I stay away from the cheapo controllers.
Considering that the one thing I like most about the 360 is the controller, I bought a wireless dual platform (Windows/Xbox) 360 controller for use with PC games. $40 on Amazon. Closest thing to a standardized game pad with Games for Windows. Unfortunately, not all PC games are compatible with all controllers, Official MS controller or not.
Game pad support is entirely up to the game developer since the standard controller for PC is and always will be a keyboard and mouse.
Not that a game pad is the best controller for most PC games anyway.







