5 Reasons Why Every Controller Should be like the Xbox 360 Controller

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So I see...

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moot point that applies to every standard controller since last gen, and

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Anyways its a fine controller. As long as I don't have to use the Dpad heavily in a game then it works.

I still prefer the dpad, face buttons, stick layout and overall form factor of the DS3. All I want from the 360 pad is the concave analog tips.

Blabadon

The new SW bring out the worst in fanboys that used to tiptoe around the rules ;)

The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. TheEroica

[QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. todd2r_Partdeux

ha ha ha

and i thought my jokes were bad...

• Perfect Joystick Layout

The Xbox 360 controller has the perfect joystick layout. With one joystick on the upper left corner and the other in the bottom right, you just cant beat it. Compared to the dual center style joystick layout (for example a PS3 controller), it feels more natural and comfortable.

This is because it doesnt have that awkward weight offset from both of your thumbs applying pressure to the middle of the controller. In the Xbox 360 controller you hold both sides, but you also kind of hold the front and the back because the joysticks are distributed on the top and the bottom. This works out really well when you get into an intense game, like an online multiplayer match.

• Size

Well Im going to go ahead and say it, size matters! If a controller is too small it can be very uncomfortable to people with large hands. Maybe you wouldnt be able to hit all the buttons precisely or the controller just flat-out wouldnt be comfortable to hold.



Either way the controller cant be too small or too big. The Xbox 360 controller is just the right size for comfortability and to allow you to be precise when pressing buttons.

• Comfortability

Holding an Xbox 360 controller in your hands just feels right. It feels like an extension of your fingertips, and not like a clunky piece of plastic.

It has excellently sized handles on each side of the controller. This really allows you to hold on to the controller and not lose your grip during play.

• Just the Right Amount of Complexity

With 4 main buttons, 2 joysticks, 2 pressure pads, 2 bumper pads, start, select, and 1 d-pad, it has just the right amount of complexity to suit almost any games needs.

From first person shooter to simulation to more casual games, the Xbox 360 controller allows for a great platform for developers to set the controls too. Now of course this is up to the developer of each individual game to actually set decent controls for the game, but this provides the proper framework for developers to work with.

• Great Control

The Xbox 360 controller has great response. You can be very precise in the control of your character while playing. If you go left your character will actually go left.

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PSP107

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points 2,3,4,5 are the same for the dualshock...and point 1 is garbage.. asymmetrical stick placements :lol:

something else overhyped in SW....360 controller

it is not better then the dualshock at all

The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. TheEroica

The 360 and gamecube were probably my favorite controllers.

DJ-Lafleur

[QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. todd2r_Partdeux

Apparently, you did

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[QUOTE="todd2r_Partdeux"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. BPoole96

Apparently, you did

[spoiler] I can make stupid immature jokes too [/spoiler]

hilarious :)

[QUOTE="todd2r_Partdeux"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. BPoole96

Apparently, you did

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[QUOTE="todd2r_Partdeux"] Who designed the dualshock? Ispeakfact?todd2r_Partdeux

Apparently, you did

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[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"][QUOTE="GunSmith1_basic"]where's the negative point for the god awful d pad????jun_aka_pekto

Did enhancements for the 360 Slim controller D-Pad make it to the standalone controllers? I'm using a wired 360 controller (bought last year) dated 2010 and the D-Pad hasn't been a problem yet.

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[QUOTE="StatusShuffle"] That's been fixed since the Slim came out for a long time now.GunSmith1_basic

Did enhancements for the 360 Slim controller D-Pad make it to the standalone controllers? I'm using a wired 360 controller (bought last year) dated 2010 and the D-Pad hasn't been a problem yet.

it's a transforming dpad. you can flip it to your liking.

yeah, I've still got the 360 controller from my launch (RROD) 360. Use it for PC occasionally... at least that wasn't a waste of money.

oddly enough, over the years the D-PAD has been broken in to the point that it works perfectly. Best controller I've ever had in 25 years of gaming (PC+mouse is still Superior though.) As for the DualShock... it's not THAT bad.

The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. TheEroica

[QUOTE="GunSmith1_basic"][QUOTE="jun_aka_pekto"]

Did enhancements for the 360 Slim controller D-Pad make it to the standalone controllers? I'm using a wired 360 controller (bought last year) dated 2010 and the D-Pad hasn't been a problem yet.

platniumgamer

it's a transforming dpad. you can flip it to your liking.

That wouldn't apply to my 360 controller then. Mine still has the same (non-transforming) one.

[QUOTE="todd2r_Partdeux"][QUOTE="BPoole96"]

Apparently, you did

[spoiler] I can make stupid immature jokes too [/spoiler]

BPoole96

i wish ppl would stop doing this....some people actually like finding information at one spot and the fact that others like to change the information really is annoying

[QUOTE="BPoole96"][QUOTE="todd2r_Partdeux"] Wow. You actually took the time to do that. Sad. I'm sorry if I offended you and your bf. Mario1331

i wish ppl would stop doing this....some people actually like finding information at one spot and the fact that others like to change the information really is annoying

2D Fighting games /thread.

So have people here actually used both controllers or are they just defending their console through the controller? I'm going to say its the latter.

So have people here actually used both controllers or are they just defending their console through the controller? I'm going to say its the latter.

MacBoomStick

O come now, it's been like 5 years, I'm sure everyone here has used each of the major controllers and consoles by now

So have people here actually used both controllers or are they just defending their console through the controller? I'm going to say its the latter.

MacBoomStick

iv used both dualshock 3 and 360 controller. I prefer the ds3.

I've said this before and I'll continue to say this, what makes the 360 controller great isn't the damn analog sticks placement, its the shape the controller. The analogs could both be on the bottom of the 360 controller and it would make no complete difference in how good the controller is to use. I could argue that the dualshock is better for shooters than the 360 controller simply based on the analog placement and the mentality of playing a shooter with a controller. You could argue that certain designs are better at certain games like fighters, racing games etc.

Nonstop-Madness

indeed.

So have people here actually used both controllers or are they just defending their console through the controller? I'm going to say its the latter.

MacBoomStick

I have both controllers. See my pics.

So have people here actually used both controllers or are they just defending their console through the controller? I'm going to say its the latter.

MacBoomStick

I've used both and I prefer virtually every controller I've used since the original DualShock (even the N64's three pronged...thing) over the DualShock design and I find the Xbox 360 controller to be the most comfortable controller of them all.

Lems sure got owned in this thread, always nice to see lem butthurtery.

I really don't like either of the controllers and prefer vita's layout. But if I had to use one i would pick sony's, feels like its was made for the average sized guy like myself(140lbs). Ms feels like it was made for the 200+ sized people which obesity is on the rise in the US.p4s2p0

Lems sure got owned in this thread, always nice to see lem butthurtery.

Eddie-Vedder

You Sony fanboys are so desperate for "ownage" that you just make s**t up, don't you? :lol:

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Lems sure got owned in this thread, always nice to see lem butthurtery.

The_Game21x

You Sony fanboys are so desperate for "ownage" that you just make s**t up, don't you? :lol:

Let them have this one.

once halo 4 comes out they will be sad and depressed.

[QUOTE="Eddie-Vedder"]

Lems sure got owned in this thread, always nice to see lem butthurtery.

The_Game21x

You Sony fanboys are so desperate for "ownage" that you just make s**t up, don't you? :lol:

I have to say the 360 controller feels more robust. It seems my default Sony wireless DS3 can't take much abuse from a toddler. The right trigger of mine is already giving out. There are much tougher 3rd-party PS3 controllers. But, the Sony ones are pretty flimsy in comparison.

[QUOTE="p4s2p0"]I really don't like either of the controllers and prefer vita's layout. But if I had to use one i would pick sony's, feels like its was made for the average sized guy like myself(140lbs). Ms feels like it was made for the 200+ sized people which obesity is on the rise in the US.todd2r_Partdeux

d pad on the 360 controller is terrible

[QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. rjdofu

[QUOTE="rjdofu"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. TheEroica

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[QUOTE="BPoole96"] You do realize that takes less than 2 minutes right?BPoole96

i wish ppl would stop doing this....some people actually like finding information at one spot and the fact that others like to change the information really is annoying

oh ok i take back what i said....it wasnt directed to you btw just to let you know

.. Inless the controller radically changed since last I used it.. The Dpad is absolutely AWFUL on it.. And I found the PS3 set up for shooters in which you used bumpers instead of the triggers felt more responsive.. sSubZerOo

I'll never understand the dual shock people, the sticks are so akward, I'd rather have the GC controller hands down, or dare I say it the N64 controller!

Original Ps1 controller an snes pad are the perfect controllers

Nothign beats Keyboard an mouse for shooters.

All hail SNES gamepad, the precursor of every modern controller design that people actually like.

[QUOTE="sSubZerOo"].. Inless the controller radically changed since last I used it.. The Dpad is absolutely AWFUL on it.. And I found the PS3 set up for shooters in which you used bumpers instead of the triggers felt more responsive.. Valknut4

I'll never understand the dual shock people, the sticks are so akward, I'd rather have the GC controller hands down, or dare I say it the N64 controller!

Original Ps1 controller an snes pad are the perfect controllers

Nothign beats Keyboard an mouse for shooters.

.. Inless the controller radically changed since last I used it.. The Dpad is absolutely AWFUL on it.. And I found the PS3 set up for shooters in which you used bumpers instead of the triggers felt more responsive.. sSubZerOo

I'll never understand the dual shock people, the sticks are so akward, I'd rather have the GC controller hands down, or dare I say it the N64 controller!

Original Ps1 controller an snes pad are the perfect controllers

Nothign beats Keyboard an mouse for shooters.

[QUOTE="p4s2p0"]I really don't like either of the controllers and prefer vita's layout. But if I had to use one i would pick sony's, feels like its was made for the average sized guy like myself(140lbs). Ms feels like it was made for the 200+ sized people which obesity is on the rise in the US.todd2r_Partdeux

[QUOTE="rjdofu"][QUOTE="TheEroica"]The duelshock is probably the biggest reason i dont play my ps3 as much... im pretty sure the guy with the smallest penis in the world invented that turd or a controller. Its hand cramp city, analog placement made sense two generations ago when analog was first introduced on ps1, now its just sad. The 360 controller is king this gen, no doubt and the wiimote is a coat hanger abortion of a design. TheEroica

Say all you will, but this debate has been done to death. At the end of the day it is a preference call and I still prefer the Dual Shock design.

I wish they could take all the best aspects of both and make a mega controller, but if I had to choose then Dual Shock it is.

sandbox3d

The layout, aside from the terribad dpad, and the comfort factor is true. It's fantastic. It's actual buttons however, leave alot to be desired with being very blocky and having no pressure sensitive tech. The joystick positions are great, but I prefer the loose style ones of ps3 personally. The actual triggers are also, in general, a much better idea than the ps3 ones by a large margin, but they'd be a thousand times better by implementing yet again, the pressure sensitive tech of the sixaxis. Without it, it creates barriers, and I've had two controllers that had the triggers get overly loose and stuck in position because it's the primary feature used for a large majority of the games. With such an important tool to a controller, you'd think they would have had those things optimized, at the very least, by now.

In terms of the sixaxis, I like everything, but the back triggers, and layout of the sticks. Their "swishy" factor is something I prefer, but the positioning was, and still is absolutely terrible. In the end, I'd say the 360 controller is a good jump off point for future controllers, but they gotta make it more responsive with the buttons, do something with the dpad, and for the love of god, reinforce those triggers.

[QUOTE="TheEroica"][QUOTE="rjdofu"] And they said cows are the worst. smhrjdofu

Have you actually been reading this thread? :?

[QUOTE="sandbox3d"]

Its kind of funny that this is an article on their site. Random posters here on SW make better arguments than this.

ionusX

it would be best to move everyone the keys & mice. more buttons, familiar design, standardized control schemes and hotkeys

hotkeys can be incredibly powerful. consoles dun have hotkeys. they have cold barren 4-figure buttons and archaic d-pads