One battery lasts around 25-30 hours of constant gaming, just as the package suggests. The battery can be charged when plugged up to the Xbox 360’s USB port, and continues to charge even when the console is powered off, so it may be best to charge while you sleep or when your signficant other makes you mow the lawn (yes, your mom falls into this category). The battery level can be monitored by the Xbox 360 console, so you know how low the wireless battery is getting. The controller’s LEDs will start blinking at you when the battery is at critical level, but you can still squeeze out about 2 hours of gameplay or talk time at this point.
The battery can be charged in a PC’s standard USB port, as well. Although Windows XP will recognize a USB has been plugged in, it doesn’t recognize the controller as a usable gamepad, even with the “Xbox 360 Controller for Windows” drivers installed.
The way I see it, I was going through a set of batteries every 10 hours. Now given the fact that I play my 360 an awful lot, the cost of batteries was begining to put a cramp in my style. Let’s break it down if you will.
For every six hour gaming session I have played, I find out my son played the 360 earlier or my wife left the machine on after playing. Either way, the charge that it does hold is certainly more then adequate for gaming sessions and the fact that you can plug the thing in and keep playing really is the frosting on the cake.
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