What is the Best Console Controller of All Time?

Mateo Slovinsky asks: "Is the XBox 360's controller the best controller of all time? CNet seems to think so in its line up of the top five gamepads of all time. If you expected the Wii's controller, you will be dissapointed. It's a brilliant piece of innovation, but there simply aren't enough games to judge it against the best controllers ever." Which controller would you pick? What controllers have not left your hands cramped after a marathon session of gaming?

Comments

Dual Shock?

[Zelos]

Dual Shock is "..a light, comfortable to hold, well-designed pad with all the trimmings."? I always found the PS2 controller really uncomfortable compared to the GC one.

x-box controllers have always sucked 100%

[twitchings]

wrong!

The PS2 Controller is the best .... hands down.

This has been decided for a while.

Plug it in, huh?

[Moryath]

Then what is the fucking point of it being wireless?

I don't want a "sometimes wireless, sometimes not" controller. I definitely don't want something that is essential routine maintenance, like replacing the battery, to require me to unscrew the back of the controller and void the warranty.

If it's a wireless controller, there ought to be a simple and quick operation where I can simply pop a panel, swap in a newly charged battery (or a set of AA's) and go. If the only way to charge the thing is with the USB cable, that's no help. If the battery can't be reached without taking screws out and exposing the circuitry in the controller, that's no good.

This is basic design 101. The greedy bastards at Sony sealed up the unit, and stuck the battery without access, because what THEY want is for the fanbois and morons who bought a day-1 PS3 to pony up another $50 or so a couple years down the road when the existing internal battery dies.

If I have to, I can plug rechargeable NiMH's into my wireless 360 controller (though I do have the play'n'charge pack). I swap NiMH's from the Wii every few days when they die down, no fuss. WHEN, not If, the PS3 controller craps out I have to plug the damn thing into a cable as the only way to charge it - and that's just a fucking retarded design.

Re:Obligitory

[thephotoman]

You're better off fucking shit than fucking with that piece of shit. It sucks so much it fucks. It fucks so much it fucking sucks.

It sucks monkey fuck. Sucks monkey fuck.

Oh, man, I could go on all day, quoting the Angry Video Game Nerd on the Power Glove. But I think "sucks monkey fuck" about covers it.