Poll: PS3 or 360 Controller?
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this is really just a matter of personal choice. the difference between the two is fairly negligible and the choice for which is better is, most likely, influenced by which console you own, and which controller you use the most.
I peronally prefer the ps3 controller, but that is simply because the PS3 is the one I own and am used to (case in point)
I peronally prefer the ps3 controller, but that is simply because the PS3 is the one I own and am used to (case in point)
I love the way the 360 controller in every way. The d-pad is perfect where it is. Besides, I haven't played a game yet that uses it as a core of the controls, plus it feels more natural to reach down to it instead of up to it. Oh, and also the most obvious thing, thing about how close your thumbs are on the the analogs of the 360 if the left was where the d-pad was; there would be a high possibility that your thumbs would collide and mess you up when trying to do something. Right now looking at it, if I put my thumb in the air where the d-pad is to imagine how it would be placed like my thumb on the right one, my thumbs already ever so slightly touch.Zeromaeus said:
The 360 controller is the best designed controller since the NES. (Of course it only had a D-pad, A, B, start, and select.)
Like its even a contest!! The 360 controller craps all over the tiny, crappy, japanesey Playstation controller...Its the only thing that prevents me from getting a PS3 along with my 360.
The original xbox controller was way better than the 360 one though.
The original xbox controller was way better than the 360 one though.
PS3 controller all the way. However, there are certain games (let's say virtually all RTS games and any valve shooter) that feel better with a mouse, like let's say Counter Strike: Source, but when I think of playing Call of Duty, I can't play it with anything but a controller.
Other than that, I really liked the Dreamcast controller as well. I always felt it had a good feel, albeit not having a second analog stick, it had good triggers for racing games or pretty much any scenario.
Other than that, I really liked the Dreamcast controller as well. I always felt it had a good feel, albeit not having a second analog stick, it had good triggers for racing games or pretty much any scenario.
I've never really been comfortable with a mouse and keyboard. Playing a game with just a mouse is fine, but when the keyboard comes in, it gets all kinds of awkward. It is just too many buttons to deal with, too close together. Take Minecraft, for example. It uses mostly, W A S D Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I Space, and of course mouse. I'm always having to look down because I keep hitting the wrong ones. With a 360 controller, I never have to look down, unless I am new to a game. With PC games I will always have to look down, no matter if I am new or accustom to the game. Another example: I actually use the keyboard very little when I use to play WoW and LotRO. I just used the mouse to click the attacks in the hotbar, because it is faster and if I didn't I might accidentally press the wrong number.Ashsaver said:I'm okay with both xbox360 and Ps3 controller,but i feel most comfortable when using these
But of course, some things are more comfortable to other people.
The D-Pad makes the xbox 360 controller inferior. I've never used the newer dualshocks, but the sixaxis felt a little too light and the L2 R2 buttons seemed unusually flimsy and cheap. That said, it is at least completely functional, loose and wiggly analogues and all. The D-Pad on the 360 is just about completely worthless. Games that rely on it for anything, such as changing weapons in Gears, have given me more issues than I can count.
A better D-pad and returning the black/white buttons as well as having bumpers would make the 360m pad a huge winner. More face buttons = fewer lazy context sensitive buttons (Like RE5).
A better D-pad and returning the black/white buttons as well as having bumpers would make the 360m pad a huge winner. More face buttons = fewer lazy context sensitive buttons (Like RE5).
How does it feel chunky? As I commented to someone else, I have small hands for a guy, and the 360 doesn't feel big, bulky, or chunky in the slightest. If it was any smaller, my fingers would collide.CynderBloc said:
I've been using the SONY controller for 3 generations and 15 years now so it is the more natural for me. (I agree that the triggers as delivered don't feel right, but if you use those aftermarket addon extensions they are great).
I will concede that the 360 is the more natural and comfortable feeling controller. Just a great fit for the hands. If I could ever get used to the asymetric analogue sticks I would probably prefer it.
I will concede that the 360 is the more natural and comfortable feeling controller. Just a great fit for the hands. If I could ever get used to the asymetric analogue sticks I would probably prefer it.
I prefer my Razer Naga and Lycosa, but out of those, PS3 controller (mostly biased because I have no need for a 360).
Sorry to quote this same comment again. But, I just thought of something about what you said about hadouken.Zeromaeus said:
Do you mean it is hard to do it with the 360 controller? When you play Street Fighter, are you trying to use the D-pad to do it? Or are you saying that the left analog makes your finger hurt when hadoukening?
Because when I was playing Street Fighter 4, I was using Ryu for about 2 hours, and I could almost constantly keep up the hadoukens with the L analog and not get tired or my finger hurting.
Give me the 360 controller any day. I find the PS3 controller to have "afterthought thumbsticks" when they slapped them to the inside corners of the original Playstation controller, and thought "Hey, we'll need these from now on!". They make my poor thumbs bend in an awkward downward angle. That and I hate those spongy L/R2 buttons...
Speaking as a PC gamer, you have to be a touch typist for the mouse/keyboard combo to really work. If you don't know, at the very least, the left side of the keyboard well enough to press a given button on that side without looking, the whole thing starts to fall apart, especially in online play. Of course, the same thing is true of controllers -- I can't be the only one on this forum who has had a controller with the button labels rubbed off, but still known exactly where every button was.Sonic Doctor said:I've never really been comfortable with a mouse and keyboard. Playing a game with just a mouse is fine, but when the keyboard comes in, it gets all kinds of awkward. It is just too many buttons to deal with, too close together. Take Minecraft, for example. It uses mostly, W A S D Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I Space, and of course mouse. I'm always having to look down because I keep hitting the wrong ones. With a 360 controller, I never have to look down, unless I am new to a game. With PC games I will always have to look down, no matter if I am new or accustom to the game. Another example: I actually use the keyboard very little when I use to play WoW and LotRO. I just used the mouse to click the attacks in the hotbar, because it is faster and if I didn't I might accidentally press the wrong number.Ashsaver said:I'm okay with both xbox360 and Ps3 controller,but i feel most comfortable when using these
But of course, some things are more comfortable to other people.
OT: I prefer the Dual Shock line, hands down. The 360 controller bugs me for a number of reasons; the big ones are the repositioning of the left analog stick and the crappy D-pad, but then there's little niggling details like the placement of the X button. Specifically, after roughly 10 years of the X button being on the very bottom, Microsoft decided to go back to the old SNES layout, which gets really confusing when you have a quick time event and your muscle memory puts you in the wrong place. See my above point about touch typing for more on that matter.
Edit: Okay, a little over five years; I forgot that the original Xbox controller had the X button on the side as well.
I respectfully disagree. My hands just feel better when using a Playstation controller. My thumbs have never collided using one either. I'm not saying the 360 controller, in its current format, would be better with swapped D-pad/analogs either. That would cause problems. They're very differently designed despite the obvious similarities. My thumb just tends to hurt a bit when using the d-pad where it is while simultaneously using the face buttons with the 360 controller, where there is no pain with the PS3 controller. It may just be an issue with the shape of my hands, I don't know, but I do know I feel physical pain in my thumb when using even basic combos in Street Fighter IV on the 360 controller that I've never felt with a PS controller. The 360 controller is absolutely brilliant for shooters however.Sonic Doctor said:
Oh, and the Sega Genesis six-button controller was solid gold and you know it.
