| tuscaniman99 said: @ethomaz Of course he is going to say that. His game is on PS4. You think he is going to say this is the second best controller I've ever used? Until Sony moves the sticks to the same placement as the Xbox controller it will never be as good to me and millions of other Xbox controller fans. |
As a PS2 to Xbox gamer back to PS3 and a very intensive analyzer I can tell you that stick placement preference is highly dependant on familiarty of use. At first I thought the Xbox controller was uncomfortable due to the stick placement. Mostly when they had those attrocious nomad controllers but even with the updated S and 360 controller. Granted the transition is faster when using an Xbox controller but that isn't related to stick placement as much as it is to controller ergonomics.
After much though and test among myself and others the discomfort of stick placement is a result on muscle memory and not primary and secondary placement schemes. While I will admit there is strength in that arguement, it is a result of the design of the handle. Proper handle design is the important factor in determining the comfort of whatever design position is used. The user has to overcome familiarity in order to properly develop the muscle memory to operate a controller. Myself currently being used to the DS3 found it much harder to controller the Wii U's controller whose analog sticks are both in top positions. Harder than the Xbox controller due to having to adjust both hands.
As it happens to turn out the Dualshock's original design, DS1-3, wasn't made to properly transition the hands to their analog placement. While workable, it is more disicult than a properly designed controller, like the Xbox controller. They are both viable controllers, one is just easier to adjust to than the other thanks to more comfort. The DS4 looks to upgrade the comfort and users should find that the difference between the controllers where not related to stick placement, despite stick placement will still require muscle memory adjustments, the DS4 will make it easier to adjust to than the DS3 made it.
So think, instead of a week to adjust from Xbox to PS, and only a couple days from PS to Xbox, they will both only take a couple days and still both be very comfortable.
Before the PS3 everyone was nice to me :(
