No its not. Read the article. The controller saw many different prototypes, they even tested Wii U Pro style controllers, just like the Xbone controller went through various prototypes and they definetly had a xbox controller with symmetrical positioned sticks as well.

Sony must've had bad engineers if they didnt test every possible stick and button layouts for their controllers and see what worked best.

Forcing yours on others is not how it works.

Having more options is better for more people and isn't that what you want? More PS4 buyers?

Source?

If so then I would still say that they considered symmetrical sticks. If you take the time to test out something then it was obviously a thought in your mind lol.

No Im not forcing my opinion on anybody, the opinion part of my comment is that I claimed it to look awful. How am I forcing it on you? This is an incredibly arrogant thing to say coming from someone who is hating on somebody for his opinion: "extremely shallow to judge a controller by it's looks"

A controller is not a system seller. These options are all niche products to a small audience who changed systems from 360 to ps4 but still somehow cling to the past. Actually, I have yet to hear from 360 people that they didnt like the DS4.

Considering they spent 100m dollars(LOL) on the controller alone, its incredibly likely they had a symmetrical setup as well.

And you're even talking about the Xbox One controller? Why would they change the good parts of their controller? Its understandable for Sony because of how horrible the DS3 is. But the only problem the 360 controller had was the D-pad and the bulging battery pack. 100m was spent on improvements, not downgrades.

Sigh. No one is claiming they'd change the "good parts of the controller". The discussion we're having is whether MS tested all types of possible layouts, whether it's good or bad is not the discussion.

But it is shallow to judge something, which really only needs to function well, by it's looks and by that I meant the "this is terrible" part, not the "the design is awful".In my opion the design is like a normal controller from the 90's btw, nothing wrong with that, but I guess I'm talking to generation iPad here.

Calling me arrogant after your  "Well they better get used to PS sticks if they wanna use PS4" ? Nobody has to get used to DS4 even if they mainly use PS4, because there are other options out there so everbody can find their own ideal setup.

The DS4 might be the best controller for you, it doesn't mean that's the case for everybody else.

....is that a giant stone cock?

This is the arrogant dictating to others what they must do. 

If you just share you preference that you see nothing good in it and are happy with DualShock, thennobody is insulted. 

I personally prefer DS to this 3rd party controller, but I don't make arrogant dismissive domineering statements like that.