Cnet chooses Xbox 360 controller as Best of All Time

[QUOTE="cheezisgoooood"][QUOTE="Game13a13y"]

of all time?

is it serious?

 

SolidTy

I don't see how this is so unbelievable, 360 controller is easily the most comfortable I've ever held...

Because the DPAD blows.

It's a great controller, but the BEST OF ALL TIME belongs to a controller that performs Above average in all categories including DPAD use. 

I don't really use the DPAD that much...if that's really the only complaint you have with it, how is it impossible for it to be considered the best of all time?  Everything else about it is more than above average, it's excellent, and in my opinion that evens things out pretty well.  If you want to use your own gamepad scoring system though, that's fine.  But if you do, don't expect CNET to use it.

I have not really tried playing fighters with the 360 controller, and I have very little experience with it.

It is, however, quite the contrary with Controller S, a controller I've usead to death with all types of games on the Xbox. Please tell me, which one has the better D-Pad? Because I thought Controller S had a great D-Pad.

Also, the X360 controller is almost universally regarded as the best controller ever, not only from CNET's point of view, but many other sources. I don't understand why people are acting so suprised.

ToScA-

Someone that has experience with both contrllers enough to answer my question? :)

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49290548-5,00.htm

"Did you expect the Wii? Sorry. It's a brilliant piece of innovation, that's not in question, but there simply aren't enough games to judge it against the best controllers ever. The Xbox 360 pad has proven itself over a longer time and on a wider selection of titles -- and it has its own claims to originality.

It's not terribly pretty -- it's beige, for a start -- but the Xbox 360's pad is a winner on several counts. For starters, it was the first wireless pad to come as standard. Its comfy, solid design offers dual analogue joysticks and two analogue trigger buttons underneath.

There's also a built-in jack for connecting a headset, so you can hear and talk to your n00b opponents. Can it be waved around like a magician's wand? Hell no, but this is about serious-man gaming -- there's no time for moving your arms when your thumbs are tapping this fast."

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hockeyruler12

This is the best controller ever made....it is a redesign of the best before it...and the new features are subtle but make this my controller of choice.

NextGenNow

[QUOTE="NextGenNow"]

This is the best controller ever made....it is a redesign of the best before it...and the new features are subtle but make this my controller of choice.

gnutux

it is just about perfect. d-pad is the only flaw, and it could be worse. everything else is absolutely perfect.Dreams-Visions

You know what?  Funny I should remember this, I was walking down the gaming aisle at wal-mart the other day and saw a 3rd party 360 controller with a whole new D-pad a-la the SNES and NES...I couldn't believe it. 

This is the best controller ever made....it is a redesign of the best before it...and the new features are subtle but make this my controller of choice.

NextGenNow

how's that possible when it's the worse controller of the gaming gen it's in? 

I love the 360 controller. Just wish the D pad was better. Other then that is easily the best controller I've ever had. SpideR_CentS

[QUOTE="SpideR_CentS"]I love the 360 controller. Just wish the D pad was better. Other then that is easily the best controller I've ever had. da1on2

yeah, its cuz you are used to it

i absolutely hate the dualshock's (SIXAXIS's) analogue placement, because im so used to the 360 controller 

I still dont understand why everyone hated the big Xbox controler and the N64 controler. To me if there had to be a best it would be a toss up between the huge Xbox one and the N64 one.

The 360's is just nothing special, I would take a Snes pad over it anyday. (Then agian no analog stick may make 3d's hard to play) Either way N64 Xbox then the Snes and Nes then the dual shock and the game cubcontroler... then maybe the 360.... Sorry Lems its cool and all I just dont see how you could say its the best of all time... Infact it hurts my head just to have to type something like this out.

I wholeheartedly agree. The 360 controller is easily the most comfortable controller I've ever used... all the button placements are great, and the two triggers work beautifully.

By the way, people... you need to read the full article.  It's the FIVE best controllers of all time, including the SNES, N64, PS2 and Atari 2600 controllers.

http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gamesgear/0,39029441,49290548-5,00.htm

"Did you expect the Wii? Sorry. It's a brilliant piece of innovation, that's not in question, but there simply aren't enough games to judge it against the best controllers ever. The Xbox 360 pad has proven itself over a longer time and on a wider selection of titles -- and it has its own claims to originality.

It's not terribly pretty -- it's beige, for a start -- but the Xbox 360's pad is a winner on several counts. For starters, it was the first wireless pad to come as standard. Its comfy, solid design offers dual analogue joysticks and two analogue trigger buttons underneath.

There's also a built-in jack for connecting a headset, so you can hear and talk to your n00b opponents. Can it be waved around like a magician's wand? Hell no, but this is about serious-man gaming -- there's no time for moving your arms when your thumbs are tapping this fast."

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hockeyruler12

ROFL :lol:

This is the best controller ever made....it is a redesign of the best before it...and the new features are subtle but make this my controller of choice.

NextGenNow

This is what cnet had to say about the sixaxis:

"Some will say that the PlayStation 3 controller deserves to be here, for its wireless and tilt functionality, but many gamers are upset about the lack of rumble. Was it a massive mistake for Sony to lose the vibes? We think it was."