[PPOTW] Which system has the best controller?

[mkdms14]

So Nintendo fan boys what do you have to say to this, found this on IGN.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/09/nintendo-blocks-smash-bros-melee-streaming-at-evo

Terrible just terrible Nintendo.

 

[Maxternal]

^ and why is this relevant to choice of controllers?

 

[Necron]

I have never had a problem with a controller in my life, except for the Wiimotion, so I'm pretty neutral on this one.

 

[Yepi69]

The NES had some simplistic and comfortable button ''mashy'' buttons ever.

 

[mkdms14]

Its not reavant I was just seeing if anyone one was paying attention. I am more curious out of the great number of people who voted on WiiU controller as the best controller how many of them own a WiiU? I would vote the Gamecube controller as being a better one before WiiU's controller which is big and feels like a tablet more than a controller.

 

[AaronZ]

Wii U? Seriously? lol

 

[mysticwaterfall]

So, it really surprises me that 54 people on here have played a ps4 already. How was it? Obviously you really liked the controller.

 

[Enchilada]

Never touched a Wii U controller, but it's the most appealing and interesting.

 

[FireGrey]

Why would it be anyone other than Nintendo?
Nintendo are the best at controllers.

 

[FAST6191]

Why would it be anyone other than Nintendo?
Nintendo are the best at controllers.

Do elaborate or at least explain why when it would cost basically nothing (simple USB bluetooth chips are not expensive after all) people are not jumping to adapt a wiimote for everything.
Likewise I can certainly get behind a statement of aside from proper switch using pads their dpads are the best available. Not sure why others have not jumped on board now the patents have expired though.

Also did I hallucinate the N64?

 

[grossaffe]

people are not jumping to adapt a wiimote for everything.

I guess there's no community of people using Glovepie to hack wiimote support into games. Oh look, there is! http://www.glovepie.org/forum/
Well, it has support for PS3 and Xbox 360 controllers and kinect and so on, so I guess that doesn't prove anything. Oh, wait, the Wiimote subforum has nearly as many posts as the entire rest of the hardware forum combined.

 

[Taleweaver]

So, it really surprises me that 54 people on here have played a ps4 already. How was it? Obviously you really liked the controller.

It's awesome. Just you want a couple months until sony unveils its time travel feature that lets you travel back into the past with it. The only downsize is that you can only use it to praise sony on their stuff, but hey...with that kind of technology under the belt, I'm happy to oblige. The wiiu and xbox's controllers can you fuck themselves.

 

[Maxternal]

Although I'm sure a very SMALL portion of the population had gone to E3 (not sure if any of them participated in the poll) and had direct contact with PS4 and XB1 controllers (prototypes, mind you. No one really knows how they'll end up being shipped.) I bet most of those who voted for PS4 just assumed that the dual shock 4 would fit into their hands as well as their own PSX/PS2/PS3 controllers but just thought the idea of all the extra features was cool. The form factor for PS4 controls seems to have changed more for this next generation than it has in a while with Sony but compared to how much Nintendo changes their controls each gen, it's still practically identical.

The same could be said of those that voted for XB1. The 360 controller is one of the clear leaders in the poll and some of those people just must have seen so little change in the XB1 controller as far as handle form and button placement that it was safe to say that it would be the exact same good experience, and just with the added headset audio resolution and other little tweaks were enough to push it up barely over it's predecessor and into their personal first place.


I can also guess that for aspects they couldn't judge through pictures such as button quality, weight or texture, some people either just don't care about those aspects enough for it to makes a difference, trust in reviews that have reported positively about them or just don't have enough experience with really bad controllers to realize how important they can be ... and just took them for granted.

 

[Deleted member 158512]

My favorite was always the Game Cube controller. Granted, it was pretty lousy for fighting games (and I love me some fighting games), but for everything else it was a hot knife through butter. It fit in my hands perfectly (may have been too small for some people with big mitts, but perfect for me), and I never felt like I was conforming to it. The pressure triggers were also very well done, great for stuff like the water jet in Super Mario Sunshine, or thrusters in Rogue Squadron. The best part is that they 'clicked' to real buttons when you pushed them all the way down - a feature that I miss every time I pick up an XBox or DC controller.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

My favorite was always the Game Cube controller. Granted, it was pretty lousy for fighting games (and I love me some fighting games), but for everything else it was a hot knife through butter. It fit in my hands perfectly (may have been too small for some people with big mitts, but perfect for me), and I never felt like I was conforming to it. The pressure triggers were also very well done, great for stuff like the water jet in Super Mario Sunshine, or thrusters in Rogue Squadron. The best part is that they 'clicked' to real buttons when you pushed them all the way down - a feature that I miss every time I pick up an XBox or DC controller.

I thought it was the best for fighters. The D-Pad sucked but the analog stick was pretty great, how it kinda snapped into place on the 8 directions so you could really pull of quarter circles and Z's quickly and accurately.

 

[GameWinner]

Why would it be anyone other than Nintendo?
Nintendo are the best at controllers.

N64's controller did not exist.

 

[Deleted member 158512]

I thought it was the best for fighters. The D-Pad sucked but the analog stick was pretty great, how it kinda snapped into place on the 8 directions so you could really pull of quarter circles and Z's quickly and accurately.

That's a good point. I don't think of it as such because pad players* will typically use the d-pad (even the crappy GC one, as I do with Tatsunoko vs Capcom) due to arcade sticks also being analogue, but it does come down to how accurately you can point it in those 8 directions. Hence why people love the NGPC 'stick' so much (though I guess technically that was analogue as well?).

*people who think they are good at fighting games yet don't use an arcade stick

 

[Sakitoshi]

the PS3 controller is comfortable and has all the tech of pressure sensitive and accelerometers and is very compatible with PCs, smartphones and all that, the only flaw is the L2 and R2 triggers, but is acceptable compared to the horrific D-Pad of the Xbox 360 and lack of compatibility with other devices aside PCs.
the PS4 controller looks very comfortable and the triggers appear to be fixed, but like someone said before is stupid choose a controller you don't even have touched or at least looked with you own eyes.

 

[Osha]

N64's controller did not exist.

Eh, I personally had no problem with the N64 controller. It worked well, considering the games never asked you to use the D-pad and the analog stick at the same time.

Anyway, Gamecube for me, it's the one I always use whenever I wanna play on my PC.

 

[weavile001]

I don´t know which is better, every controller is very good,at least for me.
but, i would say, either the GameCube Controller or The Xbox 360 Controller.