Happy 10th Birthday, DualShock!

Ten years of shocking. And dualing.

http://retro.ign.com/articles/871/871181p1.html?RSSwhen2008-05-02_160000&RSSid=871181

"Ten years ago this week, Sony launched the very first DualShock controller for the original PlayStation. Jettisoning the launch controller, which featured only a traditional d-pad on its face, the DualShock was an important part of the 2D-to-3D revolution that swept gaming in the 32-bit generation. Each of the big three consoles -- PlayStation, Nintendo 64, and the Saturn -- embraced analog-sty1e control sticks that made controlling a character in a 3D environment more intuitive and natural."

quite possibly the best controller ever made.summer_star17x

360 controller nailed it for me, but honestly the Wii is technically the best with what it has done.

[QUOTE="summer_star17x"]quite possibly the best controller ever made.-RocBoys9489-

360 controller nailed it for me, but honestly the Wii is technically the best with what it has done.

360 was nice for me at first; not too heavy, hands fit nicely around it.
but after hours of playing CoD4, I get nasty hand cramps.

I also hate the d-pad. it's useless with UMK3.

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]

[QUOTE="summer_star17x"]quite possibly the best controller ever made.summer_star17x

360 controller nailed it for me, but honestly the Wii is technically the best with what it has done.

360 was nice for me at first; not too heavy, hands fit nicely around it.
but after hours of playing CoD4, I get nasty hand cramps.

Pays to be double-jointed ;)

[QUOTE="summer_star17x"]quite possibly the best controller ever made.-RocBoys9489-

360 controller nailed it for me, but honestly the Wii is technically the best with what it has done.

People who say the 360 controller is best have obviously never played a fighting game on the thing.

On-topic: Happy B-day, to the most easy to pick-up controller out there.

Now they just need to make it a lot less block feeling and fix the junky analog sticks!-RocBoys9489-

Complaining about the analog sticks is like trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. So the analog sticks feel weird because we all know the people complaining about them have spend the majority of their time on a 360 controller.

Since I have been playing on the Playstation controllers since their first debuted the analog sticks on the system, playing on the 360 controller feels weird to me. Its all about what you are used to and everyone that complains about the sticks are just used to the 360. I personally would complain about the 360 because I don't like the feel of them but thats because Im used to the PS3 sticks.

But no matter what I switch off between the two all the time and the difference means absolutely nothing when it comes to control in games. I have the exact same control wheter I am using the PS3 controller or the 360.

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]

[QUOTE="summer_star17x"]quite possibly the best controller ever made.ice144

360 controller nailed it for me, but honestly the Wii is technically the best with what it has done.

People who say the 360 controller is best have obviously never played a fighting game on the thing.

On-topic: Happy B-day, to the most easy to pick-up controller out there.

Luckily I don't play fighting games. The PS1,2,3 controller is the barrier that prevents me from ever owning Sony's systems. Worst..........Controller..........Ever. (Atari Jaguar comes in second)

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]Now they just need to make it a lot less block feeling and fix the junky analog sticks!CajunShooter

Complaining about the analog sticks is like trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. So the analog sticks feel weird because we all know the people complaining about them have spend the majority of their time on a 360 controller.

Since I have been playing on the Playstation controllers since their first debuted the analog sticks on the system, playing on the 360 controller feels weird to me. Its all about what you are used to and everyone that complains about the sticks are just used to the 360. I personally would complain about the 360 because I don't like the feel of them but thats because Im used to the PS3 sticks.

But no matter what I switch off between the two all the time and the difference means absolutely nothing when it comes to control in games. I have the exact same control wheter I am using the PS3 controller or the 360.

this, i switch between 360 and ps3 all the time (not so much now gta4 for the ps3 ftw :P) and unless im playing ut3(fairly complex controlls) i find that theres no difficulty in me switching, the advantage of going from a ps2 for 3 years to a 360 for a year and now back and forth between the ps3 and 360 i suppose

Congratulations on 10 years of stagnation!

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]Now they just need to make it a lot less block feeling and fix the junky analog sticks!CajunShooter

Complaining about the analog sticks is like trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. So the analog sticks feel weird because we all know the people complaining about them have spend the majority of their time on a 360 controller.

Since I have been playing on the Playstation controllers since their first debuted the analog sticks on the system, playing on the 360 controller feels weird to me. Its all about what you are used to and everyone that complains about the sticks are just used to the 360. I personally would complain about the 360 because I don't like the feel of them but thats because Im used to the PS3 sticks.

But no matter what I switch off between the two all the time and the difference means absolutely nothing when it comes to control in games. I have the exact same control wheter I am using the PS3 controller or the 360.

like you i have played with PS controllers since they first existed but now i find the xbox 360 controller much better in design and feel,

so nice assumption about everyone being used to xbox 360 controllers.