Poll: PS3 or 360 Controller?

[Levi93]

You forgot to add an option for a mouse and the option for not minding either of them.

 

[Icehearted]

The Black/white buttons were not like the other face buttons, btw. They were smaller and set in a bit more. Never had an issue with them.

I could never actually reach them (or find them when needed). They were one of that controller's biggest flaws. Microsoft did well to copy Sony's (L1, R1) design in this gen, instead of rehashing that mistake (though they are too skinny and I sometimes miss them completely).

Personal preferences I suppose. I never had any problems with them, and would have rather had those as an option than have to use one button for two or more functions. Also, I never used anything but the S version of the old controller, and I hear the originals had tough to use Black/White buttons.

Resident Evil 5 used the X button to pick up items and open doors. I was playing coop, and and my brother and I were picking up some drops in an area after a particularly intense fought and I went for one that was too close to a door, and went thought, moving us on before we got all the loot. More face buttons means fewer context sensitive buttons.

Come to think of it, the D-pad on the old xbox systems were also better than they are now. Wonder who dropped the ball there?

 

[Sonic Doctor]

With each controller, I had only one complaint, both easily fixed by an add-on purchase. The 360 had me picking up the $20 wireless adapter kit and the PS3 had me picking up a pair of $5 "PS3 Dual Triggers" off of Amazon.

Wireless adapter? I thought all 360 controller were wireless.

This whole thread seems to be:

"Well I own both systems, and I don't even like playing "system A" because of the controller but the controller for "system B" fits in my hand perfectly."

I used to own shit with the gigantic original Xbox controller. Hell, you put any controller in my hands, I'll own shit. All the people arguing are really just disgusting fanboys.

I haven't seen any fanboyism in this thread.
All I see is a discussion about what controller fits each persons style better.

It isn't about system either. I haven't seen anybody saying a system is better than another. If I had the money, I would buy PS3; it would completed my console trifecta of this gen.

Of course I would most likely have to do what people are saying and buy the normal triggers to stick onto the PS3 controller.

The only problem with the 360 is the D-pad, but that problem hardly every comes up in a game.

Some controllers are better than others to some people and others to other people. And from what I can tell, it really isn't that the designs of either controller that's bad, it is the shape of the hand and the fingers that are using it. Because even though I have really small hands, the 360 controller is in no way big, bulky, or heavy for me; the funny thing is that I feel no weight at all.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

You forgot to add an option for a mouse and the option for not minding either of them.

Now he did mistakenly leave out not minding both, but with the title of the thread, it is obvious he was focusing on just the PS3 and the 360 controllers.

So he didn't forget to add the option for mouse and keyboard. It isn't about including all controlling devices.

It's fine to come in here and say you don't like either and prefer a keyboard and mouse or whatever other controller, but the thread isn't about them, so that is why the poll doesn't include them.

 

[Solemn Marth]

OT: I like the PS3 controller better than the 360 controller because, its smoother and easier layout, also the 360 controller is too bulky.

The 360 controller is bulky? I have smaller hands than a normal guy and I don't find the thing bulky in the slightest. It is just right perfect layout of everything.

The gamecube controller is in no way perfect. It has that stupid off-set B button. The L and R are monstrous, and when I did need to go for the Z button, I found my finger latching onto the R button by accident many a time. I would go so far as to say the 64's controller was better set up than the Gamecube's.

I have only had experience with PS2's controller, and if the PS3 is anything like it, I would hate it. The PS2 one was too elongated and those analog sticks were just too big.

i generally prefer a smaller controller and the Ps3 controller fits my hand much better than the 360, also i like the way the buttons are set up on the PS3 much better than the 360, mainly cause the analogue sticks are parallel and I know the controller much better than the 360.

When I play games, I play with my thumbs first and second fingers, so I never have the problem of getting my fingers stuck on triggers, its the way I learned to play, also I always liked that controller -probably just me though -.
The PS3 controller differs much from the PS2.


1. It's much much lighter.
2. Its more rounded and a little smaller. -or at least feels like its smaller to me-
3. the R2 and L2 triggers are wayyy different and easier to press.

Spoiler: Playstation 2

Spoiler: Playstation 3

You can't really see the triggers on the PS2 controller but they are horrible, and most the time whhen I played with one was hard to press, might have been just my controller.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

Spoiler: Playstation 2

Spoiler: Playstation 3

You can't really see the triggers on the PS2 controller but they are horrible, and most the time whhen I played with one was hard to press, might have been just my controller.

This is a PS2 controller. What you posted is a non-Sony variant. Sony barely changed it's controller from 2 to 3. They just changed the triggers to the crappy triggers most everybody in this thread is complaining about and have to buy extra triggers to stick on the bad ones.

Spoiler

Edit: Most people are saying they liked the PS2 triggers, though I would say that the 360's are the best around because they are actually triggers, not buttons.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

i'm gna have to go with xbox 360, ps3 controllers to small for my hands tbh, but my hands are quite large, i have to order in special gloves for my chemistry lessons at school, they don't make them in my size lol =p

You know what big hands mean? Nudge nudge wink wink.

 

[Solemn Marth]

Spoiler: Playstation 2

Spoiler: Playstation 3

You can't really see the triggers on the PS2 controller but they are horrible, and most the time whhen I played with one was hard to press, might have been just my controller.

This is a PS2 controller. What you posted is a non-Sony variant. Sony barely changed it's controller from 2 to 3. They just changed the triggers to the crappy triggers most everybody in this thread is complaining about and have to buy extra triggers to stick on the bad ones.

Spoiler

Edit: Most people are saying they liked the PS2 triggers, though I would say that the 360's are the best around because they are actually triggers, not buttons.

Thats it but I used the one in the picture I posted . Just cause everyone else is complaining doesn't make my opinion wrong. The PS3 triggers are far better than the PS2 triggers and the 360s but I'm not a microsoft person I dont really like Xbox in general even though their company games are decent. I prefer Sony.


EDIT: I'm not saying you're wrong either. This is why I like this forum site, people can have a calm discussion about things, erm most the time.

 

[Sonic Doctor]

Thats it but I used the one in the picture I posted . Just cause everyone else is complaining doesn't make my opinion wrong. The PS3 triggers are far better than the PS2 triggers and the 360s but I'm not a microsoft person I dont really like Xbox in general even though their company games are decent. I prefer Sony.


EDIT: I'm not saying you're wrong either. This is why I like this forum site, people can have a calm discussion about things, erm most the time.

I wasn't saying you were wrong either about what you liked. I was just pointing out the strangeness of showing a non-Sony controller to represent the PS2 controller, since it is constructed totally different. Cause, I think a majority of people would have had the Sony brand PS2 controller.

My reasoning behind my love of the 360 triggers, is that they are shaped similar and react like a gun trigger. Looking at the PS3 triggers, I can understand the people here that are saying that the 360 controls are good for shooters, because of the triggers, and that the PS3 controllers are good for other games. From what I see, the PS3 triggers look similar in shape to the PS2 ones, but from what I have heard on here the triggers on the PS3 are marshmallow-y. What does that mean? Are the triggers not made of hard plastic, instead they are soft cushy plastic?

For me if I were to use a PS3 controller, I think I would say the same like other people, my fingers would slip off the triggers because they are curved outward, they don't hold the fingers there. 360 curves inward and holds the fingers; same goes for the analogs which have curved indentations that keep the thumbs from slipping off them. When I did have a PS2, I found that a problem with the analog, because they were curved outward, and the same looks to be the same with the PS3 analogs.

 

[Solemn Marth]

I wasn't saying you were wrong either about what you liked. I was just pointing out the strangeness of showing a non-Sony controller to represent the PS2 controller, since it is constructed totally different. Cause, I think a majority of people would have had the Sony brand PS2 controller.

My reasoning behind my love of the 360 triggers, is that they are shaped similar and react like a gun trigger. Looking at the PS3 triggers, I can understand the people here that are saying that the 360 controls are good for shooters, because of the triggers, and that the PS3 controllers are good for other games. From what I see, the PS3 triggers look similar in shape to the PS2 ones, but from what I have heard on here the triggers on the PS3 are marshmallow-y. What does that mean? Are the triggers not made of hard plastic, instead they are soft cushy plastic?

For me if I were to use a PS3 controller, I think I would say the same like other people, my fingers would slip off the triggers because they are curved outward, they don't hold the fingers there. 360 curves inward and holds the fingers; same goes for the analogs which have curved indentations that keep the thumbs from slipping off them. When I did have a PS2, I found that a problem with the analog, because they were curved outward, and the same looks to be the same with the PS3 analogs.

All that you have described about the PS3 controller is true. It is also the reson I love the controller, I prefer to have the outward shape analogues and the triggers like they are, I have never had my fingers slip from the triggers but it is possible.

I like the triggers because they feel easier and quicker for me to push personally, and when playing fast, upbeat games that require a solid reaction time, I prefer that controller.

I have played games on Xbox and I do like the controller, however, I prefer to have the PS3 because of those features.

The Xbox controller has a more solid trigger that feels alien to me, as well as curved in analogue sticks.

But I learned and have played more with controllers like that of gamecube and playstation.

 

[xXAsherahXx]

For the sake of not starting a flame war I won't point out any examples, but lets just say that most of the comments here are extremely thinly veiled fanboyisms.

But seriously, it has nothing to do with personal playing style... It has to do with buying a system, adapting to a specific controller, and defending that controller as if could actually be "better". The only people who should be voting are those with both systems who also play each one often, and tbh I'm sure that most people here with "both systems" are lying.

I mean, any 360 vs PS3 thread on the Escapist is going to have a shit ton of fanboys.

I have played on both systems extensively. I have a PS2 and 360, and regularly go to my neighbors house to play on his PS3.

...but I am a PS3 fanboy.

 

[mayney93]

i'm gna have to go with xbox 360, ps3 controllers to small for my hands tbh, but my hands are quite large, i have to order in special gloves for my chemistry lessons at school, they don't make them in my size lol =p

You know what big hands mean? Nudge nudge wink wink.

a genetic history of manual labourers and warriors?

 

[xXAsherahXx]

i'm gna have to go with xbox 360, ps3 controllers to small for my hands tbh, but my hands are quite large, i have to order in special gloves for my chemistry lessons at school, they don't make them in my size lol =p

You know what big hands mean? Nudge nudge wink wink.

a genetic history of manual labourers and warriors?

...Clever