XBOX controller

BlitzKrieg

why does it unplug halfway up the cord?


i thought it was just to cheat your girlfriend. ("Why's not moving?)

abccormac

so that if you trip over it you don't pull the xbox to the floor.

BlitzKrieg

serious?

does it say that in the manual? (bought 2nd hand) f*ck me...they must have russian space scientists on the microsoft team.

abccormac

Its the only reason I can think of. And the xbox would make sh!t of your floor, that thing is heavy.

Draupnir

yep thats the reason, and its a good one for anyone who broke their playstation by pulling off the table by accident

abccormac

Do I hear the voice of bitter experience?

kaimera

very nifty bit of design...specially with 4 controllers lying all over the place!

L5

kaimera wrote:

very nifty bit of design...specially with 4 controllers lying all over the place!

almost as good, but not quite as Nintendos wireless controllers.

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

kaimera wrote:

very nifty bit of design...specially with 4 controllers lying all over the place!

Yeah, unfortunatlly it dosen't stop you knocking it out of a second floor window by tugging the power cord (while cleaning you room). Happened to a guy I know!! hehehehehe

BlitzKrieg

he must have had to pay for the damages to the pavement...

Ciaran500

I bet it cost him a fortune

dearg_doom

I reckon it was the opposite, more to do with preventing your legs being sliced off if you run thru the cord:)

or at least tripping you up, I dont think an elephant could pull an xbox off your table!!

Thordon

yep thats the reason, and its a good one for anyone who broke their playstation by pulling off the table by accident

I did that

Scarinae

BlitzKrieg wrote:

i thought it was just to cheat your girlfriend. ("Why's not moving?)

Hahaha - mean, but funny

kaimera

FuzzyWuzzyWazza wrote:

Yeah, unfortunatlly it dosen't stop you knocking it out of a second floor window by tugging the power cord (while cleaning you room). Happened to a guy I know!! hehehehehe

xbox II to have detachable powercord to stop the above happening

Ciaran500

Xbox 2 will have wireless controllers as standard.

boy1er1990

Heard xbox2 was going to be good

i am posting up a thread with pics of what the xbox2 is meant to be like , there is a few of them! thread being posted TONIGHT, MAKE SURE TO VISIT IT LOL



TRY WIRELESS CONTROLLERS!!
BEST INVENTION EVER

kaimera

ehh...I was referring to the actual psu powercord, not the controllers :: I was aware xboxII was going wireless controllers.

Ciaran500

>_< Really should read posts correctly

jesus_thats_gre

It makes sense.. There is a hard drive in the xbox.. If it drops from any height at alll the HD is ****ed.. Having the break in the cord means you are not gonna drag the xbox onto the ground if you trip over the cord..

BlitzKrieg

i must admit when i got my xbox i was very skeptical but its a damn well designed piece of equipment in most areas...despite its large size.

danniemcq

thnk god for it esp with my ma's hovering skills!

FuzzyWuzzyWazza

danniemcq wrote:

thnk god for it esp with my ma's hovering skills!

ROFLMAO..................I hear ya buddy!!!

TerrorFirmer

almost as good, but not quite as Nintendos wireless controllers.

Eh, you are aware that there are wireless controllers for every console, its not like Nintendo own patent rights to wiresless..... :rolleyes:

The detatchable controllers are great, I mean I cant even remember the amount of times playing 4 player halo when someone gets caught up in the controller and yanks it out. I wince every time I think of what would have happened if it had been a ps2.....! Although that said I did this many times to my psone, launched it across the room, and it never broke!

Did anyone seen that endurance test they have online? They batter a ps2, cube and x-box with hammers, drop them off really high ledges, drop giant weights on them.

Believe it or not the cube outlasts the xbox!! But only because when they dropped the xbox off the ledge its far heaveier and dropped like a ton. The front panel flew off so they couldnt turn it on to see if it still worked.

Ps2 was gone after the first round (out of 3)

Third_Echelon

I cant believe there is a thread on this... Surely the break in the cord is an obvious design feature???