| gord352 said: My personal fave is probably the gamecube controller - always loved it's shape and design but I will admit it has its flaws. Objectively speaking though I think these are probably the top 5 in terms of function and innovation:
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But those were added after the N64 showed true 3D gameplay with Mario 64 and later Zelda 64, where you moved your character in all the 3D space and also had the ability to control the camera(unlike games with completely fixed view like resident evil), and not only they didn't need twin analog sticks just only one to move your character in all the space, but also most of the games in the PS1 didn't even have a true use for them, since the games weren't designed with them in mind, lots of 3D games had tank controls in PS1 where you could move front and back, left and right and then press something to rotate your angle, one of my friends playing megaman legeds with backwards compatibility asked why the analogs didn't work, and i ansewred him that because the game didn't use them in first place, also the rumble came to PS control later because of the rumble pack idea of the N64. Once dualshock got fully adopted "as the standard" some people said it was because it was the best way to play shooters, that were the new hot genre on consoles, wrong again, the best way to play shooters has always been keyboard and mouse, since mouse gives you the most level of speed and accuracy controling cammera or shooting device, the only thing that has come close has been gyroscopic and IR pointing controls like the ones the wii had.
i have played with all kinds of joystics, controls, keyboard, mouse etc, so i'm always open to try new ways of input, i never understood why just because it was popular, someone decided the playstation layout was "the standard" for gaming, as for controls with that kind of layout i'm with a lot of people in that the X360 was one of the most comfortable and responsive ones.
