# Xbox controller question **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 26, 2011, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391 "2011-12-26T02:32:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Silophant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@Silophant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silophant)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/21 "2011-12-29T03:19:57Z")
He sits so his arms are resting on both armrests of his recliner, so that’s basically the position he’s in. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/22 "2011-12-29T16:25:30Z")
Different strokes and all that, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/23 "2011-12-29T18:01:11Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > Maybe this’ll work for you: [The Avenger controller add-on](http://www.avengercontroller.com/). Lots of little ways to customize your controller. > [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It doesn’t look like that worked for anyone [based on the user reviews at amazon](http://www.amazon.com/Avenger-Xbox-360-Adapter/dp/B0051JSJ44/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325002636&sr=8-1). > > Thanks tho. [There’s a thread about this over in MPSIMS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=636550), but I thought it was worth mentioning in The Game Room as well. [ > [@](#): > > **Ocean Marketing’s Paul Christoforo to Penny Arcade: “Please Make It Stop”** > > The whole PR disaster began on Dec. 16, when the customer known as “Dave” e-mailed Ocean Marketing, the PR firm that represents N-Control, a maker of modified game controllers for hardcore gamers and disabled people. Dave had pre-ordered a pair of Playstation 3 Avenger controllers from N-Control, but he realized he would not receive his controllers in time for Christmas. He e-mailed customer service, asking questions like when his package would arrive and why he wasn’t eligible for the $10 off discount that new orders received, but not pre-orders. ]([Ocean Marketing's Paul Christoforo to Penny Arcade: Please Make It Stop [TEXT] | IBTimes](http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/273593/20111228/ocean-marketing-paul-christoforo-penny-arcade.htm)) The email exchange is reprinted towards the bottom of the page. I’m very glad I didn’t give this company any money! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/24 "2011-12-29T18:49:05Z")
Yeah, it’s funny how all that exploded just as I linked to it. Fortunately, the douchebag in question is just some marketing guy that N-Control hired and has now fired, so he’s not a reflection on the product. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/25 "2012-01-01T03:11:59Z")
> [@Airk](#): > > Does anyone know if the original Xbox controller can be hooked up to a 360? ([You Know What They Say... - Penny Arcade](http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/08/29)) Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/26 "2012-01-03T01:30:44Z")
I just wanted to thank everyone for their contribution (well, nearly everyone); I solved my problem with the controller by returning the Xbox. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/27 "2012-01-03T02:08:31Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I just wanted to thank everyone for their contribution (well, nearly everyone); I solved my problem with the controller by returning the Xbox. Out of curiosity, what was the game that led you to wade in the 360-infested waters? ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/28 "2012-01-03T02:11:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I just wanted to thank everyone for their contribution (well, nearly everyone); I solved my problem with the controller by returning the Xbox. If at first you don’t succeed give up and go home! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/29 "2012-01-03T06:50:39Z")
> [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](#): > > Out of curiosity, what was the game that led you to wade in the 360-infested waters? It wasn’t any one game specifically. My buddy, Blue Elk, has an Xbox and in addition to a couple of his own new games, he was showing me various demos he had downloaded, the Netflix streaming in HD, the ESPN stuff available, etc. I had thought that it would be a nice addition to my house: he and I and his son could play games together (something we have done frequently at his house), I’d have a chance to play various games that I liked with or without them, and the ESPN, Netflix and UFC stuff looked like it would seal the deal. BUT I didn’t like the controller (I never did at his house, but it’s different when you’re at home and trying to play a game for an hour at a stretch as opposed to just trying something out or taking turns. The ESPN stuff looked like crap. Terrible picture, although the audio quality was good. I can stream Netflix HD with my Blu-Ray player (I just had to run another CAT5 cable). I didn’t want to get involved in spending $40-60 on each game. I have about $1800 tied up in my Wii, and I pretty much haven’t even turned it on in over 2 years. Sometimes I’ll play a racing game for 30 minutes, but that’s about it. I did buy Battlefield 3 for the Xbox, but the controller is so frustrating to use compared to a keyboard/trackball setup that I couldn’t see myself playing it much if at all (the Xbox came with Halo Reach, so I had a chance to try a FPS). I spent over $400 on the Xbox and a couple of games, and in 9 days I used it for maybe 3 hours tops. I spent $19 on Civ 5 GOTY + DLCs for my Mac, and in 2 days I spent 22 hours playing it. It wasn’t hard to see where my money was going to be better spent. FWIW, I’m gonna take the Xbox money and put it in a fund for a new guitar amp. (New to me, anyway. I have my eye on a Marshall JCM2000 DSL I can pick up for about $600.) I’ll get many more hours of use and many more years out of the amp than I ever would out of an Xbox. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/30 "2012-01-03T22:02:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It wasn’t any one game specifically. My buddy, Blue Elk, has an Xbox and in addition to a couple of his own new games, he was showing me various demos he had downloaded, the Netflix streaming in HD, the ESPN stuff available, etc. > > I had thought that it would be a nice addition to my house: he and I and his son could play games together (something we have done frequently at his house), I’d have a chance to play various games that I liked with or without them, and the ESPN, Netflix and UFC stuff looked like it would seal the deal. > > BUT > > I didn’t like the controller (I never did at his house, but it’s different when you’re at home and trying to play a game for an hour at a stretch as opposed to just trying something out or taking turns. > > The ESPN stuff looked like crap. Terrible picture, although the audio quality was good. > > I can stream Netflix HD with my Blu-Ray player (I just had to run another CAT5 cable). > > I didn’t want to get involved in spending $40-60 on each game. I have about $1800 tied up in my Wii, and I pretty much haven’t even turned it on in over 2 years. Sometimes I’ll play a racing game for 30 minutes, but that’s about it. > > I did buy Battlefield 3 for the Xbox, but the controller is so frustrating to use compared to a keyboard/trackball setup that I couldn’t see myself playing it much if at all (the Xbox came with Halo Reach, so I had a chance to try a FPS). > > I spent over $400 on the Xbox and a couple of games, and in 9 days I used it for maybe 3 hours tops. I spent $19 on Civ 5 GOTY + DLCs for my Mac, and in 2 days I spent 22 hours playing it. > > It wasn’t hard to see where my money was going to be better spent. FWIW, I’m gonna take the Xbox money and put it in a fund for a new guitar amp. (New to me, anyway. I have my eye on a Marshall JCM2000 DSL I can pick up for about $600.) I’ll get many more hours of use and many more years out of the amp than I ever would out of an Xbox. Bizarre about the picture quality. ESPN3 comes in clear as glass here. Sounds like you weren’t really in the market for a game system though, so returning it was probably the right choice. Comparing “$400 for the Xbox bvs $19 for Civ5 for the Mac” was a total apples and oranges though, and you should be ashamed. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2012, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391/31 "2012-01-04T00:08:07Z")
$1800 invested in the Wii??? What in the world could you have spent all that money on unless you are counting the TV and stereo and whatnot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xbox-controller-question/607391.md?page=1)