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I gotta say from what I've experienced this entire gen doesn't exactly have the best offerings. I used both Nintendo controllers and the Dualshock 4. Even with the changes, the Dualshock is still an uncomfortable controller, with less than ideal button-response and placements. The WiiU Pro controller isn't that much better, it feels cheap and has small and flimsy buttons. The Gamepad has the same small flimsy buttons, and adds the weight, low battery-life and cumbersome formfactor. I'm not going to count my 3DS, never used it as a controller for my WiiU (is that really possible though?). And besides, it controls like you's expect a handheld to control.

So what wins then? I don't need to use the Steam Controller to know that one isn't going to do it, so that leaves the XBox's controller. I could fairly reliably guess that one's indeed the best, even if I never used it (and provably never will), if it's anything like the 360 controller. Say what you want about Microsoft, I'm not a fan either, but they know how to make controllers.