me thinks whats new is the fact that M$ is marketing the controller for use with a PC specifically with that packaging. May be I'm wrong, but I haven't seen that packaging up until now.

As far as gaming controllers on PCs go though, that 360 controller is the best I have used. I played Tomb Raider Anniversary (with nude patch of course) most recently. I didnt have to go through the tediuous process of callibrating/binding all the button functions, they were already set up, and it worked flawlessly.

I would highly recommend this controller over any other PC controller I have tried.