Intellivision : First attempt at a dpad, beat Atari 2600, more buttons
NES : Sega copied it with the mastersystem, but that gen NES set the standard
SNES : More buttons, simple. Sega tried to fix that with a 6 button genesis, didn't do the trick, still it was a close runner up.
PSOne : The Dual Shock. It brought Twin Analog to the world, no batteries needed to rumble.
PS2 : Tighter Analogs, longer cord, analog buttons that read 256 degrees of pressure sensitivity, rumble.
PS3 : DS3. Even Tighter Analogs, Sixaxis, Better Rumble than last gen, wireless, no external batteries needed.
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Cool ideas, and runner ups :
N64 for having that great analog stick, to bad the Dpad and Analog stick forced developers to decide to omit Dpad use in most games. No Streetfighter games available, and lack of 2D games in general due to this design. Rumble needed batteries. Still, had years of great times with it.
Dreamcast,. Came out years later to start last gen...but Sega made a mistake. Sega still went with Nintendo's One analog idea instead of Sony's twin analog scheme. Rumble like N64 required batteries still! Had to take out rumble pak to use VMU. Cord at the bottom of the controller, wtf?
Wii : Fantastic idea, but still needed refinement. 2009's Motion plus seems to add a lot, but due to the lack of hardware power, we don't see the FPS's ownage we imagined back in 2005-2006 like we thought.
Xbox : Terrible initial controller, Type S was a great improvement.
Gamecube : Wonderful controller, Dpad was a Gameboy Advance Micro sized dpad. As you can see, I love my Dpads. The Z button was uncomfortable after prolongued use, but otherwise an exceptional controller!
360 : Super awesome controller, the one FLAW the TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE Dpad kills it. I'm a hardcore gamer from yester year, and I love my fighters. M$, fix this problem next gen!
Rockband/Guitar Hero. Fun. Nuff said.
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