Does Nintendo Make The Best or Worst Controllers?

[theRepublic]

KingdomHeartsFan said:

theRepublic said:

Sony put their analog sticks in a poor position (the left one should be switched with the d-pad location) and have refused to move them going on the 4th version now.  That is not a good thing.

At least Nintendo has at least tried different things.  Seems to have worked out since so many things they have done became standards in controllers.

A lot of long time Sony gamers are used to the way the analog sticks are positioned and I'm one of them.  I prefer the positioning of the analog sticks on the PS3 rather than the 360 because I played on the PS1 and PS2 and now it feels natural to me, like for a lot of people.  If Sony changed it now it would be a big fuck you to long time Sony gamers.  Personally I can play on the PS3 and 360 controllers, the positioning of the analog sticks is no problem for me, idk why people make such a big fuss about it.

Too bad it is not ergonomic.  Your thumb naturally falls where the d-pad is, but very few games use the d-pad as primary input anymore.  Back on the PS1, that was ok because a lot more games actually used the d-pad.  The d-pad should have been moved somewhere else by now with the changes that have come to games.

That is why controllers need to change over time.  Because games change, and there are better ways to handle those changes than with a controller that was designed with games 15 years ago in mind.