Is Xbox 360 controller still going to be widely supported for PC?

[futurefields]

With the new consoles coming out, will the 360 controller still be used as a widely supported gamepad?

I just shelled out the $40 (way too expensive for a wired controller imo) for a black 360 controller for my PC to use for a few games, I'm hoping i'll get years, as opposed to months, of use out of it.

 

[KaOTiK]

Who knows, but there are tons of games out right now that support it and their support isn't going to disappear just because a new controller comes out.

Someone will probably make a program anyways (or modify an existing one) to have the old controller seen as the new one. I don't foresee any new buttons on the next gen controllers that will actually be for gameplay anyways.

 

[Aikouka]

I've always been really disappointed with Microsoft's support for them in Windows. The biggest thing that I hate is using wireless 360 controllers in Windows, because I find it lame that they only way to turn them off is removing the battery pack. I was kind of hoping that Windows 8 would at least include some sort of menu like the 360 does if you hold down the XBOX button, but Windows 8 doesn't do anything different with the adapter.

 

[gothamhunter]

I've always been really disappointed with Microsoft's support for them in Windows. The biggest thing that I hate is using wireless 360 controllers in Windows, because I find it lame that they only way to turn them off is removing the battery pack. I was kind of hoping that Windows 8 would at least include some sort of menu like the 360 does if you hold down the XBOX button, but Windows 8 doesn't do anything different with the adapter.

:-\ Takes like 2 seconds to unlock/re-lock it. Probably shorter amount of time than to hold in the button and turn it off through the menu.

 

[chimaxi83]

I've always been really disappointed with Microsoft's support for them in Windows. The biggest thing that I hate is using wireless 360 controllers in Windows, because I find it lame that they only way to turn them off is removing the battery pack. I was kind of hoping that Windows 8 would at least include some sort of menu like the 360 does if you hold down the XBOX button, but Windows 8 doesn't do anything different with the adapter.

I agree. It's not a huge issue, just kind of an annoyance. Shouldn't have to take the battery off, 2 seconds or not.

 

[Dankk]

Who knows, but there are tons of games out right now that support it and their support isn't going to disappear just because a new controller comes out.

Someone will probably make a program anyways (or modify an existing one) to have the old controller seen as the new one. I don't foresee any new buttons on the next gen controllers that will actually be for gameplay anyways.

Pretty much this. It's an awesome controller, lots of games support it, and I don't really see it going away anytime soon.

 

[dagamer34]

Even Steam officially supports it. It's not going away. I wonder if games will continue to provide UI controls for the 360 (I was quite glad that Crysis 2 and 3 do, sad Crysis 1 does not).