Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows ?17.99

[Link83]

Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows £17.99:-

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Xbox-360-Wireless-Controller-Windows/dp/B000H7FCB8/

I have been waiting for the price to drop on this for a long time, since Microsoft seems to have discontinued the separate Windows 'crossfire' wireless adaptor (Apart from the clones/fakes on eBay) and they now appear to only be sold bundled with the controller.

This is a good price for just the Xbox 360 controller (Although both amazon's and play's prices for Xbox 360 controllers all seem to have dropped to £17.99 in the last few days) but since this comes with the Windows wireless adaptor as well its a bit of a bargain!

One thing to keep in mind is that apparently the wireless adaptor requires quite a bit of power from the USB port, and I have read that some people had to use a powered USB hub to make it work - although Microsoft might have improved the design since it was first released(?)

(As a side note a big thanks goes out to the Firefox add-on 'PriceDrop' for informing me of this deal:-

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5827/

I highly recommend it for keeping track of amazon's constantly changing prices)

[Mr Ono]

Magic!

Was about to buy a dongle thing for the laptop but this is better.

[Kubrick]

Where does it say the Crossfire is included?

[EvilBoris]

There is a comment saying it comes with it

[Kubrick]

From 2 years ago. A more recent comment states it's the controller only.

[EvilBoris]

There is one from a month ago with it.

[Link83]

From 2 years ago. A more recent comment states it's the controller only.

The "Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows" is only sold with the wireless adaptor - there would be no point selling the wireless controller without it as then it could not be used on a Windows PC as advertised.

For reference here is a picture showing what the packaging should look like:-


I can only assume the later comment on amazon was from someone who received the wrong item, or bought it from a marketplace seller etc.

[EvilBoris]

or didn't buy it at all and just thought they'd stick their nose in?

[Mr Ono]

Got mine today and can confirm it is the one with the Crossfire pictured.