The controller thread.

[Andrew]

A thread to talk about controllers.

Tonight I can’t find the cord to my DualShock 3, which apparently doesn’t use micro USB like I remembered it using. No, that would be normal. It’s mini USB.

So I guess it’s time for me to scour the house one more time for something somewhere that will fit this thing.

 

[Term]

the DS3 is just the DS2 but cheaper feeling

But at least its cable is a little less arcane

 

[Andrew]

It might be the cheapest feeling first party controller I’ve ever held.

 

[Scott]

my favourite Controller is the 2008 album of the same name by Misery Signals produced by Devin Townsend

but second place is probably the DS4/5. they're similar enough that I count both but the 4 feels slightly better in my hands for reasons i can't really describe. probably just used it way more.

It might be the cheapest feeling first party controller I’ve ever held.

straight up feels like a child's toy

 

[Super Crab Deluxe Turbo X]

It's so funny that most shooters on the PS3 use L1/R1 for aim/fire because the "triggers" feel so bad. And by funny I mean sad

 

[Cardinal_Richelieu]

A thread to talk about controllers.

Tonight I can’t find the cord to my DualShock 3, which apparently doesn’t use micro USB like I remembered it using. No, that would be normal. It’s mini USB.

So I guess it’s time for me to scour the house one more time for something somewhere that will fit this thing.

One time i wasn't able to geolocate that damn cable in my whole damn house so i used one of the tiny ass canon camera cables. I swear my fingers could touch the console while i was playing and i totally felt like i was sitting in the front row of a cinema.
11/10 experience would ahppily do it again.

 

[nitzukai]

Sometimes I think about Dualshock 1-2-3 and how Sony thought that shape for a controller was good and kept it for 3 generations and 15 years. It's horrible, triggers on DS3 are even more horrible. It's so horrible that Gran Turismo 5 and 6 kept using PS2 layout for acceleration and braking (X and Square)

 

[Santo Soju]

 

[the guy]

I exclusively use DS3 controllers, I even have a steam controller I have no idea what I should use for.

 

[Wsx]

For some reason my Switch Pro Controller doesn't work by cable on my new pc, but on my old pc it does. All I can think off is some weird Intel vs AMD issue. Trough Bluetooth and Steam Input it works perfect tho. I changed the shell and buttons and it's so good now! I'm thinking of making faceplate stickers for it too!

 

[aura547]

the DS3 is just the DS2 but cheaper feeling

But at least its cable is a little less arcane

Dont really understand why everyone shits on the DS3 so much. I've used it for years and I honestly prefer it to the 360 controller

The Xbox One Controller on the other hand, good lord...

No words can begin to describe how much pain it brings me...

 

[Andrew]

It’s all really about build quality for me. It just feels so incredibly cheap in the hands whereas its predecessors do not.

Agree to disagree on the XB1 controller tho, I don’t like it as much as the 360 (or better yet, the slim controller for the original Xbox) but it feels so well made, especially after the 1S revision.

 

[aura547]

I probably just never noticed it tbh. Coming from the PS2 to PS3 its just the same but w extra weight which I like. From DS3 to the DS4 is where we have problems again. That actually feels like a kids toy, esp when I go to my cousins house and see his busted up one when it was just a month old.
The DS5 is ehh, the same conforms more to my hands but it feels- overengineered in a sense to me. Plus that price isn't really helping it's cause.

 

[Term]

feel like you're living in another timeline from me b/c my ds4 feels like a real controller and my ds3 feels like a hollow shell lol

 

[Masziiv]

feel like you're living in another timeline from me b/c my ds4 feels like a real controller and my ds3 feels like a hollow shell lol

Nah this is totally facts. I was using a DS3 forever then bought an aftermarket DS4 and my gameplay got infinitely better. Look good feel good play good.

 

[Masziiv]

It's so funny that most shooters on the PS3 use L1/R1 for aim/fire because the "triggers" feel so bad. And by funny I mean sad

The main issue with the ds3 triggers is that your finger slides off the bottom really easily

 

[mercedes]

if the ps3 pad had;
- concave sticks
- a built-in wire/wire clipper
- ps4/5-esque triggers
itd be 100% perfect for me
because i already prefer the layout, the d-pad is great for fighting games, and i love the face buttons with shapes as icons
im still using mine for nearly a decade now and it's great to use on PC with steam and emulation
don't know what ill switch to when it eventually wears out
also i really love the transparency they used to have for controllers, its gotta come back