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I personally doubt that scarcity will be too big an issue with Xbox 360 controllers for the foreseeable future — development of new 360 hardware only ended in A
by GunlogAlm 9y ago
I personally doubt that scarcity will be too big an issue with Xbox 360 controllers for the foreseeable future — development of new 360 hardware only ended in April last year. I can think of no piece of consumer electronics cheaper to source and repair than the 360 controller.
I'm sure, though, that both 1. and 2. are concerns the US Navy will have given ample consideration before making this move.
- ngz00 9y agocan you fix my controller? last I checked they were like $60
- GunlogAlm 9y agoYou can buy 360 controllers for £25 ($33) new here in the UK.
- rmc 9y agoThe SNES came out 27 years ago. Can you still get controllers for it? (Imagine if current submarines were using SNES controllers... )
- chuckdries 9y agoDid the SNES controller become a de facto standard? Because the xbox 360 controller is one. There are plenty of xinput compatible gamepads from different manufacturers, the largest right now is Logitech. Xinput became pervasive because of PC gaming, it had really good support within windows, and support has been implemented now in Linux and directly in Chrome and Firefox. It's also really popular in the robotics world for exactly the reasons the navy outlined, a group I worked with used 3rd party xbox controllers almost exclusively. The tooling support is there as well, labview has built in xbox 360 controller support, and idk about other competing software but it probably does as well.
- foldr 9y agoYes, very easily and cheaply: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TRIXES-Retro-Replacement-Controller-Gamepad/dp/B01MXRQW5F/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_107_lp_t_3?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=S951N70ESJ5DJ0Y6HX7B https://www.amazon.co.uk/TRIXES-Retro-Replacement-Controller...