hmm, I like X system. I play X System more. So I either
A agree with the analysis because I like the Play Station
B disagree with the analysis because I like the XBox

Seriously people. yeesh. In to days day and age the primary interface control for games is the analog stick. It should be prominent for a natural comfort fit. Yes I know the PS fans will say it's natural. Well that's because PS fans have been using the design for about 10+ years. Xbox fans have been using it for 7+ years.

I find the Sixaxis controller works well when I'm playing the PS3, but the xbox controller is better when I'm playing 360.

IMO the only thing X360 controller got that is best than Sixaxis is the left stick placement.

I didn't own a PS2 and my girlfriend near never played on a PS2 console. She started playing games with me on the 360 namely Kameo and Dead or Alive IV (and the Nintendo DS), which resulted into hand cramps quickly (PC games don't interest her, although we did replay Mario64 with keyboard through emulation, but that's not as good as with the analog stick).

She hasn't experienced problems playing Motorstorm, Super Ruba Dub, LittleBigPlanet, Super Stardust HD (she's quite good) and Ratchet & Clank: Tools of Destruction. All very different kinds of games. She's not into FPS at all. Her and my opinion is that the Playstation3 controller is far more comfortable.

My best mates favourite controller is the original xbox controller (and he's a Nintendo fan though he did buy a Saturn and Dreamcast). Different strokes for different folks.

Sorry but I've never seen anybody hold the 360 controller like that lol.  My 12 yr old nephew with tiny hands doesn't even hold it like that.  Anybody that has a 360 controller pick it up and try and use it like that, pretty ridiculous lol.

On topic: It's a pretty silly article because most of it is preference anyway. The only big preference I have is keep the motion stuff out of PS3 games. Unless the game is designed around motion controls it feels gimmicky and tacked on. It reminds me of when I was like 8 and trying to steer the controller so I could turn faster in mario kart :P

Would you also like the right stick to be positioned like the left stick? If not, why not?

No. Because getting the most used buttons at the place where you thumbs naturally are while holding a controller is by far more comfortable, and I don't use the right stick as much as the left stick or the 4 buttons (I mean, it really depends on the games. While training on FF12 is [by far] better to have the left stick and the right stick symmetrical) . Do you? O.o

I use it a lot on the PS3, for instance in a FPS to look around quickly and use the right shoulder button for shooting. The action buttons are for reloading, bombs, jumping, etc.

Or in Super Stardust HD where the direction you pull the stick shots are being fired. I think I would suck at this sort of game using an asymetrical controller.