Best video game console controller

[Vagrant]

What do you all think was/is the best controller? Whether its for inovation, comfort or just the fondness of a system.

No fan boy statements like "I like the 360 controller because the 360 is awesome".

I would have to say the Dreamcast. Amazing comfort, sleek design, VMU on top port, rumble on bottom slot. Amazing. Being able to see your health status on the VMU for RE: Code Veronica was great. Sure its more of a VMU thing, but you had to use the controller.

[Goufunaki]

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Dreamcast controller, because it had the best damn d-pad for fighting games. If I had trouble doing certain moves on a PlayStation1/2/3 controller, the DC make it incredibly easy to pull off. 360 d-pad sucks unless you take it apart and modify it, but its analog makes up for it though not nearly as well as playing on the the Dreamcast.

[DK]

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I love the DC controller but that thing made my hands swweeaaatttt

[Kefka Jr.]

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I dunno, guys. I always thought the corners on the D-pad were a little, I dunno, sharp. Maybe it's just because I sometimes play with the joint of my thumb, which is a little more tender.

And like marcus said in one thread, the wire comes from the bottom. Man, what advantage did that provide?

Of course, now I'll say something stupid, like how great the N64 controller was. It was light, and I liked how I could really wrap my hands around it. I mean, the two-thirds of the controller that I actually ever used.

[Perversion]

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Dreamcast, for all the reasons stated above, followed by the smaller redesign of the original Xbox controller. Obviously, it was based very heavily on the DC controller. I liked the analog triggers, as opposed to the Playstation shoulder buttons. I liked (I'm one of the few, it seems) that the black and white buttons were still buttons, as opposed to shoulder buttons. I liked the extra-long breakaway cable. And of course, it added one more thumbstick than the DC. All in all, a well-designed contoller.

[Vagrant]

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I love the DC controller but that thing made my hands swweeaaatttt

Id agree, but I would say that's any game device I put my hands on lol

Sweaty hands suck!

[RPGD]

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I have a soft spot for the GC's Wavebird. My previous experiences with wireless controllers all involved infrared, so I shied away from it initially. I was surprised when I found out later on that not only didn't it use infrared, it wasn't third party, either. So I eventually got it; the lack of chords was so liberating that I went on to get Logitech's wireless PS2 controllers to minimize the clutter further. The first one wasn't so hot, but the second one rocked.

I also like that one comfy batarang-shaped ASCII PS1 controller. I used it to play Wild Arms back in the day and never used another PS1 controller since, except when I absolutely needed the analogue sticks.

[Vagrant]

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The official sony dual stick flight sim esqe controller was epic for virtual on!

I also really enjoyed logitech's ps2 wireless controller... untill my old roommate decided to put its reciever through the washer AND drier...

[Valkysas]

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No fan boy statements like "I like the 360 controller because the 360 is awesome".

You'd never find a response like that here. no one here is that stupid.

[The_Real_Crunk]

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The 360 controller would be perfect to me if they could fix the extremely crappy D-pad. On both my white and black controller pushing left or right can easily be registered as up or down, and vice versa.

Other than that I love the thing. They should add more face buttons to it though, and give it 6 instead of 4. :3

[Red Dragon]

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Gamecube Controller followed by the Wii Controller.

I like simplicity.

You'd never find a response like that here. no one here is that stupid.

Oh ye of little faith.

[Gustaff 13]

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Yeah, I do love the DC controller for all the reasons above except for the shrill beep of battery-less VMUs when you turn it on.

And aside from the 360's disc D-pad, It feels great. I love being able to turn on and off my console with the game pad.
Wait, can the PS3 do that, too?

If portables count, the original, unbacklit GBA was comfy comfy. The PSP and DSlite give me hand cramps.

[John Mora]

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And aside from the 360's disc D-pad, It feels great. I love being able to turn on and off my console with the game pad.
Wait, can the PS3 do that, too?

Yes

[Valkysas]

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so can the Wii.

[Byron Pennyworth]

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Playstation's always had the best controllers. I grew up on the Super Nintendo, so they're familiar to me. PS3, I guess, if I had to choose one.