Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: DON'T BUY THIS SORRY EXCUSE FOR A STICK!
Summary: 1 Stars
I only gave this a star because i had to. this jostick [stinks], I have used 12 different joysticks and this one was the worst. Lets say you have a full weekend of nothing but spare time, it will be half over once it has been succesfully installed on XP. then lets say you don't mind having to restart your computer several times after dissconecting the stick and then reconnecting it after about an hour or so of playing due to "static build up because it has a metal bottom" according to about 45 minutes of serching microsoft.com and phone calls to their customer service. it is STILL a bad stick after all that. the movement is kind of choppy the button arrangement is REALLY annoying (i wanna press button #2 not #3) and it dosent have enough buttons for most games and you constantly have to reach over to the keybord, BIG disadvantage and its not very durable, i like to think i'm not that rough on things, i probobly am but by the 2nd week it wouldn't respond to the #3, button 2 days later #2 and #4 went out (by the end of the week i probobly would only have been able to change direction), but needless to say i went back to the very solid precision pro which has been one of the best sticks i've ever had next to a couple that cost 2-3 times as much. so all in all the precision 2 [stinks], get it's predesesor and you can't go wrong (all the people who say pro is bad probobly just can't do hardly anything with hardware and/or software other than use it after someone else gets it ready). basicly on a scale of 1-5 the precision 2 gets a 0 and the precision pro gets a 6.Customer Review: If you want problem free, DON'T buy this one!
Summary: 1 Stars
It will not install. Does it work with Windows ME? Who knows...If you value your time, and want to use your computer rather than figuring it out, don't buy this joystick. One would think with the install wizard it would take no more than 10 minutes to install the software...WRONG...THINK AGAIN! If you don't get ERROR MESSAGES! it probably will install quickly. Why would anyone want a game item that requires them to go to the website troubleshooting and spend more of your time trying to fix the damn thing? That makes you a computer repairman not a computer user. A game should be fun...that doesn't sound like fun to me, does it sound like fun to you?
And what's this, static electricity, won't work, keep it away from your computer; you've got to be kidding! Get the #$@% outta heah!
My recommendation: if you are a computer geek and can figure out a relentless battery of error messages and know how to dig into your computer's software guts with relative ease and enjoy seeing "NOT CONNECTED" on your screen, then buy this. Good luck. I envy you, patience is your finest virtue.
I've returned it in exchange for Logitech, needless to say.
Customer Review: Microsoft Does Not Support Hardware
Summary: 1 Stars
After upgrading to Windows XP, my Microsoft Precision Pro Joystick is no longer programmable. Here is the information from their own website:Windows XP compatibility for SideWinder game port devices
This section applies to you if you own one of the following SideWinder game port devices:
SideWinder Force Feedback Pro, SideWinder Precision Pro
SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel (game port version only), SideWinder Game Pad, SideWinder 3D Pro
The SideWinder software (version 3.02) included with these SideWinder game port devices is designed to work with Microsoft Windows 95 or Windows 98. If you have Windows 2000 or Windows XP, the operating system includes device drivers for these game controllers listed above, so the device will function properly on both Windows 2000 and Windows XP. However, the accompanying SideWinder software (version 3.02 or any previous version) will not function, so you will not be able to create profiles for these devices using the SideWinder software on Windows 2000 or Windows XP. Microsoft is not planning to update the SideWinder software (version 3.02) for game port devices.
Customer Review: Microsoft doesn't support their own products!
Summary: 1 Stars
I've been burned by Microsoft twice before with Sidewinder joysticks. The first time I bought one was when I had Windows 98. It was a Sidewinder Pro. Great joystick, plug n play, all that. When I migrated to Windows 2000, I found that the Sidewinder Pro was not supported (despite being analog--you'd think it would be easy to program drivers for it). I thought, "Okay, maybe there are problems, blah blah blah." I then bought a Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro, again, great product, plug n play, all that. Worked great. When I migrated again to Windows XP I found AGAIN it wasn't supported by Microsoft. There is NO reason why a company such as Microsoft cannot support their own products on their own operating system. I will NEVER buy a Sidewinder again. I can't trust them. Buy anything else. I've had great luck with the Wingman Digital Extreme--$28 at WalMart--excellent buy!Customer Review: My Troubles With SPP2
Summary: 1 Stars
Well I just read John's reveiw and it really sounded kinda familiar..... I've just killed my second SPP2 trying to get it to work with my computer. It seems to work fine the first time i use it but the next day when I start my computer up and try to play a game of Mechwarrior 4 my joystick is "Not Detected" I'm gonna definately not get another SPP2 again well hey I might cash in my warrenty a third time and sell to it a freind for some cash hehe. DON'T BUY THIS IT'S VERAH VERAH BAAAD!