http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
I still don't why they haven't fixed the useless D-Pad yet? I mean do they seriously believe its good or what? Nearly 95% of 360 owners hate the d-pad and it's probably the only thing holding the 360 controller form being one of the best of all-time.

Why do they keep making new controllers without fixing the problems? They only fixed it for a little while for some soccer bundle but then never kept it up.]]>Oct 16th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
want]]>Oct 16th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
Ha! Ha! See what I did there? 'cause it's GameStop and you have to pre-order everythi...oh nevermind]]>Oct 16th 2009 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
It's not a standard USB jack like the PS3...it's a proprietary connector.]]>Oct 16th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
I mean you can since you'll have an extra set of batteries charging while you're playing with the first two...but you know what I mean.]]>Oct 16th 2009 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Playing a game and the battery dies? Don't play connected with a wire (especially that 1 foot wire that shipps with the PS3), just put a new battery pack in.
If you are like me and turn off your equipment overnight and therefore don't have a live USB port to charge with? Put two batteries in the recharger and charge overnight.

There are many advantages to a replacable battery pack. You don't even need to use the MS one. All wireless controllers allow you to use AA batteries. Once I forgot to recharge the battery packs, so I used recharagable AA batteries until the packs recharged.
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The controllers have been used quite a bit for 3 years, and last about a week between charges. It's much better now that the PS3 automatically turns off inactive controllers after 10 minutes. For some reason, they used to just stay on until you turned them off. There used to be studies about how the PS3 controller didn't last very long, and this was a result of that lack of a timer. however, the batteries in these controllers simply last a very long time now.

The idea that I should slap in and out AA cells is not really a bad one. I just think the comparison to the PS3 controllers being non-user replaceable deserves a mention that the PS3 controllers' batteries don't really need replacement anyway. I am glad I can just plug the thing in instead of hunt for freshly charged AAs, and I am glad 360 owners have that choice now (I assume there was a way to do this already, though).

The controllers are one of the best points for discussion when comparing these consoles. I think the 360 has a fantastic controller, but I love the consistent industrial Playstation look. It's given them an interesting icon for decades. I realize that a lot of crazy kids have fun bashing eachother's systems, and I really don't see the harm in that kind of smack talk, but the PS3's controllers have excellent battery characteristics.]]>Oct 16th 2009 3:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
The USB cable I got with my 60GB PS3 bought shortly after release is only about a foot long, but they may have changed it later. It was only good for charging the device, trying to play with it plugged in is useless since you need to sit next to the PS3, which for me is under my TV. I could always buy a new cable, but since I use the PS3 only for BRD and have a remote, I have no need for the controller.

The 360 batteries work the same way - you can plug in the wire and play while it charges (it always worked this way) if the batteries installed have run out. But it is nice to just swap out the battery if you have a charged one available without needing to string a cable.]]>Oct 16th 2009 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/I aslo have a launch 60GB between the 3 of us how many ps3 controllers have gone 'bad' due to a bad battery? Also the non-user replaceable battery crap is utter BS, it shows how to do so in both the system and contoller manuals.]]>Oct 16th 2009 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
It's not proprietary. It's a standard mini-usb cable. It's the same cord that was pretty standard on phones until microusb came out, as well as a lot of mp3 players, bluetooth headsets, basically anything that needed a small usb plug.]]>Oct 16th 2009 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
To me, it reminds me of Deadpool.]]>Oct 16th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
I tip my hat to you sir.]]>Oct 16th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
Side note: I originally built it a few years ago but I just keep upgrading the insides.]]>Oct 16th 2009 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/
Why is it still just as fugly now?]]>Oct 16th 2009 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/]]>Oct 16th 2009 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Oct 16th 2009 6:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/exclusive-two-tone-xbox-360-play-and-charge-kit-coming-to-gamest/Dee Dee deee!!!]]>Oct 16th 2009 4:29PM