[Multiplatform] Nintendo 64 controller versus psx dualshock

This is really hard to choose. Sony still stubbornly refuse to move the left joystick to where the d-pad is and the N64 joystick grooves give so much more precision. They also help tear down the shitty N64 joystick and I've always hated batteries.

I'll go with the N64 controller though because it was just so bloody comfortable, much more so than the pathetic Dual shock which didn't ahve any idea what it was doing with it's handles.

Originally Posted by Aardark

There's a reason why Sony has been able to keep it with slight modifications over three generations, while other companies keep fucking around and changing controllers

No. The reason is Sony is too fucking stubborn to change. And when they do offer change (the boomerang PS3 controller was a huge step in the right direction) they have a sook when internet fags make fun of it.

Originally Posted by Aardark

It's virtually a perfect controller for most games.

Debateable. Soul Caliber played so much better with the Gamecube button configuration. Any too buttons could be pressed at once otehr than B+X (g+k in Soul Caliber which surprise, didn't do anything anyway) Just try pressing the X and triangle buttons at once on a Playstation controller withoutchanging your grip and using your fingers, it simply can't be done. Hell even pressing X and Square can be a stretch. And don't get me started on the stupid left analoge position, it's like they want my left hand to be uncomfortable in every modern game I play, not that the PSX controller was comfortable compared to the N64 one anyway.

Originally Posted by Aardark

The only mistake Sony made was removing the vibration functionality from sixaxis, though hopefully that will be corrected soon.

LOL fucking doubt it.

Originally Posted by Somedude2387

I didn't mind the N64 controller's size because I had big enough hands to use the analog easily with my hand on the left handle which meant I could easily switch between d-pad and analog unlike some of my friends

This has got to be the most pointless special ability I've ever heard. Can you name a single N64 game where you had to swap between the crosspad and joystick? Please.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by espressivo

The dual analog sticks and built in rumble pretty much set the standard of what controllers should be these days(except for the rumble-less sixaxis and the wiimote).

HAHAHA what? Set the standard for today's controllers, except 66.7% of them? Gimmie a break. And the 360 controller has far more in common with the Dreamcast than the Dualshock, which itself borrowed heavily from the N64 and SNES. To call any controller a standard setter is ridiculous.

Originally Posted by espressivo

Moving the left stick to where the d pad is on the dual shock is stupid, I never liked the xbox controllers because of that, it just makes the dpad useless.

The dpad is useless. Oh my god! The dpad has been relegated to joke status since Super Mario 64. You cannot seriously tell me you use the dpad for any games except, maybe, fighters.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Hotobu

Above all the DS murders the N64 controller in fighters. While the N64 didn't have many, if it were to have the same library of them this would be no contest. The D-pad was microscopic and the asymmetric placement and uneven size of the buttons is unfriendly.

Are you kidding? The N64 Dpad was BIGGER than the Dual Shock one. Are you thinking of the Gamecube or something? And I could've sworn that everyone agreed that 6 face buttons was better for Street Fighter style fighters than 4.

Originally Posted by Hotobu

In action adventure games I still chose the DS. I like the idea of being able to switch between controls. Take a game like Devil May Cry. While running around the analog stick is fine, but when it comes to fast twitch action I can effortlessly switch to the D-pad; double tapping on a thumb analog is annoying.

Oh a horribly designed 2.5D capcom game that wasn't even playable on the PSX. GOOD EXAMPLE MATE!

Originally Posted by Solis

The Dual Shock was rather nice, although a bit harder to get used to. The position of the analog sticks isn't quite as comfortable, but the symmetry of them felt natural for many games, including Katamari Damacy. The analog click and just plain number of buttons made almost any game work well enough on it.

Wow you won that point. A game that didn't come out until 2004 or wahtever, we can now retrospecitively realise the genius of the design of the Dual Shock when applied to Katamari Damacy.

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Which is quite ironic, since Super Mario 64 DS relied on a D-pad for control (unless you wanted to use the extremely awkward touch screen controls for the game).

Kinda the point. Super Mario 64 DS is pretty much unplayble with a dpad, hence why dpads are entirely irrelevent to anyone who wants to play any form of modern video game.

Originally Posted by Skexis

Played Symphony of the Night on XBL lately?

No. Are you still living in 90s world or something?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Hotobu

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Shut up, no one cares.

I think I had quoted your comment with the intention of making fun of it but sitting there it was jsut too disgusting to look at so i deleted it and now I can't even remeber whatever worthless shit you had to say. All I heard was that your tried to justify Street Figheter but it sounds like you don't even play with an arcade stick, so you don't even care about fights at all DO YOU HAVE AN AR YOU DONT? FUCK OFF THEN!

Devil May Cry is shit. Full stop. The fact that it works on the dual shock is a strike against the Dual Shock.

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