I am just posting because this issue is currently frustrating me and I want to see if anyone else has had this issue. I use an Xbox One controller for my PC gaming. It has destroyed 4 USB cables, the one it came with and the 3 I bought after market. It is something about the way the usb port on the controller is designed, it always starts off great the USB cable fits in nice and snug no problems. Then after a week or so of normal use the usb cable starts to become lose and lose connectivity constantly, eventually it will cease to work all together. On two of the cables the end bent over, again just from regular use. I am not hard or rough on it at all. Granted I have been buying the cheap generic 4 dollar micro usb cable for PS4, I just don't want to spend the money on a nice fancy one only to have this controller destroy yet another cable.

I would rather they used a proprietary cable that locks into place so it can't physically fall out. Why don't they make locking USB cables? It seems obvious.

Can it not connect wireless on your PC? Does it work with the same wireless adapter like the 360 controller?

you could xbox 360 controlers. i have used wired xbox controlers with no problems in the 360.

I've been using the same 360 controller on my laptop for a few years, and had no problems. (still works in the Xbox too)
It's a wired controller though. Meaning, the wire is permanently connected to the controller itself. Maybe that model was just built to last longer.

That might be the issue.
They often work just as well as a brand name, but for a shorter period of time.

Unfortunately, no.

I've got the same for my PC and never had any problems, my worry is that with the Xbox One the older hardwired 360 controllers will start to disappear and all we will have are these ones.

I hadn't seen an Xbox One controller up until I googled it earlier and from what I can see the controller will most likely wreck both brand and non-brand cables alike, it just looks like a really stupid idea to have them connected like that and I wouldn't mind betting after awhile it's going to wreck the controller also.

http://news.xbox.com/2014/09/xbox-one-controller-for-windows

Apparently they're releasing an Xbox One windows controller soon...not sure if the wire setup will be any better then the current controller.

It isn't, they are just packaging a regular Xbox One controller with a USB Cable, they said they wont be making a controller with a permanent fixed cable.

If they would just make an xbox one wireless PC adapter like they had for 360 it would fix everything. Although maybe with Kinect for Windows it will be able to be wireless. Not that I want to spend 100 dollars just to have a wireless experience on my PC.

It is a clear design flaw and I am sure it will take Microsoft 50000000000000000000 tech support complaint calls to finally fix it.

Edit: I do have a wired 360 controller, I have been using it now, but it feels so clunky and uncomfortable after using the Xbox One controller TBH.