Poll: Controller of Choice
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I'm a predominantly console gamer and don't own a Wii (yet) so that narrows it down to a choice between the PS3 and 360 controllers. Between those 2 I prefer the 360 controller for a few reasons:
1: Familiarity, I have owned a 360 longer than a PS3 and am more comfortable with the controller
2: Triggers, I really like the concave 360 triggers and feel they are much easier to use than the convex PS3 Triggers.
3: Size, I can use a 360 controller for hours but after using a PS3 controller for the same amount of time my hand gets tired due to the lack of space between the handles and buttons.
1: Familiarity, I have owned a 360 longer than a PS3 and am more comfortable with the controller
2: Triggers, I really like the concave 360 triggers and feel they are much easier to use than the convex PS3 Triggers.
3: Size, I can use a 360 controller for hours but after using a PS3 controller for the same amount of time my hand gets tired due to the lack of space between the handles and buttons.
Nothing compares to the accuracy and control of a mouse and keyboard. It's my preference whenever possible.
Console Favorite: GameCube. Best placement of buttons and analog sticks. I really liked the 8 'corner' points on the analog sticks.
Familiarity & Convenience: Small, lightweight, USB/Bluetooth, motion sensing all in one controller. Plus it has been around for 3 generations (old xbox didn't even last 1)
Size: I use an old Logitech Wingman Cordless Rumblepad alot. It's big, but I have big hands. It was revolutionary for its time. The "throttle control" can be useful on some games.
Potential: poor shoulder buttons/triggers, imprecise d-pad, and the awkward battery pack ruin the 360 controller for me.
Console Favorite: GameCube. Best placement of buttons and analog sticks. I really liked the 8 'corner' points on the analog sticks.
Familiarity & Convenience: Small, lightweight, USB/Bluetooth, motion sensing all in one controller. Plus it has been around for 3 generations (old xbox didn't even last 1)
Size: I use an old Logitech Wingman Cordless Rumblepad alot. It's big, but I have big hands. It was revolutionary for its time. The "throttle control" can be useful on some games.
Potential: poor shoulder buttons/triggers, imprecise d-pad, and the awkward battery pack ruin the 360 controller for me.
PS3, the 360 controller is just bloody massive designed for someone with much larger hands than I have and I'm so used to console controllers whenever I try to play say an fps with a mouse and keyboard I overaim so wildly I miss virtually every time. And I don't have a wii.
Probably has something to do with the fact I've been playing playstations since the PS1 days and the controllers have hardly changed.
Probably has something to do with the fact I've been playing playstations since the PS1 days and the controllers have hardly changed.
i just really cant use the ps3 controller because the d pad is in the wrong place, plus i like the triggers, so im gonna go with the 360 controller
I prefer the 360 controller, as it's big enough for the hands of a reasonably proportioned human. The triggers are actually triggers, and I don't feel like it'll break if I drop it. The only real flaw I see in it is the D-pad, but everyone knows about that.
The Wiimote is fine for motion games and most first party games, but the only game I've played where the Wiimote seems like the best controller option is Resident Evil 4:Wii Edition. I just find the motion aiming more accurate that that friggin laser sight. But, the only reason that game works is because it's a third person shooter.
I have used the PS3 controller, but only for a few hours of gameplay on MW2. I know that's not enough to fairly judge the controller, but it's better than no play time. I found it too small, fragile, and it doesn't have real triggers, just buttons on the shoulders.
The Wiimote is fine for motion games and most first party games, but the only game I've played where the Wiimote seems like the best controller option is Resident Evil 4:Wii Edition. I just find the motion aiming more accurate that that friggin laser sight. But, the only reason that game works is because it's a third person shooter.
I have used the PS3 controller, but only for a few hours of gameplay on MW2. I know that's not enough to fairly judge the controller, but it's better than no play time. I found it too small, fragile, and it doesn't have real triggers, just buttons on the shoulders.
The AsciiPad for the SNES. More ergonomically pleasant than the standard SNES paddle, and its Turbo/Auto functionality are near-requisite for any serious excursions into RPGs.
Toss-up between mouse and keyboard and 360 gamepad, which I don't think you can really directly compare anyway. The wiimote always feels really imprecise, and I hate the L2 and R2 half trigger half button things on the PS3 controller, although I'm sure I'd get used to them if I owned one.
A rather foolish poll, comparing console controllers / gamepads is all well and good, but a mouse and keyboard is on a whole different level. (That said, I'm surprised how even the poll is PC[86] - 360[86] atm).
Anyways, contrary to most people, I prefer a gamepad for my shooters. Sure, a mouse and keyboard is more effective, but point and click along with tapping keys has no "feel" to it, while when using a gamepad I can get way more into it and really feel "in the action". The same goes for flying games and racing games. For everything else (RTS, TBS, etc..) mouse and keyboard all the way.
And for gamepads, the 360's is my controller of preference so far in life.
Anyways, contrary to most people, I prefer a gamepad for my shooters. Sure, a mouse and keyboard is more effective, but point and click along with tapping keys has no "feel" to it, while when using a gamepad I can get way more into it and really feel "in the action". The same goes for flying games and racing games. For everything else (RTS, TBS, etc..) mouse and keyboard all the way.
And for gamepads, the 360's is my controller of preference so far in life.