I prefer the Xbox 360 controller. I prefer it's triggers and the placement of it's analog sticks, also it's size is just perfect. I've always found the PS3 controllers to be quite small and uncomfortable to use.
Poll: Which is more comfortable? The Xbox 360 Controller or the PS3 Controller
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If you have big hands I think you'll enjoy the 360. It's got more weight to it and evenly spaced out. PS3 controllers hurt my hand after awhile.
360. Me like manly controller. Gr.
Erm probably the Xbox. Used to it for years. Got a PS3 recently however i don't like the controller anywhere near as much, but you get used to it.
Erm probably the Xbox. Used to it for years. Got a PS3 recently however i don't like the controller anywhere near as much, but you get used to it.
The PS3 pad was never intended to have analog sticks, and even in its all digital days on the PS1 it still wasn't designed to be comfortable, but rather to "look cool."
Sorry, but I've grown outta that "look cool" shit, and a complete controller redesign is the only thing that could bring me back to Sony. The 360 controller is like a Tempur-Pedic bed for your hands.
Sorry, but I've grown outta that "look cool" shit, and a complete controller redesign is the only thing that could bring me back to Sony. The 360 controller is like a Tempur-Pedic bed for your hands.
If you have big hands like I do (I can reach a full octave on the piano) then the Xbox controller by far, the PS3 ones are just too small to comfortably use the thumb sticks for any amount of time. The old Dualshockk PS2 era controllers were far better size wise.
for overall comfort and what i prefer?
the 360, hands down.
I can use the ps3 just fine, and the D-pad is better, very true, but I can't tell you the last time I used the d-pad..it's been years, so that is almost a non factor.
not to mention, the ps3 controller always feels/looks like it's meant to be held by a lego person..not human hands.
the 360, hands down.
I can use the ps3 just fine, and the D-pad is better, very true, but I can't tell you the last time I used the d-pad..it's been years, so that is almost a non factor.
not to mention, the ps3 controller always feels/looks like it's meant to be held by a lego person..not human hands.
Well, i cant seem to hold the PS3 controller for more than 30 minutes without my hands starting to hurt... so thats a pretty big factor in my overall opinion.
In my personal experience, I've found the more compact nature of the PS3 controller to be more comfortable. The Xbox felt very unwieldy in my hands and I felt the trigger buttons to be badly placed and ergonomically incompatible with how my hands worked. But I do have quite small hands for a guy, so maybe I'm not meant for the beefy, cheeto-eating, manly Xbox controllers.Merobots said:
Personally, I prefer the PS3 one. I love the Original Xbox controller, and when the 360 came along it was really similar, but just a bit off, and that makes me rather uncomfortable with it.
Where is the I have no preference option? I buy most of my console games for my Playstation as I had A PS1 and PS2 and like the UI better. that and I am too cheap to pay for Xbox live... but I have never noticed a difference when using a xbox controler.
Through if I am walking a friend through a level of something on an xbox I tend to say things like 'quick hit square' and then they get confused and die. Force of habit.
Through if I am walking a friend through a level of something on an xbox I tend to say things like 'quick hit square' and then they get confused and die. Force of habit.
I have always preferred the XBox controller.
Since games started to be controlled more by the joysticks than the D-Pad, it just makes more sense to have the joysticks configured like the XBox.
Of course, if you're talking old school games like FFIX or Crash Bandicoot or the old Tomb Raider games then the PS controller is of course superior.
Oh, and on these forums you're going to get a lot (and I do mean a lot) of the PC brigade going 'neither, Keyboard and Mouse LOL'
Since games started to be controlled more by the joysticks than the D-Pad, it just makes more sense to have the joysticks configured like the XBox.
Of course, if you're talking old school games like FFIX or Crash Bandicoot or the old Tomb Raider games then the PS controller is of course superior.
Oh, and on these forums you're going to get a lot (and I do mean a lot) of the PC brigade going 'neither, Keyboard and Mouse LOL'
I think the PS3 has the better D-Pad but overall, the 360 controller is the one I prefer. The rounded edges don't really hurt your hands like the sheer curves of the PS3 controller. Also, I can't stand the marshmallow shoulder buttons on the PS3 controller.
Side-Note! Just got a top-loading NES and am greatly impressed by how comfortable the dog-bone controller is after a couple of hours playing Zelda and Punch-Out.
Side-Note! Just got a top-loading NES and am greatly impressed by how comfortable the dog-bone controller is after a couple of hours playing Zelda and Punch-Out.