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[DirtyLarry]

Lingwo, on 24 March 2012 - 15:15, said:

Personally the 360 is the better controller. The whole controller is more solid, the triggers are brilliant and the analogue sticks give you much better feedback than the loose DS3 analogue sticks. Plus the 360 controller is officially supported and nowadays is supported by most games including button prompts.

Just shows how it all comes down to opinion, as I actually find the analog sticks of the Dualshock controller to be more precise. Their area of sensitivity is way wider then the 360's. They are looser indeed, but that winds up providing a larger area of coverage for better precision.

I truly like both controllers.
I will say that I also use Real Triggers on my Dualshocks, and they truly make such a difference. Having the trigger on the Dualshock is really key, and improves upon the regular design a whole lot.

With the above said, the 360 controller is the better controller overall. It is not as drastic as some people make it out to be, however it is overall the best controller, as you do not need to add things like the mentioned Real Triggers.

[+Asik]

The 360 controller is a work of art.

[Paul Ferson]

If you rely on the D-Pad a lot it's going to be a toss up between the standard Xbox 360 controller and the Razer Onza controller. Both should run up around the same price, if I'm right.

[Argote]

The 360 is better except for the D-pad which is better on the DualShock

[rajputwarrior]

htcz, on 24 March 2012 - 15:59, said:

Neowin's fault. I actually did not type out any of those spaces....

I actually use the D-Pad a lot since most of you are talking about the joysticks. Just wanted to mention that

d pad on 360 is garbage... if that's the case, go dual shock.

[compl3x]

I think the D-Pad on the 360 controller is pretty poor. I press up and it registers left. Press right, it goes up etc. Having a 1 piece moulded D-Pad seems like a weird idea to me.

[Gerowen]

Having used both, it depends. I personally prefer the PS3 controller for most things except for the fact that the handgrips are kind of small. I like the positioning of the joysticks and everything, but for some reason they made the handgrips really short, so if you have big hands your pinkies might get sore from being tucked up into the palm of your hand for long periods of time.

[Alladaskill17]

Xbox 360 controller.

[mattmatik]

For me, depends on the game I'm playing. Since I mostly play sports games the DS3 is by far better than 360 for me. For FPS there's no doubt 360 takes the gold. I did enjoy Arkham City with the DS3. For me, I really like how light the DS3 feels and the buttons feel more comfortable to me.

[compl3x]

One thing the DS3 has is sixaxis. It's never really been used or utilised properly, but I think it was still something different Sony tried.

[Vandalsquad]

360 controller, better weighted actually useful triggers. The DS3 is to light, and to small.

[compl3x]

I've got to be honest, I have pretty big hands and I've never really had a problem with the DS3.

The weight difference is obviously because of the rechargeable battery in the DS3 instead of 2X AA batteries the 360 controller has.

The one advantage I've noticed is that the DS3 controller gives you much more warning about the health of your battery than the 360 one does. The 360 just dies. You have to keep turning it back on and hoping you can find the next save point or you have spare or charged batteries.


If one does buy a 360 controller for windows, I would suggest you also get a good quality, rechargeable set of batteries and a charger. If you are a frequent gamer, those batteries run down pretty quickly. It is better to have 4X AA batteries charged. 2 in the controller and 2 ready for when they die.

[compl3x]

DirtyLarry, on 24 March 2012 - 19:24, said:

I truly like both controllers.
I will say that I also use Real Triggers on my Dualshocks, and they truly make such a difference. Having the trigger on the Dualshock is really key, and improves upon the regular design a whole lot.

How do those triggers work. Do they slip on over the existing buttons or do you have to open the controller and remove the old buttons and install the triggers in their place? I've never used/seen them in real life before.

[+djdanster]

The 360 controller is without a doubt the most comfortable to hold and use.

[HawkMan]

compl3x, on 25 March 2012 - 12:16, said:

I've got to be honest, I have pretty big hands and I've never really had a problem with the DS3.

The weight difference is obviously because of the rechargeable battery in the DS3 instead of 2X AA batteries the 360 controller has.

The one advantage I've noticed is that the DS3 controller gives you much more warning about the health of your battery than the 360 one does. The 360 just dies. You have to keep turning it back on and hoping you can find the next save point or you have spare or charged batteries.


If one does buy a 360 controller for windows, I would suggest you also get a good quality, rechargeable set of batteries and a charger. If you are a frequent gamer, those batteries run down pretty quickly. It is better to have 4X AA batteries charged. 2 in the controller and 2 ready for when they die.

You do know that there's official rechargeable lithium batteries for the Xbox controller to, that can be charged in the controller. They will also warn you in plenty of time before they run out of juice.


As for six axis and Sony doing something different. Well not so different, MS tried the same thing with a pc controller years before and dropped it because it's useless