sayin hello and quick question

bxgladiator · 09-08-2005, 08:45 AM

hey everybody just sayin hello and for the question when the 360 comes out I kno they coming out wit the wireless controller but r they goin to have a wire to charge them or r u goin to have 2 buy it?

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 08:53 AM

There will be a play & charge kit available to buy as an extra (picture below). This plugs into your controller and recharges the rechargeable battery pack up while you play.

Alternatively if you don't want to buy this item you can recharge the rechargeable batteries the normal way using a normal recharger, but means you cannot play while they are recharging. Finally you can use normal batteries such as Duracell and just change them as they run out. MS estimate 40 hours of play time before the batteries run dry

morphec · 09-08-2005, 08:54 AM

Yeah, that's rediculous

how can you make people pay for something the need?? Can you get controller's with wires aswell or is it all just wireless?

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by morphec

Yeah, that's rediculous

how can you make people pay for something the need?? Can you get controller's with wires aswell or is it all just wireless?

I know what you mean, but I suppose MS are doing this to make back money they are losing on each sale of the consoel.

As far as wired controlers go you can buy corded controller for your 360, but again these are not supplied with the standard Xbox, only a wireless controller. So by the time you've payed for a wired controller you may as well buy the play and charge kit and the rechargeable batteries.

Also on a side note your current Xbox controlers will not work with the 360, they are just not compatable.

Here's an old article posted on the home page about what comes as standard and what is an extra LINK

morphec · 09-08-2005, 09:19 AM

well imo i recon they should bring out x-box 360 wired controller's with the x-box 360 and leave it to the people that want the wireless controller's (not that i don't want 1).

it's just more efficiant for everyone.

And i get what you meen by saying thet MS need to make back money but surely at the prices of the game's and the console they should make it back in no time!

bxgladiator · 09-08-2005, 09:20 AM

So do u kno if the plug and play comes wit a battary and will it be out on the release of 360 and do u kno the cost. Sorry for all the question just would like to kno all the stuff I got 2 get lol

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by morphec

And i get what you meen by saying thet MS need to make back money but surely at the prices of the game's and the console they should make it back in no time!

Unfortunately MS only make money on thier first party games, such as Perfect Dark Zero, Kameo, Halo 3, etc and not off every Xbox 360 title available and sold. Also MS have said they will be making a loss on every Xbox 360 sold, can't remember the figure of the top of my head, but could be in the region of $50 on every console sold (I'm sure someone who knows the actual figure will correct me

).

I agree you should be able to have a choice whether you want to go wired or wireless with your controller choice, but unfortunately the market seems to be focussing on wireless for almost everything, including wireless internet connections. Like widescreen TV's, if this is what the manufacturers want to push then that's what we are forced into buying. It's just one of those things.

morphec · 09-08-2005, 09:31 AM

Well thanks for enlightening me on that one, i just seem to think the point of it is out of context, it is less efficiant for younger gamer's (no money) but i suppose people will probably want to go wireless anyway!!

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by bxgladiator

So do u kno if the plug and play comes wit a battary and will it be out on the release of 360 and do u kno the cost. Sorry for all the question just would like to kno all the stuff I got 2 get lol

The plug and play is just the means of been able to recharge your batteries without having to stop playing games with your wireless controller. According to Gamestops spec sheet the Play & Charge kit includes a rechargeable battery pack, however I did think these were seperate accessories until I saw thier spec sheet.

LINK

Your wireless controller supplied with the 360 will come with normal batteries not rechargeable batteries.

There have been no prices released yet for any of the accessories, so we are just going to have to sit and wait for those.

Hope this helped, and don't worry about the questions. If you need help on anything there's sure to be someone on the forum that can help

Iron Orta · 09-08-2005, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Old Fart

Your wireless controller supplied with the 360 will come with normal batteries not rechargeable batteries.

But i thought the SKU came with a play and charge cable, or is there a seperate battery for that and batteries if u dont have the charger.

DeadOneWalking · 09-08-2005, 03:18 PM

I don't care about the cost; I am going to get the plug and play accessory. It's the best thing MS could have done IMO. I hate wireless things because of batteries, but with the plug and play, they help eliminate that factor.

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Iron Orta

But i thought the SKU came with a play and charge cable, or is there a seperate battery for that and batteries if u dont have the charger.

As far as I'm aware this is what you'll get with the standard Xbox360 package, as released at the Tokyo xbox conference...

The Xbox 360, one wireless controller, an Xbox 360 headset, the composite-component/stereo A/V cables (although there was that article saying it wasn't to be included), power cable and an Ethernet cable.

The accessories that will be additional to the above and will need to be payed for on top of the basic 360 package include....

Wireless controller
Wired Controller
Rechargeable Battery Pack
Play & Charge Kit
Memory Unit (includes case)
Universal Media Remote
Quick Charge Kit
Wireless Network Adapter
Face Plates
S-Video AV Cable
VGA HD AV Cable
Component HD AV Cable
Xbox 360 Live Camera

The Play & Charge kit requires no baterries as one end plugs into you controller and the other into your 360 console and draws it's power from that. However what I didn't realise until replying in this thread is that the Play & Charge kit also includes the rechargeable battery pack for the controller (according to Gamespot), I always thought they were two seperate accessories

DeadOneWalking · 09-08-2005, 04:00 PM

Yet on both lists, you didn't list the hard drive.

Grumpy Old Fart · 09-08-2005, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by 1031982

Yet on both lists, you didn't list the hard drive.

well spotted, my mistake.

Add the HD to the standard pack and the accessories list everyone

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bxgladiator · 10-08-2005, 08:06 AM

Ms would suck if they didn't give u the wires to connect to the tv

Gee · 10-08-2005, 08:15 AM

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Originally Posted by bxgladiator

Ms would suck if they didn't give u the wires to connect to the tv

You'll get everything you need to connect to your TV,I wouldn't think MS would be that stupid,that would be like buying a new car with no steering wheel

xpitbull · 17-09-2005, 09:56 AM

This is going the wrong way.......but it was funny

Diamond · 17-09-2005, 08:13 PM

Who keeps deleting my posts?

POLIO v · 03-10-2005, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by morphec

well imo i recon they should bring out x-box 360 wired controller's with the x-box 360 and leave it to the people that want the wireless controller's (not that i don't want 1).

it's just more efficiant for everyone.

And i get what you meen by saying thet MS need to make back money but surely at the prices of the game's and the console they should make it back in no time!

for people who want a wired controller they can buy the core edition