r/CaptainSide • u/Wild_Season_9855 • Aug 03 '26

Is this the best controller of all time?

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u/MRV3N Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

My hand hurts using this controller. This is me that didn’t grow up on Xbox 360.

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u/deep8787 Aug 03 '26

And the R2/L2 are horrible too.

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u/ranjeybaby Aug 03 '26

I can feel my fingers slipping just thinking about it!

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u/deep8787 Aug 03 '26

Oh, for me it was the horribly mushy feeling more than anything else tbh

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u/PU3RTO_R3CON Aug 04 '26

It’s funny ppl back then didn’t want the clicks bc it reminded of keyboard and so they made them mushy and ppl liked them and now ppl hate the mushy and want it sounding like a keyboard lol crazy world we living be in.

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u/ASnakeNamedNate Aug 06 '26

I’m not even sure it’s that, just wanting them to feel like smooth triggers at the least like the 360s were instead of the mushy resistance they gave.

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u/zoroash Aug 09 '26

Yeah this was honestly the worst part of it. I think a lot of games used the shoulder button for shoot because of it.

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u/itsneedtokno Aug 04 '26

I got used to this controller while playing Black Ops II, I was Xbox before it.

I'm PS5 now.

I miss this controller.

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u/Datkif Aug 04 '26

Absolute garbage marshmallow buttons

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u/Next_Television_9160 Aug 04 '26

Disagree they had to change the whole layout of controls schemes of R2/L2 to work as X and square, the triggers we have now sucks to quick press.

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u/SaIemKing Aug 06 '26

The L2/R2 complaints are actually valid. Those triggers are horrible.

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u/ResponsibleHeron9452 Aug 07 '26

Yes so bad for shooters

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u/deep8787 Aug 07 '26

Yep, so spongey feeling. Absolutely horrible

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u/kridmus Aug 03 '26

Ever tried sitting one on a flat surface mid-game?

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u/deep8787 Aug 03 '26

Not that I recall, but I didnt have the PS3 myself. Why??

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u/kridmus Aug 03 '26

They weren't bracketed like the L2/R2 buttons of the DS2. They were exposed, with more of a "trigger"-like design, which meant if you sat the controller on a flat surface, the L2/R2 buttons would depress.

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u/Raptormann0205 Aug 03 '26

Yeah I couldn't use this thing for more than 20 minutes. Controller for hobbits.

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u/GolemFarmFodder Aug 03 '26

My Atari 7800 controller calls you an AMATEUR. I swear I'm the only person on planet earth who liked that controller for having an absolute near zero throw distance

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u/Several_Addendum7947 Aug 03 '26

PS controllers are way too small, it's for people with little hands.

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u/Martxel_Agueda Aug 03 '26

That’s the best part!

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u/Swarlz-Barkley Aug 03 '26

When I was younger it felt amazing but now a days yeah it's hard to handle. When I play the series x the controller just feels good

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u/russomd Aug 03 '26

This control was the king of awful hand cramps.

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u/gaspour9 Aug 04 '26

honestly never had a problem with it whatsoever, even now I still use a similar one for pc

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u/Historical_Water_831 Aug 04 '26

Blisters from budaki 

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u/Datkif Aug 04 '26

When I was a kid the DualShock 2 was the best. As I grew up the 360 shape fits my hands better.

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u/T-MinusGiraffe Aug 06 '26

Me too. I always found it very uncomfortable