[FIRST Rocks]

Originally Posted by eshteyn

Microsoft puts out a controller thats both xbox 360 usb and windows as well as other versions. Here is a link to help you.



http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/ga...s.aspx?pid=091

You do not need to buy the special Windows/X-box version of the controller. Don't be tricked into paying more! You can just buy the regular X-box wired controller and download the Windows driver from the Microsoft website for free.

Originally Posted by waialua359

thanks. I was looking at our xbox and it wasn't a usb connection. when I called bestbuy, they said it wasn't usb for the 360, and I've never seen one since I dont have that system.
Is it a plug and play system like past FIRST controllers, including the chicklet?

The 360 controller is indeed a standard USB connection. There are two USB ports on the front of the 360 console hidden by a door, and one on the back of the console. You can connect a lot of USB devices to the 360 like MP3 players, flash drives, and external USB hard drives and get music & pictures off of them. I don't know what the person at Best Buy was thinking when they told you it wasn't USB.

Also, the original X-box controllers actually are USB, they just have a unique, non-standard connector.