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Khuutra on 15 February 2010
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demitri55 said:

the only people who want the ps3 controller changed is owners of other consoles (xbox 360/wii) or platform (pc). the playstation controller design is the soul of the playstation brand. me my brother and others grew up with the playstation we mastered and memorized the controller layout and know how to use it wisely in any game genre situation.  the playstation controller is also very hand friendly i dont understand how it wouldnt be for any and size (from experience). i was 6 when i got a playstation (obviously my hands were small) and didnt  have a problem with it. my brother mastered tekken 1 and he was 9 at the time (also let me point out he's a beast in the street fighter and tekken series) and now we're are both in our 20's and we still dont have a problem with it. im also a frequent shooter fan and prefer to play shooters on the ps3 and my god i can own anyone using the ps3 controllers (i love owning cheating xbox 360 users who made the transition to the ps3 with the dualshock). the controller is fine and it's not going to change

That's kind of oversimplification - I've owned every Sony system except for the PSP.

The controller is not the soul of the brand - the soul of the brand has more to do with the image and the developer environment that ws embodied by the first two Playstations, though that's changed to som degree with the PS3.

The DS2 and DS3 are not optimal in that the control sticks, while placed symmetrically, are not placed optimally for use - the D-pad is where the left thumbstick should be, which is to say where the thumb naturally rests when gripping the controller. Switching those two inputs alone would improve the feel of the controller immensely - and, yes, make it like the 360 or the Gamecube pads, but that's not the point so much as ergonomics is. Having the D-pad in the primary position was fine in the 90's when most Playstation games didn't use analogue controls, but nowadays it's archaic for the sake of being archaic - or, worse, archaic for the sake of pleasing fans who refuse to accept change in the controller.

The grips could probably stand to be improved, too, tough that might require a shifting of the entire face of the controller. I'd have to thin about that a while.