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We at Xgaming™ have received tons of emails asking when we plan to have Xbox 360™ support, and the answer unfortunately comes from Microsoft®, not us.

Microsoft® has uncharacteristically created a legal protection of third-party development with only 4 companies legally permitted to make controllers for their system. As such, this allows Microsoft® to control the pricing and supply of all controller types for the 360 (and prevent a multitude of options for customers).

However, many 360 customers have complained about the lack of availability of controllers such as ours for certain types of games and we have been working hard to sway the company to allow our firm (and others) to meet customer demand.

It serves no benefit to us to delay the release of our adapter for a popular new system, and we cannot do so without Microsoft’s® explicit permission; something they are currently still withholding.

The way it seems to work is that the Xbox 360™ console looks for a certain code on hardware peripherals to make sure they are allowed. This code is patented, so it is not as simple as simply hacking it and putting that code on our controllers. But it is not impossible to use the X-Arcade™, just a bit costly and takes some finagling.

There is a new adapter on the market called the “XFPS” that lets you use a Playstation™ 2 controller or USB keyboard/mouse on your 360. Before you ask how they were able to make 360 support before us, they haven’t actually. You simply plug a wired 360 controller into the XFPS’s passthrough so that the 360 thinks a normal 360 gamepad is attached. Sneaky!

The XFPS has has been confirmed working with the X-Arcade™ with our Playstation™ 2 adapter (and the USB connection with some revisions of our USB controllers). It is expensive at about $80 and also requires a wired 360 controller to work. Obviously we can not use this same trick since nobody wishes to pay $80 for an X-Arcade™ 360 adapter. Keep in mind, we do not make nor support the XFPS, we can only confirm that it has been tested and it does work.

Oh, and as a bonus the XFPS lets you play FPS games with a keyboard and mouse!

Check Out The XFPS Adapter {Xbox 360 Fanboy}