Gift Ideas - USB gadgets for Gamers

The 360 naturally has 3 USB 2.0 ports. You can of course connect USB memory, however there are a few more 360-specific usb accessories.

The Wii has 2 USB ports on its back. It is mostly used to connect a Lan adapter, but can be used for other USB accessories.

The Nintendo DS itself has no USB ports, but a computer's USB can be used to connect the DS to wifi. It can hold up to 5 Nintendo DS handhelds on its network.

As always Sony manages to see something and grab onto it. PS2 is probably the first popular console to use USB ports for accessories.

The Eyetoy uses USB 1.1 to connect, but it's actually a very fun PS2 toy

The PS3 and PSP are probably the USB-gods of the console generation. They are heavily important as they allow for media immersion, PS2 adapters, and other features

As we all know, no computer nowadays comes without USB ports. They can do so much, however this is a gaming lens so only accessories dealing with video games will be here

If you're the type of person who has older games on your PC, and would like to truly feel the experience by using old-fashioned controllers, you're in luck

However if you want to use current controllers that's cool too. I'm sure loads of people play their PC Halo using Xbox controllers

Yes, Macintosh is still Computer Gaming, and most accessories are made to fit on PC's and Mac's. However some aren't.