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@crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs.
They were discontinued I believe. Which is insane. Nothing insane about it. Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller.
The problem with this whole thing is I want one of those new controllers to use with my PC, but they don't make those things wired and they don't sell dongles. So, Microsoft basically made their controller better, but then prevent you from using it on a PC where you might actually use the D-Pad. @louiedog said: The same happened to mine. The soldering method fixed it right up. @crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs. They were discontinued I believe.
Which is insane. Nothing insane about it. Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller.Why would they rather you buy a new wired controller than a wireless controller + receiver combo? He's implying that you already have a wireless controller, so it's more expensive for you to buy an additional wired controller than to simply buy a wireless receiver. @ajamafalous said: @louiedog said: The same happened to mine.
The soldering method fixed it right up. @crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs. They were discontinued I believe. Which is insane. Nothing insane about it.
Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller.Why would they rather you buy a new wired controller than a wireless controller + receiver combo?He's implying that you already have a wireless controller, so it's more expensive for you to buy an additional wired controller than to simply buy a wireless receiver. Most people looking to buy a 360 controller for their PC would already have the one that came with the 360 console. So previously you could just take that same controller, buy a $20 dongle and resync it to the pc/console as wanted. Then they realized that they can just make you buy a whole new second one by no longer making the dongle.
@ajamafalous said: @louiedog said: The same happened to mine. The soldering method fixed it right up. @crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs.
They were discontinued I believe. Which is insane.
Nothing insane about it. Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller.Why would they rather you buy a new wired controller than a wireless controller + receiver combo? He's implying that you already have a wireless controller, so it's more expensive for you to buy an additional wired controller than to simply buy a wireless receiver. I understand that. I'm asking why they'd rather sell you a wired controller than the $60 wireless controller and receiver package. If someone's receiver breaks and they want to replace it and that's the only way to get a new, official receiver than they'll buy that package instead of the wired one. Why would Microsoft rather have you buy the wired controller than that?
@crusader8463 said: @ajamafalous said: @louiedog said: The same happened to mine. The soldering method fixed it right up. @crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs. They were discontinued I believe. Which is insane. Nothing insane about it.
Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller.Why would they rather you buy a new wired controller than a wireless controller + receiver combo?He's implying that you already have a wireless controller, so it's more expensive for you to buy an additional wired controller than to simply buy a wireless receiver. Most people looking to buy a 360 controller for their PC would already have the one that came with the 360 console.
So previously you could just take that same controller, buy a $20 dongle and resync it to the pc/console as wanted. Then they realized that they can just make you buy a whole new second one by no longer making the dongle. I swear (at least in the UK) those damn receivers were the same price as a controller anyway.
@DoctorWelch said: @crusader8463 said: @Chavtheworld said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs. They were discontinued I believe.
Which is insane. Nothing insane about it. Microsoft realized they could make more money forcing people to buy a whole new wired controller. The problem with this while thing is I want one of those new controllers to use with my PC, but they don't make those things wired and they don't sell dongles.
So, Microsoft basically made their controller better, but then prevent you from using it on a PC where you might actually use the D-Pad. It is a bit technical, I think a Dual Shock 3 with MotionJoy is a better solution for the most part these days. You have better quality control on the analog sticks than the old Xbox 360 wired controllers (the sticks on mine are loose and have dead-zone problems in some games) and a far superior D-Pad. MotionJoy is now signed for Windows so it installs easily and emulates X-Input perfectly. You can use a standard USB cable which comes with the PS3, or with a little research dedicate most $15 Bluetooth controllers to pair wirelessly. I would recommend trying to get the Xbox wireless working only if you already have an Xbox 360 but not a PS3.
Even one of those knock-off dongles will be cheaper than a new Dual Shock 3. It seems like they probably do work, but are more of a hassle to set up than MotionJoy. @ChaosDent: That's actually what I use right now and it works perfectly fine. I just like the 360 controller more than the PS3 controller. Especially the new 360 controller with the twisty D-Pad.
That's why I think its stupid that they don't just make a wired one of those, or still sell the wireless thing. @ColourfulHippie: I'm not saying they don't work. I'm just saying I'm pretty sure they aren't the official ones and it just seems stupid for Microsoft to make it impossible for people to use the improved controller on PC while only using Microsoft products. @geirr said: @DoctorWelch said: Where can you even buy another one of those things? The ones on Amazon are all knock offs.
Knock offs often work fine and if they're super cheap - and functional - even better. Otherwise I'd go to Ebay and look. The third-party replacements on Amazon are actually fine. The most common complaint though on Win 7 would be that the drivers that come with the product don't work but the solution is to add them yourself manually since the Microsoft controller driver is pre-installed with the OS.
Usually the user reviews would list down the instructions on how to do it. It doesn't involve registry changing or anything but it does involve going into menus.