Rough launch aside, would you say the PlayStation 3 eventually became the best console of the 7th gen?

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Kyuu said:

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The controller is what lets it down for me; the 360 pad and the Wiimote + Nunchuk were just more comfortable and in the latter's case for featured and versatile.

Still, it had an incredibly strong library of games and was a powerhouse for its time serving up some of the biggest "wow" moments of its generation, so I can overlook its flaws.

I'm one of those weirdos who loved DualShock 1-3. DS3 a bit less, since it had slippery triggers. But the small size was perfect for me (and I have large hands), and the d-pad is the best in the business out of what I tried. X360's d-pad was atrocious.

That's fair; I have big hands as well, it was more the not-so-ergonomic shape of the dualshock 3 and the triggers I didn't like.

With the 360 pad I hardly ever found myself using the D-Pad in games from that generation, and when I did it was mostly just for stuff like selecting equipment rather than movement or anything requiring precision, so it being poor wasn't a major issue for me. On the other hand, its triggers felt way better than PS3's and it fit in my hands near perfectly.