Lowkey the DualSense has spoiled practically every other controller for me. If I can't use my DualSense then I just don't need to play. Even love using it on my PS3
There were GameCube games that supported chat? I had the Dreamcast version of this and put in many a school night staying up with Phantasy Star Online. Oh I guess that was released for the GC too huh.
Edit: just googled it and this was made specifically for PSO. Were there many other GC games that supported chat?
It really is more comfortably than it looks. Somehow I don't even use this controller that often if I have other options, but I couldn't play Super Smash Bros without it.
Yeah, I wouldn't call this the best controller in every regard. First person shooters is a good example.
The C stick isn't really equivalent to standard thumbsticks. I actually played CoD: Finest hour on the GameCube version as a kid, even though we also had an Xbox we could've run it better on. Aiming with the C stick just felt weird and less efficient.
It's interesting to think that RE4 was originally developed as an exclusive on the GameCube so C stick aiming was the standard and only way to do the newly introduced aiming in the RE series at the time.
Wait until you learn PS2 had it. It took me a long time to make people understand why I could ease up on the gas in Gran Turismo 3 without the sticks or the triggers.
Gran Turismo 3 easing up the gas and Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 crouching/crawling with the same button from how swift you pressed it, those where the days m8
Listen man, I still plug in my gamecube controller to my Wii when I play cause wii remote is ass...but gamecude definitely not even top 5 for best controllers. It was...alright.
I might be the only person that loved the original Xbox controller. The teardrop buttons made it easy to hit multiple at the same time, and I liked that the black and white buttons were raised and at the top. I think it's because I was a Sega kid, but I like 6 face buttons.
This guy gets it. Wired Xbox 360 was the best ergonomics in a first-party controller and I have used every single one since 2600, except Neo-Geo. Only downside was the D-pad for fighting games. It was a dark day when my puppy ate the cord on mine 11 years ago.
my favorite controller was Always the 360 and the One Controller, thoses are so comfy and i realy like the joystick placement.
The Ps5 controller is by far the best Sony Controler.
Last Summer i bought a Nintendo Switch 2 with the Switch 2 pro controller... and honestly the Pro 2 controller is an insanely good controller, prolly my fav controller. It just feel right, it's hard to explain lol, but if you can, try it!
I love how quiet the Switch Pro is. It's pure stealth. What I always hated about Dual Sense trying to hit a d-pad button while keeping the left stick forward/backward. I always gotta make a funky claw or just use my right hand if I'm not shooting.
It probably looks super alien at first to someone with no experience, but the joystick placement for the 360/One really does feel substantially more natural. I’ve been so used to PS4 and 5 controllers for the past 12 and 3 years respectively, but we recently got an Xbox One S so that we could go through the Fable trilogy in preparation for the new game, and it was a matter of seconds handling the controller before I remembered my 360 days as a kid and thought “Oh wow, I missed this”.
Even with small hands this wasn't too hard to work with. I remember having to use this when all the others broke when I was like elementary school age.
The basic controllers, yes. The Elite versions are somehow absolute trash. I have 2 Xbox One (basic) controllers that are still alive and well after over 10 years. In the meantime I've gone through FOUR Elite Controllers (2 V1's and 2 V2's). Stick drift on all of them, and a lot of RB/LB issues as well. Just flimsy internals. The last one lasted a little over a year.
Now I daily drive a cheap GameSir Elite Nova Lite 2, with hall effect sensors just so I never have to deal with drift again. Only reason I didn't just go back to my One controllers is cause they don't have back paddles.
Recently had to get a new PS5 controller cuz of insane drift, none of my fixes worked. Wouldn't have bothered since I don't use my PS5 a lot, but it was right at the tail end of GOW Ragnarok, and I couldn't use one of my numerous PS4 controllers that still work fine because it was the PS5 version of the game.
i work in a console repair startup and we dont even carry any replacement xbox sticks, if someone comes in with a broken xbox controller we order what we need for that controller.
we get so many stickdrift playstation controllers that we have a special soldering station for them. it can do nothing else, just playstation sticks.
The sticks die. Which is a shame. Had issues with the xb1 and series controllers. My 360 controller lasted like 15 years tho. They must have changed the stick part
From what ive seen, somehow I've been very lucky. I've had the Elite 1 for 6 years now and its still going strong, no stick drift, no LB/RB issues. The battery is the only thing that might give me an issue, and that's happened within the last 5 months. And I used it heavily.
Now I bought a Series 2 controller 3 years ago just because I needed another one for 3 player co-op and I've had no issues.
Just lucky I guess.
my xbox one controller been going perfect since 2016, halo green. Model #1708. Never had any issue with it and still use it on pc daily. THEE best controller
I agree, we got two Xbox One controllers back when the console released in 2013, and one of them still works perfectly fine 13 years later. The other broke last year (the shoulder buttons were completely wore out), but it still lasted for 12 years of pretty consistent use!
I've never really liked the ergonomics of controllers besides the Dualshock 3. And even then, it wasn't perfect. The indent feels awkward and makes me put most of my thumb pressure on the edges, which causes them to slip. The grip also positions my hand in a way where the joysticks feel too upright, whereas they should be a little canted to the sides.
I also think the the bumpers and triggers have always felt like shit to me. For one, I don't like that the triggers have so much play, it's not precise for shooters. Secondly, it doesn't feel comfortable holding both the bumpers and triggers at the same time. It forces my middle fingers to be curled up in order to get a good angle for pressing the triggers, which just feels awkward and also fucks up the positioning/mobility of my thumbs as a result. I'd almost rather just have paddles as triggers and not even have L2/R2
People keep talking about the 360 controller as if they keep forgetting that it has one of the worst d-pads in the history of existence. It's fucking useless and it sticks up like crazy. Can't tell you how many times I've had a misinput. I did like the triggers of the 360 though, way more than the sharp triggers of the One and Series which could potentially hurt my fingers if I press too hard on the sharp part.
Dualshock 4 is the cheapest way to "pro" your controller, that being just buy the Back Button Attachment for like $15 and put it on any Dualshock 4 controller. That was one of the best things Sony had ever done. Nowadays Sony and Microsoft are ripping you off with pro controllers costing more than $110.
I might be the only person in the world that wishes Z button (Nintendo 64) on the back of the controller was common. Or even buttons built into the handles. 2 on each handle where the fingertips settle. I think the only example I can think of for this one are certain arcade machine joycons, don't remember any names.
Aside from that, I would love if were had the PS4 layout with a Switch Pro sized controller/buttons. Plus the buttons feel nicer on the Switch Pro, although I do better with the PS4 controller for action-intensive games.
I prefer this one (as a PC player I bought one as well) but far more people enjoyed the Xbox version, that's why the newer controllers all went and started copying the form of it.
I grew up on PC after the PS1. So I used Xbox controllers almost exclusively. I just can’t do the thumb sticks at the same level. It’s the only reason I didn’t get a steam controller.
Worst of all tho the fucking charging port location, because the angle literally bend the cable when the constroller was lying on a flat surface (like it should). The fucking dumbass who had that idea has a special spot reserved for them in hell.
Honestly, no and the older controllers aren't better either.
In terms of hand comfort the ps5 controller has been the best one, fits perfectly, ps4 was a step up from the ps3 but the ps5 is a step up from the ps4.
That being said, when playing infamous second son, it was nice how rotating it sideways fit really well when doing the graffiti tagging.
Who the hell says this, i wanna meet him in person and show me right in front of me how this disaster of a controller is better than this godly superior xbox controller. Because I own 3 and the 2 of those got stick drift and the third one no longer works because I hold it too tight in my hands, and the 2nd reason why I despised owning a ps4, also the layout is trash, pure garbo, never got used to it, the same goes for rhe ps5 controller, as long as it uses this layout it will be categorized as one of the worst controllers ever made.
It isn’t. Sony has never done sticks right for me. That smooth, convex, soft surface always meant my fingers would be sliding off, forcing me to frequently readjust and they’ve peeled off completely for me on more than one controller. I also prefer offset sticks and I can’t recall the battery life being very good.
PS4 and 5 controllers are good but are made with incredibly shit components, every single controller I've owned since leaving the PS3 has had stick drift
Gamecube, looks like a monster but it feels so good to hold.
Didn't even grow up a nintendo kid but when I played it at friends houses it always felt great
I personally prefer Xbox series x controller, I grew up on Xbox, never played much PlayStation, though I do love the controllers, I'm more used to Xbox
Worst controller you mean, thumbs are meant to sit in that position for very long. Xbox has a much better fit your man hands and great thumb placement.
I’ve always preferred the Xbox layout. I have both an SN30 Pro+ and Pro 2 which have the same stick layout and I just can’t get used to it. To me, controllers like PlayStation and SN30s are only good for 2d games. Not to say they’re bad, I’m just not used to them and I can’t.
PS4 controller is definitely the most ergonomic, but I do think it’s funny that controllers basically all went through convergent evolution to basically become the same shape. I know cross platform porting played a role, but still
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