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Use Xbox Controller on Mac OS X

Posted by pudge on from the makes-it-easier-to-shoot-down-trolls dept.

JoeXboxer writes "I'm not sure why anyone would want to, but there's an open source driver to allow you to use your Xbox game controller on Mac OS X. In related news, McDonald's announced new Xbox-sized combos that will stretch America's bladders to the limit. One of these stories is a joke. It's hard to guess which one."

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  1. Connection Hardware? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wish he'd tell us how to get the damned controller actually PLUGGED INTO the Mac...no hardware to my knowledge exists! Gold Brick for OS X, perhaps?

    1. Re:Connection Hardware? by Enrico+Pulatzo · · Score: 3, Insightful

      The XBox uses usb, all you need to do is make a cable from a usb cable and an xbox extension cable. Am unsure of the pin order, though.

  2. not sure why anyone would want to?! by BillYak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Think about it. The success of a console relies /completely/ on people sitting and playing their games for hours. If you ship a console with a shitty controller, no one will buy it. A lot of money, research, and development goes into making a product people feel comfortable holding for hours on end.

    Compare it to, say, a Logitech gamepad. They sell keyboards, mice, trackballs. Hey, if they can make a few bucks off a game pad, it is worth it to them. Their entire operation is not based around people holding their control for hours at a time.

    Next time you see a made-for-PC gamepad, look at it, think of usability, and compare it to your favorite console controller. The console controller is /almost always/ more comfortable, more intuitive, and has more buttons that are easily accessible from the "standard" playing position.

    A lot of effort goes into making a good console controller. How is it bad, or surprising for that matter, that people want to apply it elsewhere?