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Top 10 Worst Game Controllers

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-point-that-thing-at-me dept.

Ant writes "IGN has a top ten list that focuses on some of the brilliantly terrible game controllers that shipped for game systems. Many of these were first-party, out-of-the-box concepts, while others were cash-in ideas from engineers that clearly either didn't have a sense in their noggin, or they simply listened too much to their marketing department. Either way, these controllers are a bad bunch."

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  1. Gamecube? by Cybert14 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Is that "Z" in the worst position possible or what?

  2. Touchpad by owlman17 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well my notebook's touchpad is terrible in quake and RTS games, unless I'm playing against a newbie. Even Minesweeper takes a huge performance hit.

  3. XBOX by ibentmywookie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I noticed Xbox was listed there, and I will have to agree. But not just because it is big, but because of the buttons! The button layout is awful, and the shape of the buttons hurts my thumb. That, and I can never remember what each button is because they all feel the same. Meh.

    Personally, I like the gamecube controller. The big fat A is easy to find and is the button used most anyway.

    --
    -- The doctor said I wouldn't get so many nose bleeds if I just kept my finger out of there!