Microsoft ships red wireless Xbox 360 controller for the holidays

Here's an interesting one. That red / black Xbox 360 controller that was showcased back in July is now available to any ole consumer in the US, Canada, Latin America New Zealand and Asia, and it comes bundled with a Play & Charge Kit and red rechargeable battery for $64.99. For whatever reason, Microsoft's totally missing a golden opportunity to cash in on the holiday shopping season by reserving the green counterpart as some "promotional item." C'mon guys, is it really that hard to understand how irresistible a red and green gamepad tandem would be in late December?

[Via IGN]

[Churma @ Sep 30th 2008 10:43PM]

Why? It looks like crap...

[tom @ Sep 30th 2008 10:53PM]

Man...the red feels commie.

[Flashpoint @ Oct 1st 2008 12:04AM]

AND WHY hasn't Microsoft decreased the price of the ridiculously overpriced WiFi adapter? 3 years later that shit is still $89 (down from $99)

[BananaBoat @ Oct 1st 2008 7:04AM]

Didn't you know?

Red controllers are three times as fast as other controllers.

[tom @ Oct 1st 2008 8:20AM]

some kid just never get enough of kool-aid stuff

[High Ranks make you sterile @ Oct 1st 2008 8:57AM]

I agree.... red/black is hurtful... it looks like it came right from some goth kid's MySpace page. And I concur on the wireless adapter... I praying for it to reach maybe $59 so I won't feel nauseous at the thought of picking one up.

[Bootleg Zani @ Oct 2nd 2008 5:03PM]

I also refuse buying the WiFi adapter till it is at a reasonable price point which means $49 or less. The cheapest I have seen it go is $79 on Buy.com. That is not nearly a good enough price to buy it at.

[Churma @ Sep 30th 2008 10:43PM]

Why release this god awefull controller. It looks horrible. Might as well make it a candy cane....

[Well Fed Troll @ Oct 1st 2008 10:18AM]

Om my ....


Mr. Churma, i need not look any further, reading your well thought comments, which are so precise and to the point....
Who needs any more info than this!? Dummy MS making candied controllers..
It must taste "horrible"...

: /

[mithinco @ Sep 30th 2008 10:48PM]

The red light when turning on the controller will match nicely with the RROD.

[Kingus @ Sep 30th 2008 11:37PM]

of the 21,391,570,321 RROD jokes on the internet there's 3 funny ones. I mean come on put a little effort into it please, that way you might not come off as a complete loser fanboy.

[Ignatius @ Oct 1st 2008 12:04AM]

I was actually tempted to say, "It'll go well with the RROD," but then scrolled down through the comments.

Joking aside, I own an Elite and love it dearly.

[Shinigami @ Sep 30th 2008 10:47PM]

Why double post?

I like the idea of red-green controllers with blinking lights :)

[nerdtalker @ Sep 30th 2008 10:53PM]

All we need is an evergreen-colored Xbox 360 "X-Mas win edition" and a RROD or two, and you've practically got a Christmas tree! Leave it on for long enough, and it might even catch fire and burn your house down, just like a _real_ tree would!

Honestly, the 360 gets such a bad rap, but my RROD'd original 360 was replaced promptly and without hassle. They've made it a non issue.

[Churma @ Sep 30th 2008 11:09PM]

My noscript in firefox was blocking and did not know that it posted. If engadget =had a way to go back in and delete posts I would do so.

[maty @ Oct 1st 2008 7:55AM]

Its alright for some! Us Europeans? Pft, no red for us :(.

[Gin @ Oct 1st 2008 4:24PM]

love the red.. dont be hatin..

[brandon @ Sep 30th 2008 10:48PM]

Hopefully the D-pad will be the improved design and this controller isn't just a clever way for Microsoft to sell off the old D-pad units sitting in storage

[Grant @ Sep 30th 2008 10:51PM]

Considering how their marketing photos look compared to how the actual controller looks, this thing could be anywhere from burgundy to fuchsia. When i saw the photo for the blue controller i would have never bought it, but seeing it in person fully changed my mind.

[Reader @ Sep 30th 2008 11:50PM]

Sounds like it'll be red.

[Valicore @ Sep 30th 2008 11:09PM]

Oh man, that makes me physically ill. Color is good, horrible ugliness is bad.

[quadrent @ Sep 30th 2008 11:16PM]

So where the hell can I get these other then spending way too much money on ebay

[Muhammad-Oli @ Sep 30th 2008 11:21PM]

Wow this will go great with the red 360! Oh wait... What red 360?

Why red?

[Mark Seymour @ Oct 21st 2008 6:46AM]

There will be a shiny new red Xbox 360 released as a Gears of War 2 limited edition

[Ixon @ Sep 30th 2008 11:44PM]

This will match beautifully with all those red rings you sucker get!

HAHAHA!

You've just been MicroScrewed By Sh!tSoft... They are laughing at every victim I swear, this is just proof of it!

[Well Fed Troll @ Oct 1st 2008 10:26AM]

@ Ixon


Isnt Engadget a little too "gadgety" for your IQ sir?


Do you understand 10% of what you read?

Just curious...
You know i love to to just talk and talk, completely void of the Post topic at hand....
Call me when you get the chance!
Go out for some Xtreme Action!...Chug some DEW! Jump kick stop signs! Break glass!!!

Cool?

[ED @ Sep 30th 2008 11:45PM]

IMHO that shade of red is ugly. Vivid actual red would be alright for those who want a red controller, but this not-quite red is awful.
The B button is actually red.

[marky-b @ Sep 30th 2008 11:45PM]

horay, now my grubby dorito-stained fingerprints wont be so noticeable!

[marky-b @ Sep 30th 2008 11:48PM]

if this thing actually had red LED's in it instead of the green ones, i'd seriously be tempted to buy it. that would be hilarious ^_^

[marky-b @ Sep 30th 2008 11:50PM]

stupid comment system. the above reply was @ mithinco.

[Drew @ Oct 1st 2008 12:05AM]

Is this part of the "RED" thing Dell has going?

[Rob @ Oct 1st 2008 12:09AM]

damn....read this post on my iphone (w/o pics) and got excited.....then I saw that it was this half-ass red, come on microsoft give me some BOLD colors

[mergedwarrior @ Oct 1st 2008 12:20AM]

Why isn't this Product (RED)????!?!?

[markyb @ Oct 1st 2008 2:38AM]

The green ones are on sale at toys r us, or did I read wrong ( I thought this said they were a promotional item)

[Al2x @ Oct 1st 2008 9:08AM]

Any chance it'll come without a plug and charge?

[htd @ Oct 1st 2008 9:26AM]

coloring looks as bad as some psp models.

[Eric @ Oct 1st 2008 10:29AM]

Microsoft, innovation coming out the wazoo.

Yep.

[Anthony @ Oct 1st 2008 11:26AM]

I think it looks alright, I won't be buying one, I prefer black so I can't see all the dirt :P.

[sua @ Oct 1st 2008 12:20PM]

Did they make it red to match the RROD more?

[guest @ Oct 1st 2008 1:34PM]

it look so slutty nurse!!

[Ixon @ Oct 1st 2008 6:17PM]

You're simply lost. Why would the topic be void, because I posted the same remarks as majority of others? Oh yeah! Because I said something negative about your beloved crappie console and it's manufacture/publisher. The topic is about a controller, what technically advanced comment can you write? Use your head, or is that to painful?

It's amusing because, as soon as I say one negative comment intentionally about your beloved crap box, you fanbois jump on and contribute nothing constructive to the discussion - because you really have nothing GOOD to say! Talk about voiding the topic at hand eh - Hippocrates.

Go play your Xbox little boy, your convicted blindness to even comprehend and accept anything negativity towards your beloved console is your problem. And you demonstrate it every time you frown upon a opinion that is against your likeness or comment back with TRASH like that - I honestly laughed, because it was as if you WANTED to look like a jackass. Congratz by the way, you achieve it well.

Oh wait, you can't play your Xbox and it's amazing 'experience' it was down for 26 hours for updates for the future - COUGH Wii RIP OFF! - I guess now you can play all you want now it's back up, but wait, Halo3 is having ranking issues and likely still has! Nmm you can smell the Microsoft quality. And if your a sucker in the states, enjoy your old refurnished model arrival in 2-4 weeks later after you send in your new model that just RROD'd.

Tell me something I don't know.

this is why I say "You've just been Microscrewed by Sh!tsoft". Because they screw everyone, windows users to Xbox users and everyone else in the mix.. Maybe that's why they went with 360 for the new Xbox name? Kinda a hidden message when you stand back.

Enough of this - Ditch this sh!t.

[Warwick @ Oct 1st 2008 7:05PM]

Well, someone has sand in their vagina.

[Ixon @ Oct 1st 2008 7:10PM]

Damn comment form, was suppose to be up there to numb nuts comment. Bah..

Yeah I know eh, HOW DO I GET IT OUT!..

[jacks @ Nov 7th 2008 5:11PM]

butthurt much?

[TheMissingLink @ Nov 9th 2008 7:51PM]

All bashing aside, does anyone know if this is the controller that I've been reading about that is supposed to have a markedly improved D-pad in preparation for the upcoming release of Street Fighter HD Remix? Anyone?

[Jack UBauER @ Nov 23rd 2008 11:44AM]

I need a new controller any way and the fact that its red seperates it from my black and white controllers and I'm the only one out of my friends that buys the controllers so if they touch my red 1 its ON!

some people should stop hating on this controller...... its only a controller u do not have to buy it