Wireless controllers seem nice, but is there a catch?
Maybe not. The Xbox 360 wireless controllers interact with the system in the overloaded 2.4 GHz wireless spectrum, making them susceptible to interference from 802.11b/g wireless networks, many cordless phones, X10 home control transmitters, Bluetooth-enabled devices, and other devices. However, Microsoft is using a technology called “frequency-hopping spread spectrum” to cut down drastically on the amount of interference you’d normally see. And if the controller senses that one frequency is always blocked, it will simply stop trying to use it. In my extensive testing of Xbox 360, the controllers have worked flawlessly.
