls and reducing latency makes it better for watching TV?

On topic this is hardly a surprise. In fact outside of Nintendo its par for the course. Oh and my 360 ones are getting a bit dog-eared.

Neither looks that great, but I may well get both (first generation I'll be doing so unless the PS3 has another price drop), for a combination of gaming with the wife, media center style functions (especially 4k as a quick look at media player prices suggests that getting both may well be only slightly more than one of sonys stand alone ones) and the odd exclusive.

Damn I'm going to need some serious HDMI inputtage in the future.