I do not for the life of me know why GC generation people insist the GC controller was so great.

It was okay. But the L/R buttons were TOO goddamn stiff, the d-pad was laughably microscopic, being practically useless to use in actual games, the placement of the "z-trigger" was awful, and in general, it just wasn't that great. Functionally, and comfort-wise, the N64 controller, in spite of it's silly shape and huge size, was far better. The SNES controller is still pretty much the best all-around controller they've ever made, and the GamePad, in all honesty, is the best controller they've come up with since the SNES. Why? Because, it has a large, comfortable d-pad, nice button placement, big, comfortable L/R buttons, a huge touchscreen that makes many things so much better than motion controller (or using the d-pad/analog + buttons to type in web browsers, etc., and even though motion controls were a passing fad, it DOES still also have the most advanced motion sensing, I do believe, on the market (thanks to the nine-axis).

But yeah. SNES controller rules. GC controller really had too many issues to be considered as "great" as so many seem to think it is, IMO.

Companies don't just want to turn a profit but make as much money as they can off a product. Personally, I don't care for nintendo's idea of innovation. Their controllers are horrible and just plain gimmicks. With controllers, I want something familiar and comfortable to use. Not an innovative pos controller.

Anyway, I'm gonna copy one of my post in a different thread to make my point on nintendo as company's goal on turning profit.

"It would of helped a lot but the problem lies with nintendo itself. I hate sounding like a broken record but it needs to attract adult core gamers. If only they would do that...

Current numbers
1st PS4 16.1 million

2nd xbone 9,1 million

3rd wii u 7.9 million

If Nintendo would focus a lot more adult core games while still making their classics for their fanbase.

1st PS4 14.1 million

2nd wii u 12.9 million

3rd xbone 6.1 million

I believe if the wii u had a lot more adult themed games and all the 3rd party games that the other two had, it's sales would be on par with ps4's because it would of drawn some of the core gamers that bought either a ps4 or xbone. The console doesn't need to change (different controller and can play blu ray and dvds), it's nintendo's leadership's way of thinking that needs to change."

I wouldn't necessarily agree with the Cube! It did have the best Metroid game, Zelda game, F-Zero game, Smash game ( haven't played Smash WiiU yet) and the best Paper Mario game!