Does a wireless 360 controller with play and charge work with PC?

So i know wired 360 controllers work just fine...plug it in and go

but what about wireless ones with the play and charge hook up? i plug it in and my PC makes that noise and says it's connected, but the controller doesn't light up and none of my games recognize it when i try to play a game with it

any help would be appreciated...thanks guys

Nope. Doesn't work.

You need the Xbox 360 Wireless Gaming Receiver For Windows to use wireless controllers.

lame....dumb because my PC even recognizes that it's a 360 controller plugged in via play and charge because that's what it literally said....if it knows what it is i dunno why we can't use it

bleh...better off just buying another wireless controller i suppose

lame....dumb because my PC even recognizes that it's a 360 controller plugged in via play and charge because that's what it literally said....if it knows what it is i dunno why we can't use it

bleh...better off just buying another wireless controller i suppose

CDUB316

Just get a WIRED xbox 360 controller, works perfectly.

I to tried plu n play one, didnt work, so got a wired one and it works great with PC for sports games (fifa11, NBA2k11 and fightings games).. also it works on xbox of course to.

my PC even recognizes that it's a 360 controller plugged in via play and chargeCDUB316

It recognizes it as a device that can be charged via USB. You can charge it just fine, but that's ALL that the cable is good for. When a wireless controller is plugged into a 360 with the play & charge kit, I'm fairly sure the input data is still going to the console wirelessly.

You need Microsoft's receiver to use 360 input devices with your PC. Microsoft used to sell the their wireless receivers for Windows separately for around ~$14, but they started to only package them with a controller. Pretty lame.