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[Keviin]

I agree with this. They do look more like triggers but I voted for the new one. Also I always did like the GC design because it felt so....Right....

Yeah, it just feels very natural to hold a GC controller. Maybe it's because of its button placement: it's still ABYX but in a very different position. And I love bashing that A button...

[Gamejunkie]

In my opinion the new Wii U controller is far better. I prefer the analogue sticks as well as the repositioning of the plus and minus buttons.

Regards the older console I think the GameCube has the best controller. The only think I don't like about it is the build quality is poor compared to Xbox and Playstation controllers.

[dagwood dang]

The Old Controller or the New Controller?
......................................New...................................................................... Old

One thing I noticed on the new controller is how they brought the D-Pad and the ABXY buttons in a little closer toward the middle, which is great for thumb ergonomics!
The old design may have had our thumbs getting a little tired from the kind of repetative movements you'd have to make.

it seems like they had to shrink the screen a little though.

Edited by dagwood dang, 20 May 2012 - 09:00 AM.

[Fully87]

I have been gaming since the NES days and the best controller i have handled is probaly the 360s. The Wii U controller might just beat that though its looking good so far wont know untill i get my hands on it.

[10k]

I have been gaming since the NES days and the best controller i have handled is probaly the 360s. The Wii U controller might just beat that though its looking good so far wont know untill i get my hands on it.

I laughed when Microsoft chose to put the right analog and left analog diagonally from eachother (I owned a PS1 and N64 at the time so it was new to me). Now having owned a 360 for 5 years, and having bought a 360 controller for my PC games, I can definitely say I was wrong and it is the most comfortable controller ever. It is curved just right, it weighs a good amount to not feel cheap, the triggers are the best in the business, and the analog sticks are high quality and offer more grip then the dualshock 3 and Nunchuk.

[Soul]

Why is Dsi there?

[Socalmuscle]

I laughed when Microsoft chose to put the right analog and left analog diagonally from eachother (I owned a PS1 and N64 at the time so it was new to me). Now having owned a 360 for 5 years, and having bought a 360 controller for my PC games, I can definitely say I was wrong and it is the most comfortable controller ever. It is curved just right, it weighs a good amount to not feel cheap, the triggers are the best in the business, and the analog sticks are high quality and offer more grip then the dualshock 3 and Nunchuk.

Microsoft copied GameCube diagonal analog stick placement.

It might have been your first experience of that since you did not have a gcn. But Nintendo was first. And that GameCube controller... Is legendary. I do prefer the 360 pad to the playstation one though.

The 360 pad feels good for fps games. But it suffers badly for fighting games with the atrocious dpad and the angle at which your hand holds the right side where the most commonly used buttons reside on the face. 360 game pad is basically the old OC sidewinder game pad that came out after Nintendo GameCube showed the world how to build a controller (what IS it with the purple color though?...)

The gcn controller had it all thought out.

[10k]

Microsoft copied GameCube diagonal analog stick placement.

It might have been your first experience of that since you did not have a gcn. But Nintendo was first. And that GameCube controller... Is legendary. I do prefer the 360 pad to the playstation one though.

The 360 pad feels good for fps games. But it suffers badly for fighting games with the atrocious dpad and the angle at which your hand holds the right side where the most commonly used buttons reside on the face. 360 game pad is basically the old OC sidewinder game pad that came out after Nintendo GameCube showed the world how to build a controller (what IS it with the purple color though?...)

The gcn controller had it all thought out.

I had a GCN......but the c-stick was rarely used the same as a right analog stick. Microsoft copied nothing because Nintendo had all the development of the console on wraps until E3 2001.