Xbox One controller support coming to PC in 2014
The Xbox 360 controller is pretty much the unofficial PC controller too, but we won't be able to jump to the Xbox One's revamped buttonbox so easily. Official PC support isn't expected until some time in 2014, as Microsoft is making sure its basic functions are backwards-compatible and its shiny new features are supported.
The Xbox 360 controller is pretty much the unofficial PC controller too, but we won't be able to jump to the Xbox One's revamped buttonbox so easily. Official PC support isn't expected until some time in 2014, as Microsoft is making sure its basic functions are backwards-compatible and its shiny new features are supported.
"As we've stated, the Xbox One controller, although it looks similar in many ways, shares no underlying technology with the current Xbox 360 controller. New wireless protocol, combined with the ability to work in 'wired' mode, and the addition of features like Impulse triggers, means that new software has to be written and optimized for the PC," Microsoft told CVG.
"There is also some work that we need to do to make sure that existing PC games that support the Xbox 360 controller, will work with the Xbox One controller. While it seems trivial, it's actually quite a bit of dedicated work for all that to be seamless for the user."
It all sounds fair enough. Don't throw out your Xbox 360 controller just yet.
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replyAlice O'Connor posted a new article, Xbox One controller support coming to PC in 2014.
The Xbox 360 controller is pretty much the unofficial PC controller too, but we won't be able to jump to the Xbox One's revamped buttonbox so easily. Official PC support isn't expected until some time in 2014, as Microsoft is making sure its basic functions are backwards-compatible and its shiny new features are supported.-
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That is pretty damn funny
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They have to make it compatible with existing Xbox 360 supporting games and I'd assume that requires a lot of testing.
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No kidding maybe they cleaned house and dropped all the stale meat and decided for fresh new kitchen.
With all this news lately I want to do a double take, I am really happy they are changing there ways. Still pretty scary if no one complained, PS4 etc they would of got away with it.
Still you really have to thank all the gamers for not wanting to take it up the ass and getting screwed and thank Sony for having such a rad console and policies.
Just remember if there was no PS4 and gamers didn't care we all would be about to live in a very different gaming world that be quit apocalyptic in my eyes. The whole thing is historical, I think there should be a official day off and a new stat and call it Red Blue pill day or something.
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Cool, it is odd though the key note on the last MS conference said that any game written for Win 8 and 8.1 will work on the Xbox One in it's Win 8+ mode so one would think that it already has the driver for the controller already written.
Huh, well either I am real happy they are supporting it they could of blocked it, still I am sure someone would of written a driver for it anyways.-
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Supposedly you can just plug in a cable and that'll then handle all the data, unlike the 360 where the charging cable just did power.
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Let me guess....Windows 8 only
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Nah, but it will definitely require a GFWL account.
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Heh, you mean XBox Games for Windows? It would be truly Microsoftian to see them write a driver for what is ultimately a bunch of switches, digital analog sticks, and whatever the headset connection is (USB? ADC for analog audio in?), and then DRM-lock it so it only runs in Windows RT games and GFWL games. Hopefully they're not that dumb.
How long does GFWL have left in its tank, anyway? Almost no new PC games have used it since 2011 (Gotham City Impostors went from retail GFWL to free-to-play on Steam). Games on Windows RT are a novelty that almost no indie or multiplatform devs are pursuing, mostly because of cert costs and delays.-
Every time I think that GFWL is dead, some how I end up with another game that uses it. I would gargle Balmer's balls if they would just move all of this shit to my Microsoft account.
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and werent there so many people pissed that the xbox and ps4 werent going to be BC to their previous versions?
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um...I'll just stick with my xbox controller on PC....
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aside from the start screen what issues do you have with win8?
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Usb printers not recognized until system restart after being plugged in... sometimes. Ui is a mess in which I am constantly switching between win7 ui and win 8 ui (I have 3 win 8 touchscreens in my lab), sometimes power down button is missing (although hibernate is always there), students have no problem running minecraft on our win7 computers and lanning, but they can't get it installed on win 8, win 7 xp task bar allows you to access multiple programs without having to minimize an app to get to the icons on Win 8 ui, corners is a dumb idea.
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why not just an official MS/Sony pad?
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I did like the feel of this controller, minus the triggers. I had issues with it losing connection for a split second (causing my character in game to spin) way way too often to be forgiven though. Switched to the Xbox 360 controller for Windows and haven't had a problem in six months. YMMV.
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Razer Sabertooth
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I've said it before, but my personal favorite is the Wii U Pro controller. the 360 pad has a horrible d-pad, and I dig the symmetry.
www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wii-U-Pro-Controller-Black/dp/B009AFLXQQ/
And there's a dongle you can buy that allows you to use up to four of them on the PC at once, even allows you to choose between USB HID/Dinput and the Xinput used by the 360 controller:
http://www.mayflash.com/Products/NINTENDOWiiU/W009.html
I bought it for $15 a month ago, and it works great.
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