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I still think the Xbox 360 controller is superior to all these later iterations
- Thread starter jamsy
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Nah, can't agree at all. The 360 D-Pad is awful, it's absolutely terrible. The One's D-Pad is light-years ahead, and I haven't spent enough time with the Series S/X controller yet to determine that D-Pad, but I know for sure it's much better than the 360's. The raised triggers are way more comfortable than the 360's. The controller just melts in my hand, it's absolutely perfect. I prefer the glossy feel of the triggers over the hard texture, but again, I barely spent any time with the Series S/X controller.
If you mean the Lunar White controller, I don't know where you would have heard that. It's just one of those cheaper feeling launch-era Xbox One controllers with the clicky bumpers and no Bluetooth or headphone jack.
The X360 is super confortable but it has the worst bumpers I've used yet (haven't tried XB1 or SX controllers).
You're right OP. They're going to keep saying shit about the DPad like it matters, but they just don't have access to an official wired 360 pad like we do and they're doing mental gymnastics with their shittier controllers.
The 360 pad feels better than the Elite, take the L
once you learn to use the shoulders with the side of your fingers, you can't go back
You're talking crazy, the 360 controller was fantastic but even the base Xbox One controller was an improvement. I also prefer the Dual Shock 4 thanks to its extra bells and whistles (and a preference for the dpad placement).
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Actually it does have a headphone jack (which I never use) and it also has some sort of rubberized texture on the back which some people like I guess.
For people, who are mentioning the Elite controller - who the fuck is spending $150 on a controller? Pretty sure you can get an Xbox One for less than that. With a controller.
The bumpers are definitely better, and I think I like its size a bit more. The version with the better D-Pad is legit a great controller for all kinds of games. That being said I still prefer the newer ones from Xbox One onwards. The triggers are cool, the face buttons are much less squishier, and the sticks last longer. And also having a 3.5mm jack with headphone support rules.
I will say that I bet most people mentioning the D-Pad have never used one of these:
I will say that I bet most people mentioning the D-Pad have never used one of these:
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No way. The Series X controller is significantly better than the 360 controller. It's an extremely nice controller.
I've always liked the shape, but the feel of materials always reminded me of a small plastic water gun. All the 360 controllers i owned had squeaky parts I needed to fix.
I won't argue it's a good feeling controller but it's the cheapest feeling controller of the first party ones. The material feel to me is almost like some Mad Catz controller.
I won't argue it's a good feeling controller but it's the cheapest feeling controller of the first party ones. The material feel to me is almost like some Mad Catz controller.
No.
Double no.
Preach, preacher!
And that bulking battery pack too? Nah dawg...
I genuinely don't understand how people think to do otherwise. It fuckin' blew me a way that people were like, trying to rotate their finger and press it like a face button or some shit? lmao, you just barely roll/slide your finger to you know, bump it.
Oh, weird, that does sound like a newer controller, but the ones on Google Images look like the original model.
The analog stick on all our 360 controllers have become very loose, making them very sensitive and imprecise. So that's a no for me.
My take is you never played a fighting game with that remote. The dpad just doesn't work! I was stuck with it for a while playing USF4 and I couldn't even block low. It was THAT bad. And then the squeak sound lol. I gave up pretty quickly and found a weird dongle to connect my now 21 year old (still working) psx remote from 2000. I still have that dongle. It's a modded xbox360 remote's main board soldered with some usb adapter to connect the psx remote and it works like a charm.
I disagree, because the triggers are too narrow and thus uncomfortable.
There's a reason both the Dualshock 4 and the Xbox One controllers have wide triggers.
There's a reason both the Dualshock 4 and the Xbox One controllers have wide triggers.
The bumpers are definitely better, and I think I like its size a bit more. The version with the better D-Pad is legit a great controller for all kinds of games. That being said I still prefer the newer ones from Xbox One onwards. The triggers are cool, the face buttons are much less squishier, and the sticks last longer. And also having a 3.5mm jack with headphone support rules.
I will say that I bet most people mentioning the D-Pad have never used one of these:
I had two of those and they were absolutely amazing.
This was definitely the best iteration of the 360 pad and the one I use to this day when I get my 360 out (very rarely). The d-pad was miles better but was still weird. It felt like it was about a cm above the rest of the pad.
Always loved the monochrome face buttons.
Back when the One launched, I thought the same thing.
But after using the One controller for a while, the 360 controller feels like a knockoff controller.
But after using the One controller for a while, the 360 controller feels like a knockoff controller.
I 100% agree.
The things that matter most to me, face button quality, the triggers and the height of the analogue sticks, is best on the 360 controller (although I haven't tried the Elite 2 with the adjustable stick height, but that shouldn't be a non-standard feature).
They should offer a refreshed variant with the modern features.
The things that matter most to me, face button quality, the triggers and the height of the analogue sticks, is best on the 360 controller (although I haven't tried the Elite 2 with the adjustable stick height, but that shouldn't be a non-standard feature).
They should offer a refreshed variant with the modern features.
I still have two wired 360 pads for PC gaming. I guess I agree with you, OP. None of the controllers in subsequent generations changed things enough to be worth an upgrade imo. I switched to Sony pads after 360, so I could get a touchpad and gyro. But the 360 pads are still good enough I have no reason to toss them.
People saying the 360 bumpers are better makes me wonder how bad the XB1/SX bumpers actually are, because holy shit the ones from X360 were terrible in comparison to the DualShocks.
There was a similiar thread a while ago and I pulled out my old pad and nah I can't agree at all
I remember playing some racing game on the 360 pad and I had to switch gas/break every now and then because the finger holding the gas down started to hurt lmao. It's like Dreamcast syndrome, hated those triggers
I loved that thing. I still think the XB1 dpad is better but that one was good enough. I haven't tried a Xbox Series controller yet.The bumpers are definitely better, and I think I like its size a bit more. The version with the better D-Pad is legit a great controller for all kinds of games. That being said I still prefer the newer ones from Xbox One onwards. The triggers are cool, the face buttons are much less squishier, and the sticks last longer. And also having a 3.5mm jack with headphone support rules.
I will say that I bet most people mentioning the D-Pad have never used one of these:
I wont mock anyone's preferences (My favorite controller ever is the gamecube controller, go figure) but honestly, i can't say i agree.
Back then i got an Xbox 360 controller so i could stop using TOCAedit and it wasn't exactly comfortable, my hands would cramp using the triggers for a decent amount of time (Racing games) the bumpers were uncomfortable and the sticks wore out excessively fast. Bear in mind that i'm not even speaking about the D-Pad, i had a Dual Shock 2 for 2D games so it was all fine.
The Xbox One controller was a notable improvement and the Xbox Series controller feels almost like its ultimate evolution. At least in my opinion.
Back then i got an Xbox 360 controller so i could stop using TOCAedit and it wasn't exactly comfortable, my hands would cramp using the triggers for a decent amount of time (Racing games) the bumpers were uncomfortable and the sticks wore out excessively fast. Bear in mind that i'm not even speaking about the D-Pad, i had a Dual Shock 2 for 2D games so it was all fine.
The Xbox One controller was a notable improvement and the Xbox Series controller feels almost like its ultimate evolution. At least in my opinion.
There are quite a few revisions of the Xbox One controller which all feel slightly different. I've never used the original version, apparently they weren't very responsive unless you pressed them in a specific place. They fixed this with the 3.5mm jack/Elite version, but the new bumpers were held together by a cheap piece of brittle plastic that was prone to snapping. And finally, they got it right with the Bluetooth version.
I still use my 360 controller on PC and it holds up well today, something the DS3 simply doesn't do despite many at the time claiming they we're both good or DS3 was better.
Xbox One pad was just a refinement of the 360 one and didn't feel the need to upgrade and the later versions have too much talk of poor build quality to even consider.
I do prefer the DS4 over the 360 pad though when possible. Games like AC Odyssey support DS4 very well.
Not held a Series X pad, seems again a slight refinement over the Xbox One which was slight over the 360. DS3 to DS4 really was bad to great. I'd have to be really impressed by the Series X pad to replace the 360 one.
Xbox One pad was just a refinement of the 360 one and didn't feel the need to upgrade and the later versions have too much talk of poor build quality to even consider.
I do prefer the DS4 over the 360 pad though when possible. Games like AC Odyssey support DS4 very well.
Not held a Series X pad, seems again a slight refinement over the Xbox One which was slight over the 360. DS3 to DS4 really was bad to great. I'd have to be really impressed by the Series X pad to replace the 360 one.
I haven't been a fan of the face buttons from the One onward. Seems like the contacts under them don't register the best unless you're pressing dead centre. A big pain since I'll frequently press the button edges when I'm switching between them a lot.
Don't remember this at all with the 360 controllers
Don't remember this at all with the 360 controllers
I used the wired variant that whole gen, so it was a none issue for me.
I've never had this issue. Seems same as 360 in my experience.
Quite frankly, the 360 controller has one of the worst d-pads ever put on a controller. Ever. The later iterations are much better in that regard.
I'm torn. I hate the dpad on the new controller but think everything else about it is incredible. I would say the Xbox one x controller is probably the best one they've ever made.
I also hate the share button on xsx
Yeah, the share button is in a really weird spot, IMO. I think the Xbox one controller is the best balance.
From the pictures I looked at, the Lunar White Controller is still based on the original VCR Xbox One controller design. The Xbox One S (white version of this is called Polar White) and Series S|X controllers fix the bumper issue.
And outside of the version of the 360 controller that had the transforming D-pad, the D-pad is pretty bad on the 360 compared to any of the follow up controllers.