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+ Light as hell, feels like you are holding nothing
+ Instantly connected, no waiting
+ Dont have to worry about running out of batteries
+ dont have to BUY batteries/battery pack
+ You can use it in your PC as a controller (awesome)
+safe to plug into system due to breakaway dongle, unlike the play and charge kit which strangely doesnt have one

- umm it has a wire....lol
- no battery pack to rest your fingers against (could be a plus to some because hands are not as cramped)
- suffers from the Xbox 1 "2 wires protruding from your controller" problem with a headset plugged in

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+ There is no wires when the headset is not plugged in
+ Turn the system on like you are using a remote control (Wired does this too but its not as cool)
+ Front of the system looks cleaner without anything plugged into it
+ If controller is running low on juice, just plug in your play and charge and you are set to continue
+Battery brick to rest your hands against (could be a negative too)

- it can run out of batterys!
- No way to use on a PC
- Controller wire has no breakaway dongle!! (WHY?)
- you are wired again as soon as you plug in the headset (there better be a wireless one eventually...)

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My vote is wireless, but when its charging I use the Wired controller because its the nicer controller in my mind. It just has a wire and that brings it down 10 notches

Also another plus about wireless is that there is no "Controller preference" like all other systems suffer from. Since there really is no difference between them, and no matter what controller you choose to turn the system on with, it becomes 1st controller, there is no fighting over who gets what controller

EDIT: Another negative about wireless, I got my first toilet flush over xbox live tonight.

Ive gone for wireless.

I doubt ill play enough in one go to rain the play and charge kits battery. Ill charge it when not in use.

Wireless is just sexier

I have wireless, and love it. I have noticed no lag and no connectivity problems. I went the rout of buying rechargeable batteries instead of the play and charge kit for the only reason as I do not want any wires! Cost is about the same, but they can be used in many devices instead of just the controller.

P.S. I have heard many comments about rechargeable batteries having to be replaced after so many charges, well that is true. But it is also true of the play and charge kit, unless you want your controller to end up a cabled one.

You can use the wireless as a wired controller if you desire.

Actually, its still wireless but is just powered by the PnC kit.

You forgot the danger of flipping or moving your 360 with the wire plugged in and scratching discs.

But it will be wireless for me from now on. The 360s wireless controller is the first one I have absolutely no lag problems etc with. I've tested several PC wireless mouses etc and I always feel like theres a little lag with them (still use wired mouse and kb!).

Just yesterday when running xbox1 I spent 5 minutes untangling the controllers. Say good bye to that mess.

I've bought a few powered USB extenders and run a USB line from the console up through the ceiling and down behind my couch (which sits about 15ft from the screen... it's a projector setup) Then I can plug in my play and charge kits, USB keyboard etc without having wires running across the room AND no uglying of the console's girlish good looks

Wireless - it's a "no brainer"

hahahaha, Do you just have a hub or cable dangling from the ceiling? Or is it a clean looking setup?

I am having a mental image of a cable dangling from the ceiling rofl thats good stuff. Good Idea though...

I admit the wired 360 controllers feel awesome in the hand but tooo light for my preference, so luckily the wireless batteries/battery pack makes up for it in the weight department. IMO More weight=better quality

Just like adding 20 pennies to the first xbox dvd remote to make it feel less cheap.

i have both i use the wired ones because i dont wanna waste bateries but when my friends over or im going over there ill take the wireless it dont make a diffrence too me

it's just the one wire right now, I need to add a hub... and it's pro looking... I've got an electrical box that I'm going to custom mount the hub in... so it will be like plugging your TV into the wall

You don't even see speaker-wires for the rears in my setup

Take a look at this baby:
Belkin Wireless USB Hub (no not for networking but for keyboards and such)

Being shown around now, will be out this year.

I get that all the time. I'll start a Halo 2 countdown and head into the bathroom. It's amusing listening to people be like, "Was that a toilet flushing?!"

I'm all about the wireless. I don't even own a wired controller for my 360. I might buy two wired controllers so I have 4 controllers total, but I'll never play on them.

pennies? pffft... talk about being cheap use quarters at least

im wireless only - had a wired controller.. breakaway didnt do its job - 360 scratched me pgr3 disc.. curseth!

lol I would have but the 4 little sections would only fit pennies lol

It gives it some heft though.

wireless is definitley good, and I have 2 of them because I got one open box at futureshop for 20 bucks, but the rest will definitley be wired

I did something very similar...I have a USB extension going from the back of the 360, down the back of my shelving, under the rug (thick rug, no bump) under a "armiour"(sp?) type thing next to my chairs, and there is a hole in the bottom of the thing with drawers where the usb goes up, and in one of the drawers is a USB hub with 3 wired controllers and a cheapo dell USB keyboard. I hated having the risk of the 360 being pulled off the shelves or bumped around, and hated the look of the 360 with those f-ugly wires plugged in the front, so I did this.

For myself I have a wireless controller that came with my premium, and I absolutely LOVE it! It is perfectly comfortable and I love the quick reaction time (no delay!). I have the 3 wired controllers because I saved $10 per controller ($30) and my friends can deal lol.

You can't fully appreciate wireless until you actually try it at home.
Once you go wireless, you won't go back to old school wired controllers.

my friend has a powered USB hub just sitting next to his couch (bout 10' from the tv and 360) and he uses that to charge his controllers, he said he just crossed the data cabled in each USB port inside it. although he could just be saying that, hes the kinda guy who says he has something, then a week later will actually attempt it, and it will either work or wont, and when i come over, if it didn't work, he says "oh it broke... stupid thing" perhaps you guys know some people like that

i have wires every where. i hate it. anything that i can spend a little more on and go wireless i do.

Hey,

MS should have just gone completely with the wireless controllers and not bothered with the wired ones.

We have never had wireless controllers until the 360. We liked them enough that we got a pair of wireless for the original Xbox and then one for the Gamecube.

I have said it before, but the 360 is having an effect on the economy.

I myself prefer the wireless controllers too. I have them for my Xbox and Gamecube also. I have a couple of chargers always going with batteries, so if the batteries run low, always have more charged and ready. It's nice not having wire's strung across the livingroom.

the more I use it the more I prefer the Wireless, its just so much lighter and better feeling

Are you sure??

Interesting!

the cord being pluged in has NOTHING to do with the disc scratching. idk where you heard that one at. anyways for me its wireless all the way! i was gonna buy a wired one to use for my PC but decided that id just keep using my home made xbox>USB cable and use my original xbox controller instead

He was saying that if you accidentally pulled on the cord and knocked the 360 over that your disc could get scratched, not that the cable would cause the scratching somehow.

If you knock over your 360 you are going to have more problems than just a stratched disc...