Your favorite system controller?

[2eyez]

I like the PS1,2,and 3 controller and hate all the rest. I can't stand the 360 b/c it's too bulky and the sticks are not next to each other like the PS. To me, controller design is a huge factor.

[Devia Eleven]

PS2, N64, and Xbox-S Model.

[Tynvar]

The Snes Controller was great. I like the Game Cube one too.

[Devia Eleven]

I thought the gamecube controller was too small, and it hurt my hands.

[Agozer]

PSX/PS2/PS3. GameCube's controller is the weakest, unless you count in the abomination that Atari designed for the Atari 2500.

[Cindy]

The NES controller..because it reminds me of the good old days when I made my first steps in the gaming world.

[Inky]

best controller of all time hands down is the Japanese Saturn pad.

other notables are the snes pad, and current 360 pad. I don't like Sony pads at all. the perfect cross breed would be a snes crosspad, saturn shape and buttons then figure some way to add in the analog and trigger/bumpers from the 360

[Chibi Kami]

PS1/2/3

The design fits the hand without restricting movement. a number of people complain about the position of the left analog stick, but these people need to re-examine exactly how the Xbox's stick feels. Try to make a comparison to the Dreamcast.

 

N64

Nintendo proves that it IS possible to make a controller that requires 3 hands to use correctly. Fail.

 

Gamecube

Would've been great if a) I didn't feel like I was gonna break the damn thing, and the Z button wasn't the hardest to hit button ever.

Edited April 9, 2008 by Chibi Kami

[JKKDARK]

PS2 controller

[ken_cinder]

Gamecube it's the most ergonomic controller that ever existed and the shoulder buttons are second to none, Playstation controllers are k......but analog sticks are useless where they are positioned (Too close together on inside, like twiddling your thumbs together), and have absolutely ZERO resistance to them (An analog stick NEEDS resistance). They're just a thicker SNES pad otherwise.......and we all know the SNES pad was the $hit.

[MasterPhW]

PS1/2/3

The design fits the hand without restricting movement. a number of people complain about the position of the left analog stick, but these people need to re-examine exactly how the Xbox's stick feels. Try to make a comparison to the Dreamcast.

 

N64

Nintendo proves that it IS possible to make a controller that requires 3 hands to use correctly. Fail.

 

Gamecube

Would've been great if a) I didn't feel like I was gonna break the damn thing, and the Z button wasn't the hardest to hit button ever.

I totally disagree about the N64 controller.

You never needed 3 hands to hold the controller. Only two, because all games only need the Analogstick+Z or the DigiPad + L. SO I vote for the N64 on the 1st place (it jsut was the best way to play 1st person shooters, with the C-Buttons + the analog stick), 2nd is the PS1/2/3 and third the Gamecube.

[OverlordMondo]

I consider the PS controllers the next step after the SNES controllers, which they basically were, and consider them the best out there. I haven't had any problems with the Gamecube controller or the Wiimote held on its side. XBox controllers have felt weird to me. Dreamcast controllers fit my hand really well, so I like those. And for the record, the DSLite is too small, though it isn't really a controller. It always hurt my hand trying to use one.

[GodPigeon]

The PS controllers. While the analog on the 360 pad is placed nicely, the D-pad isnt and its quite horrendous.

 

The N64 Controllers i hated, to use the D-Pad was the Worst, the controller was too wide and some games were just better off being played with the D-Pad

 

The Blisterfull Dreamcast controller was Ok except lack of second analog and the rough ass buttons which gave u blisters if u played enough

 

SNES controllers are second best to the PS because they are very Flimsy and sometimes u have to push hard in order to use some buttons. Its rare but it happens

[OverlordMondo]

The controllers I use most often are PC controllers that mimic PS/SNES controllers. So problems with flimsiness or rough buttons or some such vary.

[Gryph]

If we're talking just about console controllers then I'll go for the 360 controller. Except for the crappy d-pad, I love everything else about it. It's the perfect shape with the proper placements for the buttons.