I don’t know what I did to piss off Microsoft, but I wish I could apologize. Ok, so this issue is a lot less severe than an entirely useless console that doesn’t read games anymore, but it’s annoying none the less.

The problem this time stemmed from the new wireless controller that I, obviously, received with the replacement console. Well, my battery (from the play and charge kit), was dead so I plugged it in to charge. Oddly enough, within seconds, the charge indicator light would turn green and the dashboard would report the battery was charged up to 3 bars. That’s nice, and all, except that it wasn’t charged and would immediately die when I unplugged it. To make sure it was the controller, I got out my old wireless controller and, this time, the battery charged as expected.

I don’t know why all of this is happening to me, but it’s getting tiring. I would love to find a way to fix the newer controller. The rubber on the analog sticks is less worn and, thus, it’s a bit easier to aim in games such as Call of Duty.