Did you check to make sure your pc was plugged in?

I'm serious tho. That is the first thing you should check for when troubleshooting.

One time, I was going to download a game on steam, but my comp needed to restart. So I just unplugged it. Then I tried downloading the game but it would not work no matter what I tried. I was there for hours trying to figure it out. Then finally I got up to use the bathroom and I saw the plug. I was like oh shit that's right, I unplugged it!

Boy did I feel silly.

Play & charge kit is only for charging the battery it comes with, not relaying back inputs to your PC/360. You're gonna need to buy a dongle thing to use the wireless controller on PC, or buy a seperate wired controller.

that's the problem, i have no money to buy the wireless rec or to buy a wired controller.

Though someone already linked it, have another picture anyways. Just plugs into your USB port.

I bought some POS third party controller. Said 'Power A' on it. It was supposed to be used for a PS3, but I used it for the PC back when I had one that was worth a shit.

Anyways, It worked alright, and was like, maybe $15. All rubberized and shit with that non slip grip.

My regular 360 controller was like 'nah' bein' all proprietary and shiiiit.

Yup, just simply use an Xbox 360 wireless receiver for PC.

If you get a corded Xbox 360 controller for Windows instead, that'll be the cheapest and the easiest way to do it (I got mine for only $10 a couple years ago). Just plug in the controller and it works perfectly as long as you don't mind the wire.

However, I have been using my Dualshock 4s a lot more recently since they work great with my mobo's built-in Bluetooth.