Which is the worst controller of this generation?

how about none.

There is no "worse". all of them were good and each of them have their pros and cons.

The DS4 is the worst controller I’ve ever used. Between the laughable battery life and the rubber on the analog sticks wearing off, that thing is a P.O.S.

Both the Wii U and Switch Pro controller’s are better. The Xbox One launch controllers and Elite are also better. Now the controllers that I got with the Xbox One S and Xbox One X were both faulty. Both actuated movement on the D-Pad without actual button presses. Luckily I was able to trade them in at GameStop with them passing their diagnostics tests. I’m sorry in advance to those that buy those garbage ass controllers.

Switch's handheld mode is about as bad as it gets, this gen.

I'm a Sheep, but Nintendo makes some awful controllers.

- The Switch Pro controller uses digital triggers and has one of the worst d-pads I've ever used. Not sure how the company that invented the d-pad can forget how to make it, but Nintendo somehow managed it.

- The joy-cons are awful. They're the smallest controller I've ever used. If you're taller than 4'10", they're too small for you.

- The Wii U had a tablet controller (wtf?) while the Pro Controller had totally nonsensical analog stick placement.

The X1 and PS4 controllers are both good, although I prefer the DS4. AAA batteries in 2018 is annoying (I don't even know where I'd buy batteries anymore). The DS4 has crappy battery life, but at least I don't need to go out and buy the batteries.

And this poll has 2 Nintendo consoles because???

Every Nintendo controller past the gamecube. The Wii, WiiU and Switch, all went downhill.

PS4. Please change the left analogue stick placement already, Sony. It's fucking ret*****.

All of them. Outdated. Still using the PS1 layout. Switching back and forth between the few face buttons and clumsy sticks with your one thumb is pretty limiting in some of these modern games, and controllers still only make use of two digits per hand. It's shameful.

Dualshock 4 for its terrible battery life

Wii U and Switch.

They are all good. The DS4 has some nice features like the speaker on the controller and headphone inputs. Touchpad was a cool idea but rarely use it. I don't mind the light at all but could do without. The Xbox one's is pretty basic but gives you everything you need. I haven't held a Nintendo one yet so I can't say. I picked WiiU, even though it wasn't that bad.

How are the Switch and WiiU in the same generation?

Someone needs healing :(

switch

I haven't used anything other than DS4 so I won't vote but I agree with the criticisms above, especially the battery life. I have two controllers so I usually end up charging one while using the other then switching them out.

@i_p_daily: Because they both came out during the same gen, hate to break it to some people but the switch isn't next gen.

easily the PS4 controller, triggers ruin it, at least Wii U has decent triggers, and the rubber on the DS4 analogs feels like sweaty, like pressing on a bums wet wrinkled nutsack, touching DS4 analogs feels disgusting actually, triggers suck, vibration sucks, DS4 by the most hardcore fanboys defended the touch pad... big woop, the Wii U had a screen in its controller and that had a touch interface

Because OP has an agenda

It’s always the PlayStation controller

They're all pretty good. I feel the DS4 is best followed by the Xbone controller. The Switch controller is not terrible, but it's not that great, either.

The Wii U controller is absolutely terrible. It takes the crown as worst.

Stand-alone joycon. Useful for marketing purposes only; playing games with a single joycon is absolute trash.

The joycon cradle probably comes in at second-worst and WiiU tablet third-worst. After that, it's pretty much a wash IMO.

The PS4 controller is an outdated piece of shit with laughable battery life.

I really don't hate any of those controllers but the least my favorite is Wii U pad, but other then that, I adapt to any controllers but of course, my all time favorite controller now is Xbox Elite Controller which get's lots of usage on my PC and KB/M is for FPS & RTS only.

Voted: Nintendo Wii U Pad.

I voted WiiU because I don't consider Switch the same Gen as X1 and PS4. I'm old school that way. But the Switch thing that is used while its docked is pretty weak sauce also. If you have big hands hitting the bumpers accidentally while pressing triggers has been a nuisance.

I can barely breath............LMAO

The DS5 on the PS5 better last for more than 4 hours.

When you want a garbage controller Nintendo never disappoints.

It's got to be the DS4, purely because of the poor battery life. The Wii U battery life is equally bad, but I feel the gamepad has more going on to justify it.

Both the WIi U gamepad & DS4 both suck pretty bad.

Uhhh where is the Steam controller?

Honestly none as I like almost all of them. Only time I complained were the joy cons separate from the tablet on the Switch (too small).

Ds4 for me. I still enjoy the controller a hell of a lot more than the Ds3. I do have some tiny ass hands so I actually enjoy the Joycons a lot, played MK8 Deluxe with a single Joycon and I just loved it.

The Playstation 4's controller was fucking annoying to deal with the battery life. I bought a no-name cord that was longer (5m) than the one provided for 15 bucks. I just keep it plugged in all the time, but was irritated that Sony didn't provide something even 60cm longer.

WiiU gamepad. I could not find any comfortable hand positioning for that thing.

Can’t say anything about the WiiU controller because I don’t own one but between X1 and PoS4, DeepShit 4 takes the cake, the original that came with my PS4 was shit, the rubber on the joysticks turned sticky and later peeled away, the left analog had to be replaced after 3 months of use, later it was the turn of the right analog and finally the left trigger hit the dirt, I better had the joysticks upgraded with aluminum ones, the new replacement analogs work flawlessly vs originals. So now after repair finally it’s working, unfortunately the battery lifenstil sucks Richard.

The PS4 controller is awful. The left analogue stick is in the wrong place, making it uncomfortable to play over long sessions. The battery life is also terrible, and the bonus features (like motion controls and the speaker) are weak compared to Nintendo's offerings.

The WiiU controller also had problems, but at least it was comfortable and enhanced gameplay in many ways.

Meanwhile, the Switch controllers are fantastic.

How???

So what you're saying is that the WiiU started this generation, and if that's correct then the Switch has started a new generation.

OR

The WiiU is part of the 360/PS3 generation, which would mean the Switch is part of this generation. No matter how you slice it they are both not in the same generation.

I've always hated DS controllers (way too small and non-existent ergonomics), but I love the DS4. The ergonomics are perfect. They fixed the analog sticks after the first batch in 2014. The triggers aren't as good as on X1 but they're fine. I liked it so much I actually use it as my PC and Switch controller.

There is no right or wrong analog placement.

You keep your left thumb on the left analog stick all the time, while you switch your right thumb between the right analog stick and the face buttons. Therefore, no matter if the controller uses offset or parallel analog sticks, your thumbs will be parallel only 50% of the time.

I used to think offset was the "right" way too until I got used to the parallel setup and realized there was no ergonomic difference.

Wii Us for the lack of analogue triggers. Those dumbasses at Nintendo still doing stupid things to restrict games with their hardware.

Yeah but what about those idiots at Sony and Microsoft for not including an IR sensor! So restricting!

@trugs26: Pssst.....Xbox has an ir sensor.

This. I like the feel, and I have no idea what people are talking about with the "rubber wearing off".

But my god... that battery life. The battery in the DS4 literally only lasts 10% as long as the DS3 (if even that). How did they not notice that or think it's an issue? It's battery life is like the Wii-U tablet.

Nintendo controllers, which is a shame because I consider the SNES and Gamecube controllers to be some of the best I've ever used.

Dualshock 4 has the worst battery life.Won't even last you through an average COD campaign.

Xbone controller is easily the best of this generation, and in fact one of the best controllers I've ever had in my hands. It would be perfect if the D-pad was more like a nintendo or sony d-pad. Just a slightly bigger version of the DS or Vita d-pad would be perfect.

Wii-U by far followed by Switch joycons.

PS4 is the best.

Switch Pro and X1 are good as well.

The original Switch controller. The Pro is fantastic.

Edit: I didn't even see the WiiU up there, but that was awful.

The Switch Joycons are by far the worst. They just have a ridiculously short range, even after sending them to Nintendo for repair. It makes playing games that need them, like Mario Odyssey, a pain in the ass because I basically have to set the switch on a table to play it. My controller doesn't work well enough for me to play the game on the tv. It sucks.

Probably the Switch joycons for its poor design.

DS4 is a decent controller but the battery life is atrocious.

I usually just use the DS3 since I have a few and the battery life is good

Wii u and switch both equally suck.

I'm serious. Let's gp through the list of awesome Nintendo hardware choices.

N64, I can forgive, because a lot of the stuff that happened they couldn't have foreseen, they were kind of blind sided.

Gamecube:

1.5 GB Discs, and a controller with a small d-pad and pointless layout. Capcom Vs SNK 2 EO is probably up there among my favorite fighters of all time. It would still have been a highly playable version in pal regions. It's hard to get a fight pad for the original Xbox and the PS2 version runs at 50Hz here.

Wii:

Wasn't too bad, they could have put more effort into the classic controller pro, it feel really cheap. Apart from that, they could have made a much better GPU choice, it didn't have to match the PS3 and Xbox 360, but Ati had lots of great choices at the time.

Wii U:

They chose a weak CPU to keep a small hardware unit form factor because it creates less heat. They don't have analogue buttons. This definitely impacts what developers can do. They constantly push CPU and make good use of analogue triggers. Didn't they try to bring Project Cars to the Wii U. They just couldn't.

I think Nintendo's problem is that they can be inconsiderate to what 3rd party developers want or need. That's a problem when that third party support can benefit them.