Microsoft Xbox 360 Wireless Controller - game pad

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Wireless technology doesn't work? Well...

4 Dec 29th, 2007

Advantages:
Light weight, familiar layout, no cluttering wires

Disadvantages:
Complains of low battery life far too early

Recommendable: Yes 

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The 360 wireless controller is, in all ways, a very good little package to own for the avid gamer. Even a week into owning it I was still putting it down in that complicated way we have with wired controllers, trying to avoid the wires dangling into anything.
I was even bemused to find that the controller will work when not even on the same floor as the Xbox!

The only let down is in the controller\'s approach to battery life. It seems to think that batteries at half capacity are close to death, and will constantly flash the light-ring at you to let you know (wasting even more energy), and sporadically turning itself off (it does seem to get the message after you turn it back on a few times, however).

I think that if not for this huge letdown, which is incredibly irritating in the middle of a game, the controller would be simply fantastic. The battery life is simply superb, if it would only stop complaining when it hits the 50% mark...

By all means buy this controller if you don't mind it giving you warning signs at half charge, personally I can live with it for now, but it only begs the question, "What happens when I hit 25% charge... ?" 
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dharma.roy

dharma.roy

29.12.2007 21:36

Good Review, PS3 controller rocks, I aint experienced similar problems with the PS3 controller. Maybe you should sell your XBOX and get a PS3 :)

just.bcoz

just.bcoz

29.12.2007 17:27

Good review......ive not got an xbox 360 so this isnt for me lol :o)

CPTDANIELS

CPTDANIELS

29.12.2007 15:13

Good review

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