Check out this video from Microsoft’s Major Nelson and Zulfi Alam as they discuss the innovations in the Xbox One controller:​

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Looks really good.
If that usb connector that turns it into a USB controller works with the PC without any hassle, it might be a really valid purchase for PC gamers as well.

 

Looks really promising, can't wait to get a hold of it.

 

True it has to be at least 8/10

 

Well, yeah, but why so much interest as to warrant a seven minute video? It's ergonomic; it has two joysticks, a d-pad, 4 buttons, and four L/R triggers. But then that'd make for a pretty boring movie, so they added chrome casing and an SD slot, among other things, so you'll get your $30 worth out of this piece of hardware.

I think I know where I'm going with this. They've released the console and the controller: now they can release the games that will use this great controller. And, if you have to tell somebody something is great, chances are it probably isn't. Like when they were showing off the Xbone at E3: they went on and on about how TV and the new Call of Duty game would be such an incredible experience.

Edit: Or maybe they think if they show how great their controller is, then that'll convince some people to buy it since they value a good controller experience and this provides it.

 

Assuming it is not ultrasonically welded it is not usually that bad -- most modern monitors have a component of it and though I will bitch, piss and moan all the time when dealing with one I do ultimately enjoy not having a sea of screws to remember how to replace when I am done.
Batteries... charge capacity aside modern consumer batteries are great little things as far as degradation and other unpleasant things go but they are still not unlimited.

Without a hint of irony I shall say MS made the 360 controller, something I will attribute the status of "one of the finest general purpose controllers ever made" to, and for them to screw that up would be impressive.

All that said I think the main thing is going to be something like "if you do not want to watch it then you do not have to"; it was released as a standalone video for the curious, something I will readily confess to being when it comes to this. That said the little "controller labs" video that was on whatever stream I happened to settle on for E3 after the MS presentation this year was probably my best memory of it -- not that I would expect anything less but they have robots designed to do nothing but shake the controller prototype to see if it will give a false press of a button*.

*disclaimer, custom engineering for comfort and other similar uses is something I would like to spend more of my days doing. Sadly such a thing can not quite pay the bills so I do not.

 

Pro Tip: Don't spill Red Bull on your controller.

 

Actually, I'd be totally down for that. I mean, the 360 controller is practically a work of art, so it only makes sense.

 

Bigger pro tip: Don't leave your controllers within spilling distance of a couch in student flat.

 

I don't know what are you on man ( and I'm sorry about your brother ) but the Xbox360 controller support on the PC is a blessing and flawless makes things extremely easy.

Remember having a "standard "controller that works out of the box and the proper icons/actions displayed on screen, without having to calibrate or remap all your in-game buttons all the time is a very good thing last I checked.
Yes, it's a little inconvenient if you don't have such a " standard " controller, and you know what ? For years I've been using a Dual Shock controller via USB adapter on my PC.
I had to remap the controls with every single game all the time.

Then when GFWL started supporting the 360 controller, it was just so easy to have all the right button and axes assigned to the right place, so I started using the xbox360CE, which was working fine in most of the cases ( after some major headache to set it up properly ) , but still some games with directx wrappers were just impossible to get to work .

You know what ? After I upgraded to a newer PC, I decided to get a black, wired xbox360 controller with it and never looked back.
It works right out of the box with just about anything and it's recognized by most of my games ( only the very old ones don't detect it ).
No problem with inverted, poor calibrated axes or buttons and nice icons on the screen which are ablessing for QTA in most modern games.
I'm liking it a lot actually.......if it wasn't for that d-pad !

Enter the xbox one controller, an all-around improvement over the 360's.
If they manage to sort out decent drivers for it, it's guaranteed to be the next best thing.

Sorry I must disagree with you.

Oh and why wouldn't you want to have auto-aim on when using a controller in an FPS ? Turn it off if you play it with a mouse and you're good to go. It's hardly a game or a controller fault.